Accepted Paper:
VOICE MESSAGE
Panos Achniotis
(University of Manchester)
Paper short abstract:
During lockdown, I created this short drama using extracts from voice messages on my Whatsapp and footage that I accumulated on my phone's camera memory. The aim was to create a narrative that touches upon the themes of nostalgia and future possibilities during times which are certainly uncertain.
Paper long abstract:
https://vimeo.com/399649534
(password: voice2020)
During lockdown I was inspired to use random footage which I have accumulated on my phone's memory alongside bits and pieces of many people's words extracted from voice messages they've shared with me, to create a short drama which touches upon the themes of everyday nostalgia, of desire to travel and to meet as well as to explore possible futures within diverse geographies.
Chronotopes during crisis: a sound-image-letter correspondence
Session 1