TY - JOUR

T1 - Sonic departures

T2 - the dramaturgy of fade-outs

AU - Parkinson, Thomas

PY - 2016/12/7

Y1 - 2016/12/7

N2 - In technical and theoretical terms, this article addresses the fading-out of pre-recorded sound in theatre. Using models of listening and attention, with particular reference to how silence is constituted, it attempts to understand how fade-outs can interrupt or complicate the experience of sound in theatre and proposes solutions to the problem of fading-out in various dramaturgical contexts. This involves a survey of how sounds fade in other artistic and acoustic contexts and of existing attempts to model how sounds dissolve in the fields of synthesis and the design of artificial reverb. It ends with an attempt to conceptually situate an expanded use of fade- outs within contemporary theatre and other sound practices.

AB - In technical and theoretical terms, this article addresses the fading-out of pre-recorded sound in theatre. Using models of listening and attention, with particular reference to how silence is constituted, it attempts to understand how fade-outs can interrupt or complicate the experience of sound in theatre and proposes solutions to the problem of fading-out in various dramaturgical contexts. This involves a survey of how sounds fade in other artistic and acoustic contexts and of existing attempts to model how sounds dissolve in the fields of synthesis and the design of artificial reverb. It ends with an attempt to conceptually situate an expanded use of fade- outs within contemporary theatre and other sound practices.

U2 - 10.1080/23322551.2016.1226069

DO - 10.1080/23322551.2016.1226069

M3 - Article

VL - 2

SP - 217

EP - 232

JO - Theatre and Performance Design

JF - Theatre and Performance Design

SN - 2332-2551

IS - 3-4

ER -