Grandmother's Garden by ANAZANAUT
I THINK ABOUT YOU DAY AND NIGHT
This artifact and all herein have been made manifest in loving memory of Grandma Pearl.
Born July 11, 1889 - Deceased February 11, 1983
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You are hereby cordially invited to attend this visitation with Grandma Pearl on the 40th anniversary of her crossing the veil. She has been patiently awaiting your arrival and is very much looking forward to the pleasure of your company. To facilitate this interaction, certain artifacts have been manifested in loving remembrance of her presence and influence on all those for whom she cared during her tenure within this realm. Rarefied archival audio and video recordings of Grandma Pearl have been sourced in order to evoke her essence within our current domain of materialization, allowing all who desire so to spend a few precious moments in her company. Envision yourself sitting with her by the kitchen window, enjoying a slice of fresh baked pie and an ice cold pop while her bird-like voice sweetly chirps to you of half remembered occasions and mementos lost.
Included in this collection is a 16 page PDF book of remembrance and a 7:00 minute video collage of Pearl in her home and with her family. As this is a personal family memorial artifact, it is made available for free download to any who may wish to experience it, be they family, friends or the curious.
Tracklist
| 1. | Grandmother's Garden | 22:22 |
Credits
Project conceived and manifested from January 11 to February 11, 2023. All audio and visual components excavated, archived, restored, enhanced and augmented by ANAZANAUT, unless otherwise noted.
Audio components: reel to reel recording of Pearl captured on Friday March 11, 1960 | creaking door hinge captured with ZOOM H1 on Friday January 14, 2023 | cassette mangled voice captured January 12, 2023 | Native Instruments Kontakt 4 (upright bass captured January 16, 2023 - organ KH Floeten 1 manual captured January 22 & 24, 2023) | NS electric violin thru ZOOM G9.2tt FX foot-board captured January 20, 2023 | sundry incidental sounds.
Visual components: graphic elements (borders, paper textures, covers) assembled from scans of the desiccated Devall family Bible originally gifted to my great-great-grandmother on her wedding day of September 23, 1884 | portrait photograph of Pearl on her 88th birthday of July 11, 1977 | photo of Pearl in the grass circa 1920s | photo of Pearl with baby Dixie circa 1943 | photo of Pearl with Ugo circa June, 1961 | photo of Pearl with great-grandson circa 1978 | photo of Pearl at her 92nd birthday on July 11, 1981 | photo of Pearl in repose at her funeral service circa mid February, 1983. Video elements sourced from family 8mm home movies shot at various times during the mid 1960s.
License
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Walking with the broken rocks upon the heaving thrust of mountain echoes, movement becomes challenged. Something may have taken hold here, but its residue has since faded into the dust of winds long blown away. Though memory shards crack and splinter through the ice age history once foretold, there are now no more than fragments upon a beach receding beyond the breaking waves.