Archaeology of the Inner Voice - “The Interpretation of Dreams” by S. Freud

Archaeology of the Inner Voice - “The Interpretation of Dreams” by S. Freud - Spiro Mason and Rene Markovič - The project "Archaeology of the Inner Voice - Freud's Text The Interpretation of Dreams" is a journey through ambient soundscapes, random sequence of events and memories, inviting us to listen to an inner voice that emerges alongside the awakening of our surroundings and the thread of Freud's thoughts recorded in his text. The project explores the dynamic connection between the sounds of a space and the inner voice that resides within Freud's text. By recording spaces that resonate, I create soundscapes that are algorithmically transformed into random sequences of Morse code. These auditory codes are heard on the left channel as readings of random, echoing letters. The random sequences programmatically but soundlessly form meaningful fragments, which are then compared to Freud's text by the algorithm. When the fragments align with Freud's text, the passage is machine-read and heard again on the right channel. The project is a subtle artistic exploration of the inner voice, emerging through a dialogue between the richness of fading sounds in the space (the sounds of our presence, the voice of Freud's daughter Anna from a video projection, the sounds of urban environment...) and the machine reading of fragments from Freud's text. The artwork is a continuation of my collaboration with the Institute for Contemporary Art Processing, CONA, and PhD Rene Markovič. It was realized during my art residency supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, SKICA. Author: Spiro Mason