Voice Portraits
by Giovanna Iorio giovannaiorio96@gmail.com
An exhibition of poets’ voices turned into spectrograms
I believe poets’ voices must be preserved and this is why I created a library of voices on a map: The Poetry Sound Library. Voice is unique. When we speak we leave an aerial and indelible footprint in the world around us. By preserving the voice, we preserve the uniqueness of each one of us. The series “Voice Portraits” is a collection of poets’ voices turned into spectrograms and art. A spectrogram, or sonogram, is a visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies in a sound. Spectrograms are sometimes called spectral waterfalls, voiceprints, or voicegrams. Spectrograms can be used to identify spoken words phonetically, and to analyse the various calls of animals. The “Voice Portraits” collection is a series of spectrograms of poets from the past, living authors and local poets. You can listen to the poems on the Poetry Sound Library and enjoy the unicity of the voice portraits while visiting the exhibition.
Giovanna Iorio is an eclectic artist. She combines photography, sound, poetry and prose in her works. She lived in Dublin, Turin and Glasgow. She spent sixteen years in Rome and recently moved to London. She has collaborated with internationally rewarded artists and musicians looking for synergies and experimenting with different languages. She is the founder of the Poetry Sound Library, an interactive map to listen to poets from present and past on a world map. In London her works have been part of exhibitions and events. Among the most recent: "In the woods: An exhibition of photographs and poems”, The Lexi Cinema (22 Nov 2017 - 8 Jan 2018) "LoVe Birds at South Kensington Underground", sound installation (February, 14th 2018) “Dame of the Hour”, Bath, March 2018, Video installation “fRAMes”, disappearing memories from villages at Morley College Studio (May-June 2018) and in Rome, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art (June 2019) “We Grow into the Forest”, The Art Pavillion, Mile End Park (March, 2019) “Size Matters”, Fringe Arts Bath (May-June 2019)
@The Lexi Cinema 194B Chamberlayne Road Kensal Rise London NW103JU 26 Nov 2019 - 6 Jan 2020