Constellation of Luminous Details
Apple Pie, 2007. First Edition. Audio CD. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. As New / No Jacket. Item #00522524
As New in Shrinkwrap. CD of poems and sound treatments based on overheard conversation. 'T'was my pure delight, to listen through --all those voices 'made-into-sound' w/ the freshness of white daisies.' (Robert Grenier) Constellation of Luminous Details is audio rorschach - poems from conversations misheard amongst ringtones, urban traffic noise, the overspill of machines. Davenport gathered source material for a year, transcribing the conversations of strangers in public places. These texts were given to amateur readers in settings ranging from hospital wards to cafes to living rooms. They are first take 'performances' of Davenport's handwritten notebooks, with a striking informality and poignancy. One reader pauses to drink tea, another is interrupted by nurses talking near his hospital bed. These readings and the sound treatments constructed from them combine into a suite of inner music.
Price: $9.00