The White Whale

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism: Leah (1814–1890), Margaretta (also …

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a …

Gef (/ˈdʒɛf/ JEF), also referred to as the Talking Mongoose or the Dalby Spook, was the name given to an allegedly talking mongoose which was claimed to inhabit a farmhouse owned by the Irving family. The Irvings' farm …

This series is written by Henry Cooke and produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

Original music and sound design by Garrett D. Tiedemann.

"Real life is a hashtag we’re nostalgic to remember."

This piece is audio from a film (soon to be released) and was originally produced for Earlid as part of their 2019 Liminal Sounds exhibit Retreat, Disappearance. It …

This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar. Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.

Audio from a film. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/292243431

Features new music from John Barner. Stream and buy the record here: https://americanresiduerecords.bandcamp.com/album/darker-places

I used to dream …

Erasure is violence. Ever, always, being justified: “The director said she made the changes so as ‘not [to] show them.'”

Sun Yung Shin is the voice …

This piece was produced, mixed, and scored by Lily Sloane from the podcast A Therapist Walks Into A Bar. Find all her brilliance at http://www.lilymakessound.com/.

end·ing

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noun

1. an end or final part of something, especially a period of time

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   • the furthest part or point …

twaNG/

1. 1.

   a strong ringing sound such as that made by the plucked string of a musical instrument or a released bowstring.

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make or cause

op·tics

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properties of transmission and deflection.

1. 2.

   the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.

   "the …

post·script

ˈpōs(t)ˌskript/

noun

1. an additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature and introduced by “P.S.”.

   “Leaving tomorrow.”

hōp/

1. 1.a feeling. archaic

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"he looked through her belongings"

1.  on, want; More

or·i·gin

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noun

1. 1.

   the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Blank slate" redirects here.

For other uses, (disambiguation).

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Tabula rasa (/ˈtæbjələ ˈrɑːsə, -zə, ˈreɪ-/)

In Locke's …

re·veal

rəˈvēl/

verb

past tense: revealed; past participle: revealed

1. make (previously unknown

   • cause or allow (something)  

seen. literary

This Offbeat episode was produced for the KCRW 2017 Radio Race. The theme was Down With Whatever and included a special bonus clip of David Bowie performing for special consideration. Everything had to be recorded and …

America is less. Resist.

Part of this year's more diversified Academy Award nominations, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan have been nominated for Best Sound Editing for La LA Land; becoming the first all-female team nominated in the …

Caly McMorrow is an interactive art and sound artist based in St. Paul Minnesota. Immediately after the 2016 presidential election she participated …

The phone keeps ringing. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories contest and was inspired by the rules of CLIFFORD …

In a small shop they gather, knowingly submitting to the last breaths of suffocation, exsanguination, and repose in a world torn by snow flakes. This piece was produced for the 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories …

"The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength …

"To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking..."

"Everything is to be had at such a bargain that it is questionable whether in the end there is anybody who will want to bid."

"Getting lost is the best way to find something."

"We must expect great innovations to transform the entire technique of the arts, thereby affecting artistic invention itself and perhaps even bringing about an amazing change in our very notion of art."

Certain that she had made a good painting at last, she pedaled home from the studio in the moonlight, fervent and giddy with glee.

The curtain rises on "[a] late evening in the future." Lit by the white light above a desk. Black-and-white imagery continues throughout. On the desk are a tape-recorder and a number of tins containing reels of recorded …

In 2015 Don Chambers hosted "a music and other things entertainment" each month called The Last Thursday. Each month had its own theme and governed not only the types of content, but way of presentation for the evening. …

This piece was produced by The White Whale as part of The 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project. Features the voice of Don Chambers, a musician from Athens, GA. For more information on his work …

"We were lied to." This short audio work was produced for the 2016 #ShortDocs competition held by the Third Coast International Audio Festival. This piece was inspired by the "film noir" mini-movie produced by Manual …

Heather McIntosh talks about her upbringing and what choices brought her to work on the films Z for Zachariah and Compliance, cornerstones of her …

Brian Reitzell talks about his work on the show Hannibal and what went into the 3rd and (as of now) final season. Find his music for seasons 1-3 wherever you buy and listen to music. This piece was produced by Garrett …

