Ur-Writings: A Geophonographic Fiction

William Schrimshaw

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01075

Ur-Writings: A Geophonographic Fiction

William Schrimshaw

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Abstract

Geophonography is a practice of sonifying the geological record, of tracing what Friedrich Kittler referred to as “signatures of the real”. The aesthetic efficacy of techniques for audifying and visualising data derived from geological materials is discussed within the context of Ur-writings, a piece by the author first exhibited in 2013. Tracing a line through the work of Freud, Adorno, Kittler, Ballard and Derrida, geophonography is positioned within a cultural context that has continued to draw inspiration from speculations upon the relation between earth and mind.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Journal	Leonardo
Volume	0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01075
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 13 Apr 2015

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