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THE VOICE AS A LIVING ARCHIVE: ALESSANDRA ERAMO ON SOUND, MEMORY AND PLACE
Interviewer: Gokhan Colak @gokhancolakfounder
Interviewee: Alessandra Eramo @alessandra_eramo
In The Voice as a Living Archive: Alessandra Eramo on Sound, Memory and Place, sound artist, vocalist, and performer Alessandra Eramo explores the voice as a bodily experience beyond linguistic meaning. Drawing on Roland Barthes’s concept of the “grain of the voice” and Mladen Dolar’s philosophy of vocality, she examines how breath, whispers, screams, and non-verbal sounds create alternative forms of expression. For Eramo, the voice is a material presence shaped by the body, space, and listeners, challenging fixed notions of identity.
The conversation examines the relationship between sound, place, and ecological memory through Eramo’s field recordings and performances. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’s concept of Deep Listening, she approaches recording as attentive engagement with the environment. In works such as Watertongue and My Voice Becomes the River, human voices encounter non-human sounds. Drawing on Donna Haraway and Félix Guattari, she connects sound with ecological transformation, migration, and ancestral memory.
Finally, Eramo reflects on voice, imagination, and artificial intelligence. Engaging with Salomé Voegelin’s approach to sound art and Umberto Eco’s concept of the “open work,” she highlights the listener’s freedom to interpret sound. She questions whether synthetic voices can reproduce the experiences and vulnerabilities embodied in human vocal expression. Ultimately, Eramo understands the voice as a living archive that carries personal histories, collective memory, and ecological change while continually transforming in the present.
#alessandraeramo #soundart #soundartist #soundstudies #memory
Interviewer: Gokhan Colak @gokhancolakfounder
Interviewee: Alessandra Eramo @alessandra_eramo
In The Voice as a Living Archive: Alessandra Eramo on Sound, Memory and Place, sound artist, vocalist, and performer Alessandra Eramo explores the voice as a bodily experience beyond linguistic meaning. Drawing on Roland Barthes’s concept of the “grain of the voice” and Mladen Dolar’s philosophy of vocality, she examines how breath, whispers, screams, and non-verbal sounds create alternative forms of expression. For Eramo, the voice is a material presence shaped by the body, space, and listeners, challenging fixed notions of identity.
The conversation examines the relationship between sound, place, and ecological memory through Eramo’s field recordings and performances. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’s concept of Deep Listening, she approaches recording as attentive engagement with the environment. In works such as Watertongue and My Voice Becomes the River, human voices encounter non-human sounds. Drawing on Donna Haraway and Félix Guattari, she connects sound with ecological transformation, migration, and ancestral memory.
Finally, Eramo reflects on voice, imagination, and artificial intelligence. Engaging with Salomé Voegelin’s approach to sound art and Umberto Eco’s concept of the “open work,” she highlights the listener’s freedom to interpret sound. She questions whether synthetic voices can reproduce the experiences and vulnerabilities embodied in human vocal expression. Ultimately, Eramo understands the voice as a living archive that carries personal histories, collective memory, and ecological change while continually transforming in the present.
#alessandraeramo #soundart #soundartist #soundstudies #memory
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