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The White Whale is an audio zine. A podcast of mixtape journalism, fiction, and sound experimentation.
This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism: Leah (1814–1890), Margaretta (also called Maggie) (1833–1893) and Catherine (also called Kate ) Fox (1837–1892).[1] The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years.
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This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
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This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Gef (/ˈdʒɛf/ JEF), also referred to as the Talking Mongoose or the Dalby Spook, was the name given to an allegedly talking mongoose which was claimed to inhabit a farmhouse owned by the Irving family. The Irvings' farm was located at Cashen's Gap near the hamlet of Dalby on the Isle of Man. The story was given extensive coverage by the tabloid press in Britain in the early 1930s. The Irvings' claims gained the attention of parapsychologists and ghost hunters, such as Harry Price, Hereward Carrington, and Nandor Fodor. Some investigators of the era as well as contemporary critics have concluded that Voirrey Irving used ventriloquism and family collusion to perpetuate the hoax.
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This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
"Real life is a hashtag we’re nostalgic to remember."
This piece is audio from a film (soon to be released) and was originally produced for Earlid as part of their 2019 Liminal Sounds exhibit Retreat, Disappearance. It was produced by Lily Sloane and Garrett Tiedemann.
This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar. Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.
Audio from a film. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/292243431
Features new music from John Barner. Stream and buy the record here: https://americanresiduerecords.bandcamp.com/album/darker-places
I used to dream satisfaction in quiet commerce.
Past experiences made new.
Wandering the aisles - no one there.
Belief a strange buzz - energy left over from all that's typical.
I'd rarely buy.
Just look. Touch.
Comfort.
Comfort.
Erasure is violence. Ever, always, being justified: “The director said she made the changes so as ‘not [to] show them.'”
Sun Yung Shin is the voice in the piece. She is a writer and educator living in Minneapolis where she co-directs the community organization Poetry Asylum with poet Su Hwang. When The Beguiled was released in 2017, she was part of a conversation about the whitewashing of its narrative and the violence of erasure that is justified everyday.
The 1966 novel had a black female slave as a supporting character, whom director Sofia Coppola removed from the film; and for a biracial character from the novel, she cast white actress Kirsten Dunst.
This piece was originally produced for Earlid as part of their 2018 Liminal Sounds exhibit Skin Rubbed Smooth.
This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar. Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.
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- an end or final part of something, especially a period of time
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* the furthest part or point of something.
"a nerve ending"
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a strong ringing sound such as that made by the plucked string of a musical instrument or a released bowstring.
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make or cause
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properties of transmission and deflection.
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the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.
"the issue itself is secondary"
post·script
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- an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.”.
“Leaving tomorrow.”
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the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
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Tabula rasa (/ˈtæbjələ ˈrɑːsə, -zə, ˈreɪ-/)
In Locke's philosophy, tabula rasa was the theory that at birth the (human) mind is a "blank slate" without rules for processing data, and that data is added and rules for processing are formed solely by one's sensory experiences.
re·veal
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past tense: revealed; past participle: revealed
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make (previously unknown
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This Offbeat episode was produced for the KCRW 2017 Radio Race. The theme was Down With Whatever and included a special bonus clip of David Bowie performing for special consideration. Everything had to be recorded and mixed within 24-hours.
Part of this year's more diversified Academy Award nominations, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan have been nominated for Best Sound Editing for La LA Land; becoming the first all-female team nominated in the category (Ai-Ling is also nominated for Best Sound Mixing along with Andy Nelson and Steve A. Morrow). As sound supervisors and designers on the project, their job was to lead the teams that brought every sound you hear. With a heavy emphasis on using production sound versus pre-recorded mixes of music; the performances in the film often feel more organic and real, not so decentered from the overall sound of the narrative as is customary with the genre. This approach informs every step of the audio process; a fine balance of imaginary realism, with key components of audio that connect to the makeup of our everyday living.
Caly McMorrow is an interactive art and sound artist based in St. Paul Minnesota. Immediately after the 2016 presidential election she participated in social media catharsis by covering a well referenced Leonard Cohen song and sharing it for those who it may benefit. In this episode she talks about the post and her continued efforts to unify and connect people together through the complications of life and art. View her work at http://www.calymcmorrow.com/ To see photos of the piece Status Update visit: http://www.calymcmorrow.com/status-update/ Music in this episode by Caly McMorrow is from her album All of This is Temporary and can be found here: http://www.calymcmorrow.com/music/ Cover art for this episode provided by Dana Elizabeth Gerber-Margie from Bello Collective: https://bellocollective.com/
The phone keeps ringing. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CLIFFORD THOMPSON Dialogue: "Do one thing for a person, and he think he owes you; do everything for a person, and he thinks you owe him." Sound: Cicadas whirring Narrative: The action takes place during the hottest summer on record. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: thesarahawards.com/
In a small shop they gather, knowingly submitting to the last breaths of suffocation, exsanguination, and repose in a world torn by snow flakes. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CAROL ZOREF: Dialogue: "The animals kept arriving." Sound: Knives being sharpened. Narrative: Someone dies from suffocation. For more information on The Sarah Awards visit: http://thesarahawards.com/
"The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on."
"Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether in the end there is anybody who will want to bid."
"We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing change in our very notion of art."
Certain that she had made a good painting at last, she pedaled home from the studio in the moonlight, fervent and giddy with glee.
The curtain rises on "[a] late evening in the future." Lit by the white light above a desk. Black-and-white imagery continues throughout. On the desk are a tape-recorder and a number of tins containing reels of recorded tape. A man consults a ledger. The tape he is looking to review is the fifth tape in Box 3. He reads aloud from the ledger but it is obvious that words alone are not jogging his memory.
In 2015 Don Chambers hosted "a music and other things entertainment" each month called The Last Thursday. Each month had its own theme and governed not only the types of content, but way of presentation for the evening. These evenings lived and died in the moment with very little social media promotion or archiving. In the second series of The White Whale we offer snippets of these evenings; providing first glimpses beyond the nights of what went down and why their existence foregoing online permanence is important. Visit http://www.donchambersmusic.com/ for music and more.
This piece was produced by The White Whale as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project. Features the voice of Don Chambers, a musician from Athens, GA. For more information on his work visit http://www.donchambersmusic.com/
"We were lied to." This short audio work was produced for the 2016 #ShortDocs competition held by the Third Coast International Audio Festival. This piece was inspired by the "film noir" mini-movie produced by Manual Cinema. In addition to original music by Garrett D. Tiedemann there are music tracks by Manual Cinema within the mix as required by the competition for this year. To learn more about this year's competition and view the film inspirations from Manual Cinema visit Third Coast: http://thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/shortdocs/2016
Heather McIntosh talks about her upbringing and what choices brought her to work on the films Z for Zachariah and Compliance, cornerstones of her evolution and increasing prominence in the musical communities she lives. This piece was produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Music was by Heather McIntosh and Garrett D. Tiedemann. To learn more about Heather's work visit: http://www.heathermcintosh.com/
Brian Reitzell talks about his work on the show Hannibal and what went into the 3rd and (as of now) final season. Find his music for seasons 1-3 wherever you buy and listen to music. This piece was produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Music was by Garrett D. Tiedemann and This Line. To hear more from This Line visit American Residue Records: https://americanresiduerecords.bandcamp.com/
Paul Fonfara is a local legend of the Minneapolis music scene, having developed the band Painted Saints and playing with bands like Dreamland Faces and Brass Messengers. This after long travels with Devotchka and Jim White on his way to the current musical travelogue. Shifting more to a film composer role he received a grant to develop a record and make the leap. The record became its own thing that speaks further to his composer sensibilities and why this is in many ways where he belongs. Album is set for release at The Cedar on Saturday December 5th, 2015. For more information visit: http://www.thecedar.org/events/2015/12/05/paul-fonfara-and-ipsifendus- orchestra-brass-messengers-and-jim-white For more information about Paul and the Painted Saints visit: paintedsaints.net To hear the record visit: https://soundcloud.com/aulonfara This episode was produced by Garrett Tiedemann and all music was provided by Paul for the episode.
What is Alpha-1? was originally produced in the Spring of 2015 for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge. The story was trying to provide a small glimpse at the personal experience of the disease, which is still widely unknown to the masses. It is being released via The White Whale in prep for a collaborative episode with the podcast ARRVLS that will go further in depth with the experience of living with the genetics. Look for the ARRVLS episode next week. Find the original post in the Third Coast library: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/1711-what-is-alpha-1 Aplha-1 is a genetic condition passed from parents to their children that may result in serious lung disease in adults and/or liver disease at any age. For more information visit: http://www.alpha1.org/ This piece was produced, mixed, scored, and edited by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
"Waiting for Charon" was produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann for The Sarahs' Very Very Short, Short Stories Contest. The challenge was to create a 2-3 minute audio fiction piece inspired by one of 3 sentences. This piece was inspired by Mary Morris' sentence: “The Gem sisters slept in the order in which they were born.” It was mixed, edited, and scored by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
This episode of The White Whale is the end of season 1. We say goodbye to Yōkai and go brave into the future. Covering the final films - Funayūrei 4 and 5 we see a full circle narrative arise from the combination of fifteen films.
This episode of The White Whale is Funayūrei 3. Longest of the series at almost ten minutes. The film had a few stages of completion as it worked to become an extensive excavation of the life of bees and coordinates the narrative carried from the second through the third.
This episode of The White Whale covers Funayūrei 2. Continuing the painterly approaches to image combination, this film also devolves into some of the most abstraction of the entire series with an ending that reframes the whole.
This episode of The White Whale is Funayūrei 1. A new series with more painterly techniques. This video also happens upon current events and attempts to present a certain consideration of the moment.
This episode of The White Whale finishes Hikikomori with conversation of rearranging how one experiences material as a byproduct of work being achieved successfully after stepping away when there was nothing to be done.
This episode of The White Whale shifts from the frame breakage of Hikikomori 5 to the exterior envisaged by Hikikomori 1. A larger idea embodied by numerous in this trilogy - close proximity of personal interior with moments that push away.
