FUNCTION FUNCTION
2019
Function Function is a performance presented through the public address Tannoy system at DEDA, Derby, for the Indialogue19 Festival evening social event.
At intervals, typically institutional public information, combined with instructional guidance for visitors regarding proceedings for the event were announced. The scripted content was pre-performed through a process of digital speech-to-text dictation with a mimicking of verbal stylistics commonplace in corporate announcements. The inflections, exaggerations and vocal tonality, along with the limitations of the technology, partially obscure the content and skew the algorithmic interpretation to form new and seemingly recalcitrant language. The new dialogue is re-presented live in its unedited reconfigurement.
Image Credits: Jenna Eady