LOL, a Sonic Détournement of the CCTV Surveillance Network

Louvel, Olivia

doi:10.1162/leon_a_02711

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LOL, a Sonic Détournement of the CCTV Surveillance Network

Olivia Louvel

0009-0004-3349-7049

Olivia Louvel

Olivia Louvel, Fine Art, Digital Music & Sound Arts, University of Brighton, 58-67, Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY, UK. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.olivialouvel.com.

OLIVIA LOUVEL is a composer and multidisciplinary artist whose work is presented through sound recordings, sound art installations, video art, and live performances. As a doctoral researcher at the University of Brighton, she investigates the relationship between voice and sculpture across the Fine Art and Digital Music & Sound Arts departments. She won an Ivor Novello Award in sound art at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 for LOL. Her research has been supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and the Arts Council of England. She is a member of Sound Art Brighton.

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Olivia Louvel

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OLIVIA LOUVEL is a composer and multidisciplinary artist whose work is presented through sound recordings, sound art installations, video art, and live performances. As a doctoral researcher at the University of Brighton, she investigates the relationship between voice and sculpture across the Fine Art and Digital Music & Sound Arts departments. She won an Ivor Novello Award in sound art at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 for LOL. Her research has been supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and the Arts Council of England. She is a member of Sound Art Brighton.

Olivia Louvel, Fine Art, Digital Music & Sound Arts, University of Brighton, 58-67, Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY, UK. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.olivialouvel.com.

Received: June 27 2024

Online ISSN: 1530-9282

Print ISSN: 0024-094X

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The author elaborates on her approach in conceiving LOL, a site-specific sonic intervention delivered through the public address system of Middlesbrough’s CCTV surveillance network. The three-part audio collage addresses sociopolitical issues at the heart of British politics post-Brexit, using plundering and détournement techniques. Each public address speaker acts as a disruptive-sounding body, an acousmatic voice standing anonymously above the town.

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