Howl in Six Voices
Format: Audio
Reference Number: B.13997.HO
Location: Box
Acquisition Date: 9/16/2015
Description:

Howl in Six Voices is the sonic rendition of the textual procedure inflationary erasure- a fusion of lipogram and erasure.

In this procedure, a found sound file - Allen Ginsberg reading his "Howl for Carl Solomon" -is erased six times, each time including- in their original order- only and all words containing a particular vowel. Accordingly, "HAWL" includes all words containing the vowel a. "HEWL" includes all words containing the vowel e. "HIWL" includes all words containing the vowel i. And so on.

The six erasures together inflate Ginsberg's "Howl" by including more words- words containing two or more vowels- than the original. For example, you is an inflator.

These tracks may be played individually or in any arrangement of sequences, simultaneities, durations, etc.