Whispering Galleries: Documenting Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse's Interactive Poetry ProjectMain MenuHistory of the ProjectArtist's StatementVisual Walk-Through of Whispering GalleriesA screenshot sequence of Whispering Galleries: 06 June, 2017TechnologyReaders' Traversals and InterviewsBiographiesExhibit TimelineExhibit MapResourcesAboutAlejandro Echeverriafa7002909e672dd155f5be9b1c28ac2e8adbeb40Stacy Reardona332db74283e227b2638737cc8ccce0b77845c5b
Introduction
12017-06-14T15:38:09-07:00Stacy Reardona332db74283e227b2638737cc8ccce0b77845c5b1941210plain4664192017-06-16T10:14:21-07:00Stacy Reardona332db74283e227b2638737cc8ccce0b77845c5bWhispering Galleries by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse is a 2014 site-specific, interactive, multimedia poetry project that uses a reader’s gestures to transform a local diary into erasure poetry on the screen. As readers gesture over the computer, transcriptions from a New Haven shopkeeper’s 1858 diary dissolve as so much digital dust, leaving behind a shimmering poem. Through a webcam, the participant’s shadow emerges behind the words, creating a symbolic link between the viewer and the work. Like the whispering gallery architecture referenced by the title, the project transmits “whispers” from the past across time. Project Website Whispering Galleries: App
12017-06-14T14:32:46-07:00Stacy Reardona332db74283e227b2638737cc8ccce0b77845c5bHistory of the Project10plain2017-06-15T15:51:00-07:00Stacy Reardona332db74283e227b2638737cc8ccce0b77845c5b
12017-06-15T11:42:22-07:00Dissolve Example 16Participant's first hand movement registered by Leap. Original text dissolved slightly away from swipe. Source Whispering Galleries.media/wg-screenshot-dissolve-example-18581122-1.pngplain2017-06-15T15:19:18-07:00