This episode of The White Whale tackles the fifth film of Hikikomori extensively before getting off track for the slightest of moments.
This episode of The White Whale dives into the films of Hikikomori and doesn't get past the third video, which is actually the first video. Confused? We explain. Just listen to the podcast.
Sounds of Harlem in 1968. The story of one woman's experience during a time of great musical evolution. This piece was produced by Garrett Tiedemann and The White Whale as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project.
This episode of The White Whale looks exclusively at the last film for Aokigahara and how it took making the feature film KliKt to excavate buried ideas feeding an understanding that informed the development of The Yōkai Trilogy's films.
This episode of The White Whale presents a break down of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' music video and launches into how to not make a film, yet derive a way of making from it. Professionalism be damned. It also ends with the last track of Aokigahara and bends closer to talking about the second record's films.
This episode of The White Whale continues interrogating the films and dives into Garrett's history to learn more about what shapes the current work. Shifting from Jurassic Park to Fellini to the music video for Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', this episodes shapes context and provides valuable considerations for The Yōkai Trilogy's visual layout possible.
This episode of The White Whale turns the tables as John interviews Garrett about making the films. Discussion shifts from the films to previous work such as Trickery Mimicry and Public as a turn back tot he topic at hand.
This episode of The White Whale winds things down. Concluding Funayūrei's making, John brings us to the guest in his room uninvited and the curious happenings around the finality of the trilogy. It's an ending in a beginning.
This episode of The White Whale goes deeper into the dreams and strange happenings of Funayūrei's making. John starts having vivid dreams that lead him down a rabbit hole to Christopher Hitchens and eventually playing material for a girl who throws up in his guest room.
This episode of The White Whale takes an interesting turn to the Titanic as we set up the weird arrivals of Funayūrei's ghosts.
This episode of The White Whale returns looks at how one develops an openness with creativity and thinking outside the box of art. Where do we get our ideas? How do we accept our voice and interpretation if the surrounding thoughts counter it as correct? Why does it matter that you find your own road?
This episode of The White Whale returns to ELpH through John Cage and preparing pianos. Most of all the records, Funayūrei is built on reconfiguring by machines.
This episode of The White Whale dives into the "choose your own adventure" element to The Yōkai Trilogy's production as we move closer to Funayūrei and an eventual descent into the videos that came about as a result of this music.
This episode of The White Whale involves videos games and EVPs - their existence and use value in the sounds of ghost stories - as conversation begins to address the films ever more.
This episode of The White Whale starts addressing the films and how they evolved the way John saw the music. The coincidences of construction keep building onto this new narrative, creating ripples in how everyone can interpret the work.
This episode of The White Whale shifts to Funayūrei, third and final album in The Yōkai Trilogy; initiating discussion of the third album while also previewing tracks from the upcoming release.
This episode of The White Whale speaks thoroughly to the inspirations and compositional aesthetic of Hikikomori. Made up of inorganic instruments, John also speaks to mixes derived by machines rather than him alone.
This episode of The White Whale goes further into what it is to be Hikikomori and why John's second record of trilogy doesn't have a single organic instrument on it.
This episode of The White Whale briefly introduces Hikikomori and the story behind John's second record in the trilogy.
This episode of The White Whale looks at the classics by James, Poe, and Hawthorne to examine how limiting their structures of storytelling have become. For the modern day ghost story Aokigahara is much more than a name for a first record, but a conduit to ideas that may in fact bring us out of history.
This episode of The White Whale continues the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy and looks at how sound running backwards and listening out of order became significant conduits to composition. "Start anywhere, go anywhere, and do anything" as John says. Being a decider of your own experience shapes your context.
This episode of The White Whale begins the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy, its origins in ghost stories, and the desire to tell something different - first with the written word and then without. It is in some ways episode 1 of Season 1, aiming to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of CyNar Pictures and American Residue Records.
This episode of The White Whale offers a preview of season 1, which aims to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John R. Barner and Garrett D. Tiedemann where John supplies the music and Garrett the visuals. The project has been happening for more than a year and a half with the support of CyNar Pictures and American Residue Records. Final record in the trilogy and set of films are due for release soon. To learn more about the project - including music and video streams - go to: http://www.cynarpictures.com/the-yokai-trilogy/ Theme music by Garrett D. Tiedemann and John R. Barner. Original music by Garrett D. Tiedemann. Cover art by Garrett D. Tiedemann.
What is the key to The White Whale? How do we find an origin point? Has it already happened? "When men have died they enter history. When statues have died they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture" -Alain Resnais Long-form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension of the blog offering visions behind the curtain of art collaboratives in video and audio.
When you record, things can go wrong, but not all is lost. Long-form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension of the blog offering visions behind the curtain of art collaboratives in video and audio.
You have to start somewhere. Seems a guitar feed was the best way for The White Whale to make an entrance. Stay tuned for more episodes shortly. Long- form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label American Residue Records. Built upon the ideas of Residual, the blog of CyNar, each episode is an extension of the blog offering visions behind the curtain of art collaboratives in video and audio.