Verses That Hurt
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Verses That Hurt is a Poetic/Theatrical/Musical performance that took place March 5th and 6th, 2010 at the Armory Free Theatre on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I collaborated primarily in the area of sound, but also contributed in the original development of the performance, along with the project’s originator, Grant Bowen.
A main element of my sound design for Verses That Hurt was the subway atmosphere. A main idea of the treatment of the performance space was that we wanted to place the audience actually in a subway station. The main environmental element of the experience of being in a subway station is its sound (or maybe its smell, depending on which city…).
Here is a short clip of the subway atmosphere and a train arrival that I created for this show.
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More details on the show and sound design can be found in the documents and photos below:
Verses_That_Hurt_Documentation
Verses That Hurt System Diagram
