All this talk of voids, future or otherwise, makes me think of
absolutely nothing. That makes sense, right? There’s nothing in a void, by
definition. It lacks. Which is why I’m
trying to figure out this Future Void tape
by Dr. Norah Lorway (Falmouth University), one purportedly pointing the way
toward emptiness. “Trying” because there’s nothing suggesting this tape isn’t
full of rich ambient textures, and if we’re looking to the future, this here in
the present is making me much more hopeful that the future will also contain supplemental
rich ambient textures. I don’t have any reason to think otherwise.
Unless … perhaps Future Void is
the sound of sound leaving, the process of emptying completely. If so, then
maybe we’re onto something, as Lorway’s sounds do indeed dissipate as they
progress, at first blanketing the environment like fog before thinning out and
gradually transitioning into the ambient sounds you hear in whatever room you’re
in. As such, Future Void fulfills
itself, but not how you’d expect. Instead of disappearing completely, it simply
transforms, allowing environmental factors to overcome it and replace it. No
void, just absence. That absence is immediately filled. Perfectly blended.
https://www.norahlorway.com/
https://distantbloom.bandcamp.com/
--Ryan
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