What We Might Have Heard in the Future è un radiodramma scritto e prodotto da Angel Nevarez e Valerie Tevere. Fantascienza per la radio, una narrazione distopica che affronta i temi di inclusione, esclusione e controllo sociale attraverso le tecnologie di identificazione vocale.
PARRHESIA: We exercise the force of language even as we seek to counter its force.
COMPUTER: Vowel sound is distorted. Lower body of tongue.
PARRHESIA: We exercise the force of language even as we seek to counter its force.
COMPUTER: Pace of breath is not recognized. Slow your inhalation.
PARRHESIA: We exercise the force of language even as we seek to counter its force.
COMPUTER: Make space for pause.
PARRHESIA: We exercise the force of language even as we seek to counter its force.”
COMPUTER: Pitch pattern inoperable. Increase larynx modulation.
NARRATOR: The future’s past has caught up with itself. In the Citadel residents are equipped with special auditory mechanisms for acute hearing. Communication has been stripped down to its most basic level; the voice and its aural residuals. Here, voice recognition technology controls the flow of social exchange. The interlocutors of the Citadel control the social order as well as the very limited resources of life. The voice is the key to pass. The Interlocutors guard vocal codes with full authority. Those in the half-light exist on the periphery without access. [What we might have heard in the future, estratto dalla sceneggiatura di Nevarez&Tevere]
Il lavoro è stato curato da Chamber of Public Secrets per Manifesta8.