The joy of chastening, charming

[imomus]

This is a podcast about a podcast, a voice on a voice, criticism about criticism. It's my response to Guardian art critic Adrian Searle's recent series of podcasts, my investigation into his investigations, my whisperings about his whisperings, and what it is about his voice that makes me want to link Searle to David Toop and a certain late, laidback television landscape painter.



The joy of podcasting (stereo mp3 file, 15.1MB, 16 mins 26 secs)

My little talk is a reflection on the grain of the voice, and what happens when people seduce and repel at the same time "as a sort of strategy". I'm rather fascinated by jobs which require you both to chasten and charm, and I'm intrigued when people who usually do one start doing the other.

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[imomus.livejournal.com]

Japanese are like that too. I mean, they can be the noisiest people on earth (Shibuya restaurants at the weekend!). But at home they can happily sit in silence, or fall asleep on the floor in the middle of a meal. Couples don't yammer and natter endlessly to each other -- there's no reproach for a half hour of silence. It's not a sign that something's wrong.

[butterflyrobert.livejournal.com]

"Silence is golden"

The quietude of quiet

[thomascott.livejournal.com]

I can relate to that, whilst I'm certainly forthcoming with my opinions and ideas, with my closest friends and my partner Ruth I don't feel the need for space-filling small-talk.
I'm always been a little puzzled by people who fear silence and must, must have small-talk/gossip/radio-noise to fill that void.

[microworlds.livejournal.com]

You know, being a relatively quiet person in real life, I hate when I'm with a group of people and they condescendingly ask "why don't you talk?" Like that's going to get me to speak up! I only speak up when I feel like it, sometimes I just feel like conversations about drinking and getting high aren't intellectually stimulating and so I tune out into my own little world of happiness and excitement. So while they're talking about partying, I'm thinking of Howard Devoto!

But of course, the things I find exciting may be terribly boring to other people, and vice versa. Now, if only I could find people irl who have HEARD of Howard Devoto, I most likely would die of excitement.