Submission 2025
| Submitted by: | Natasha D’Amours |
| Department: | Library + Information Studies |
| Faculty: | Education |
Working with undergraduate colleague Sarah Freeman, I explored the pluritemporal nature of recordings through the creation of 360° videos featuring a 1960s-era reel-to-reel tape player. Throughout the 1970s-80s, literary events in and around the University of Alberta were recorded on reel-to-reel tapes. These tapes are currently being digitized and shared by UofA’s SpokenWeb team. As part of the SpokenWeb project, Sarah and I visited locations in Edmonton where these recordings were originally made. At these locations, we played the original reel-to-reel tapes on a Sony TC-102 portable reel-to-reel tape player, recreating a sonic moment in time decades later. Embracing the technology of the present, we recorded these moments using an Insta360 X4 camera and a Zoom H3-VR ambisonic mic. The resulting video can be viewed on a VR headset, visually and sonically placing the viewer inside the recorded moment.
This image captures a moment during our recording at the Jubilee Auditorium, showing both the Sony TC-102 player in the background and the dual-mounted Insta360 X4 and Zoom H3-VR in the foreground—the image itself adds another layer of documentation to this multilayered project.
Was your image created using Generative AI?
No.
How was your image created?
This image was taken using an Apple iPhone SE camera, and left unaltered.
Where is the image located?
Main stage at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, Alberta.