Captioning as Sounding: Sound Description Workshop
with Jay Afrisando
4 Sep 25, 4.00–6.00 pm
Link to registration form for the workshop
Captioning is widely recognized as the process of interpreting sound in electronic media and live spoken content and converting it into text. It makes sound more accessible through a visual form. However, captioning is arguably underappreciated as both an art form and a tool equal to other arts and sound technologies.
In this workshop, participants are invited on a journey exploring captioning as an act of sounding or sound-making. How can we use text to convey sound that exists both outside and within our bodyminds? What are the advantages and limitations of using text to deliver sound?
While this workshop will also discuss captioning in a filmmaking practice, it will delve beyond that to explore the possibilities and challenges of describing sound and conveying it in text.
In this workshop, participants will:
– learn how to describe sound and the contexts of sound (description),
– observe the possibilities and challenges in describing sound,
– learn how to use text of sound description in visual media, and
– recognize the dynamic relationships between text, sound, and other sensory experiences, such as visual, tactile, texture, and temperature, among others.
Access information:
– The workshop is held in person.
– The workshop is open to individuals who are aurally diverse, neurodivergent, or disabled, as well as those with diverse artistic and professional backgrounds.
– The workshop is delivered through written presentation slides and spoken English with automatic English captioning.
– Unfortunately, DGS interpretation will not be available. In the spirit of the workshop, communication via phone chat or text app is possible.
– For more gallery access information, please visit our about page.
Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks will be provided.
Hosted by Jay Afrisando.