[Frameworks] Experimental films with bodily sounds

[Josh B Mabe]

Peter Kubelka’s Pause!
Mara Mattuschka’a I Have Been Very Pleased
That Andy Warhol indigestion medication commercial

On Friday, January 6, 2023, Gabriele Jutz <gabriele.jutz at uni-ak.ac.at>
wrote:

> Hello Frameworkers,
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> I’m preparing an academic article on experimental films with soundtracks
> that have their source in the human body, that is, primarily non-linguistic
> bodily sounds (or a more “primitive” form of language).
> Valie Export’s performance video *i turn over the pictures of my voice in
> my head* (2009)
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> shows a close up-of the artist’s larynx from the inside out, while she
> strenuously reflects on the relevance of the voice (
> https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/1765/).
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> The soundtrack of Daichi Saito’s *earthearthearth* (2021) consists of an
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> improvisation by saxophonist Jason Sharp, in which his heartbeat and
> breathing play a prominent role.
>
> Purely auditory examples (though without video – I am searching for films
> with image and sound tracks) are the sound poems of Henri Chopin. In *Mes
> bronches *(1968), for instance, he swallowed small microphones in order
> to record his bronchial cavities (https://on-air.caricomassimo.
> org/en/airchive/mes-bronches).
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> I wonder if anyone here could suggest more experimental films whose soundtracks
> involve the artist’s physical/bodily presence as a central element? Any
> suggestion will be appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Gabriele Jutz
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