The British Museum Membercast 0106 Phone calls from the past
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May 17, 2023 How do you make ancient people sound like they’re leaving you a voicemail? Finn Kennedy explores the creative process behind Eternal Telephone, from imagining the voices and accents of people from distant cultures to crafting intimate performances with historically grounded details, sound effects, and just the right amount of squeaky-bed realism.
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Reviving Voices From The Past
- The Eternal Telephone project brings ancient characters to life by imagining them calling us with voicemails from the past.
- It creatively connects visitors to objects and lives across cultural and temporal borders in engaging ways.
Creating Audio for a Museum Space
- Finn Kennedy was tasked with designing an audio project fitting the museum space with noise and crowd constraints.
- This led to the idea of brief, single-voice voicemail-style messages from historical characters.
Balancing History with Focused Storytelling
- Writers worked closely with museum specialists to ensure historical plausibility.
- Each message focuses on one clear reason to create urgency and intimacy in the storytelling.