CanShell (Venice ferry reimagined)

Part of our Dada Sound project (February 2016) - see more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/dadasounds

By Anna Stereopoulou. "CanShell composition by Anna Stereopoulou is based on the Field Recording “Venice to Lido Ferry, Italy Maria Ponce” as selected through the Cities and Memory playlist and as a response to the Dada Sounds project /call. The only audio material the specific composition consists of, is the above mentioned Sound, as used both in its original form (selected excerpts) and in various technically modified forms, such as Modulation, Process (Reverse, Pitch Shift, Stretch, etc.), EQ, various Filters and Effects (Delay, Chopper, etc.). The specific sound manipulations are inspired by Dada techniques [Chance, Collage /(photo)Montage, (imitation of) Automatism, and other], as well as on the Dadaists' Manifesto quote “To be against this manifesto is to be a Dadaist!” [Huelsenbeck, Richard (1892-1974); 'En Avant Dada' article, 1920] . As a movement of protest, Dadaism triggers the need to express one of the characteristics of our times, during which we tend to loose our ability to -consciously- listen to, or create Sound, in comparison to the amount of Image information we receive on a daily basis. Within CanShell, the “anti” element is used in many forms; sound creation based on Image (Text on graphic score attached); demolition ↔ reform of the word “Dada”; cancellation /rejection of R. Huelsenbeck's quote – Against the “against” [double Strike-Through (grammar)]. These hints are also found within the title, CanShell [Cancel; Qualities (Can-) / Imprisonment (within a Can-) of a Shell (Sound)], amongst other allusions, memories and dreams, as 'woken-up' by the location of the Field Recording used in the composition."