Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death through the perspective of those who deal with it on a daily basis.
Recently featured on Transom.org, The D-Word is an audio documentary I produced last summer on the subject of death. I'd urge you to visit Transom and explore their excellent site, but you can also listen to or download my piece below:
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The documentary was made in part for my MSc in Science Media Production and explores our relationship with death through the perspective of those who deal with it on a daily basis.
The piece experiments with a braided narrative weaving between interview and actuality recordings, taking the listener into a hospital mortuary, inside funeral homes and across a church yard to explore the concept of death from a number of personal perspectives.
This documentary is also a response to my own experience in dealing with the death of a close friend and you can read more about this in my article over at Transom.org.
In addition to this piece, I also produced two further shorts from the material recored for this documentary. These short audio vignettes experiment with form and sound to explore some of the themes touched upon by pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton.
http://soundcloud.com/eprosser/adam-as-machine
http://soundcloud.com/eprosser/winters-rest