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This film explores the biological basis of memory in an inner journey through 3 days in 1977. The journey is based on the experience my family endured when my sister Kate Gould suffered heart failure at her christening. She was rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital, London where surgeons performed rare and dangerous surgery to repair a leaking valve in her heart. In adult life my sister developed a form of epilepsy that we believe may have been related to this surgery or the days before it.
This film explores the biological basis of memory in an inner journey through 3 days in 1977. The journey is based on the experience my family endured when my sister Kate Gould suffered heart failure at her christening. She was rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital, London where surgeons performed rare and dangerous surgery to repair a leaking valve in her heart. In adult life my sister developed a form of epilepsy that we believe may have been related to this surgery or the days before it.
Kate died in 2017 during an epileptic seizure. Without my mothers belief that she could survive and the skill of the surgeons she would never have had 40 years of life that brought so much to us all. This is my testament to those troubled days and her story, which is also partly, my story.
Kate died in 2017 during an epileptic seizure. Without my mothers belief that she could survive and the skill of the surgeons she would never have had 40 years of life that brought so much to us all. This is my testament to those troubled days and her story, which is also partly, my story.
This project marked a critical decision for my work. The audio within the track contains only what I consider to be relevant 'sound artefacts'. These sounds were either recorded on the actual dates these events took place or were, as in the case of the tuning fork, directly related to Kate.
This project marked a critical decision for my work. The audio within the track contains only what I consider to be relevant 'sound artefacts'. These sounds were either recorded on the actual dates these events took place or were, as in the case of the tuning fork, directly related to Kate.
The inclusion of only material with relevant provinence is a principle I intend to continue in my future work.
The inclusion of only material with relevant provinence is a principle I intend to continue in my future work.
The spike waves above, recorded by E.E.G., are produced by epileptic seizure. I modelled these waveforms in a Korg synthesiser to produce sounds used in the film.
The spike waves above, recorded by E.E.G., are produced by epileptic seizure. I modelled these waveforms in a Korg synthesiser to produce sounds used in the film.
List of sound artefacts
Extract of recording from Valerie, Peter and Jonathan Gould at home, Ash, Hertfordshire, England, May 1975List of sound artefacts
03/04/77
Commentary from Stanley Cup Ice Hockey match between Toronto Maple Leafs vs Philadelphia Flyers, 3 April 1977.Commentators Don Earle and Gene Hart for Channel 29 WTAF-TV, Philadelphia, the “Flyerstation“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRHfmOABtw03/04/77
05/04/77
Krishnamurti, Extract from Public Discussion 1, “How does on transform oneself?, Ojai, California, USA, 5th April 1977© 1977 Krishnamurti Foundation of Americahttps://jkrishnamurti.org/content/how-does-one-transform-oneself-005/04/77
03/04/77
Charles Bernstein, "Latex Dummy," sec. 7 from "A Person Is Not an Entity Symbolic.." (from The Sophist) (0:57), 3 April 1977© 1977 Charles Bernsteinhttp://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Bernstein-readings.php03/04/77
Equipment
Sampled sound of Kate Gould’s tuning fork in E, transposed to AbAdditional heart beat and wave sounds created using Korg MinilogueEquipment
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