Suspended Disbelief

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Description

From within the pile of books, on an endless loop, comes the sound of two voices telling an endless story. The story is made from quotations from more than sixty different novels. The pieces are put together in such a way that they suggest a narrative. Something is happening, but just as you feel you know how the plot will go, it slides seamlessly to another story. It seems to be the same story but the narrative never finds resolution. It is a restless text held in permanent suspense. The text was written and performed by Nola Farman and Anna Gibbs. With thanks to Andrew Smith for the assembly of the installation.
Excerpt from Australian Sound Design Project

Creator

Farman, Nola
Gibbs, Anna

Date

1997

Contributor

Smith, Andrew

Rights

Copyright Nola Farman and Anna Gibbs. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder.

Citation

Farman, Nola and Gibbs, Anna, “Suspended Disbelief,” ADELTA, accessed November 15, 2024, https://adelta.westernsydney.edu.au/items/show/59.