Paul Fonfara is a local legend of the Minneapolis music scene, having developed the band Painted Saints and playing with bands like Dreamland Faces …

What is Alpha-1? was originally produced in the Spring of 2015 for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge. The story was trying to provide a small glimpse at the personal experience of the …

"Waiting for Charon" was produced by Garrett D. Tiedemann for The Sarahs' Very Very Short, Short Stories Contest. The challenge was to create a 2-3 minute audio fiction piece inspired by one of 3 sentences. This piece …

This episode of The White Whale is the end of season 1. We say goodbye to Yōkai and go brave into the future. Covering the final films - Funayūrei 4 …

This episode of The White Whale is Funayūrei 3. Longest of the series at almost ten minutes. The film had a few stages of completion as it worked to become an extensive excavation of the life of bees and coordinates the …

This episode of The White Whale covers Funayūrei 2. Continuing the painterly approaches to image combination, this film also devolves into some of …

This episode of The White Whale is Funayūrei 1. A new series with more painterly techniques. This video also happens upon current events and attempts to present a certain consideration of the moment.

This episode of The White Whale finishes Hikikomori with conversation of rearranging how one experiences material as a byproduct of work being …

This episode of The White Whale shifts from the frame breakage of Hikikomori 5 to the exterior envisaged by Hikikomori 1. A larger idea embodied by numerous in this trilogy - close proximity of personal interior with …

This episode of The White Whale tackles the fifth film of Hikikomori extensively before getting off track for the slightest of moments. 

This episode of The White Whale dives into the films of Hikikomori and doesn't get past the third video, which is actually the first video. Confused? We explain. Just listen to the podcast.

Sounds of Harlem in 1968. The story of one woman's experience during a time of great musical evolution. This piece was produced by Garrett Tiedemann …

This episode of The White Whale looks exclusively at the last film for Aokigahara and how it took making the feature film KliKt to excavate buried ideas feeding an understanding that informed the development of The …

This episode of The White Whale presents a break down of Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' music video and launches into how to not make a film, yet derive a way of making from it. Professionalism be damned. It also …

This episode of The White Whale continues interrogating the films and dives into Garrett's history to learn more about what shapes the current work. Shifting from Jurassic Park to Fellini to the music video for …

This episode of The White Whale turns the tables as John interviews Garrett about making the films. Discussion shifts from the films to previous work such as Trickery Mimicry and Public as a turn back tot he topic at …

This episode of The White Whale winds things down. Concluding Funayūrei's making, John brings us to the guest in his room uninvited and the curious happenings around the finality of the trilogy. It's an ending in a …

This episode of The White Whale goes deeper into the dreams and strange happenings of Funayūrei's making. John starts having vivid dreams that lead …

This episode of The White Whale takes an interesting turn to the Titanic as we set up the weird arrivals of Funayūrei's ghosts.

This episode of The White Whale returns looks at how one develops an openness with creativity and thinking outside the box of art. Where do we get our ideas? How do we accept our voice and interpretation if the …

This episode of The White Whale returns to ELpH through John Cage and preparing pianos. Most of all the records, Funayūrei is built on reconfiguring by machines.

This episode of The White Whale dives into the "choose your own adventure" element to The Yōkai Trilogy's production as we move closer to Funayūrei …

This episode of The White Whale involves videos games and EVPs - their existence and use value in the sounds of ghost stories - as conversation …

This episode of The White Whale starts addressing the films and how they evolved the way John saw the music. The coincidences of construction keep …

This episode of The White Whale shifts to Funayūrei, third and final album in The Yōkai Trilogy; initiating discussion of the third album while also previewing tracks from the upcoming release.

This episode of The White Whale speaks thoroughly to the inspirations and compositional aesthetic of Hikikomori. Made up of inorganic instruments, John also speaks to mixes derived by machines rather than him alone.

This episode of The White Whale goes further into what it is to be Hikikomori and why John's second record of trilogy doesn't have a single organic instrument on it.

This episode of The White Whale briefly introduces Hikikomori and the story behind John's second record in the trilogy.

This episode of The White Whale looks at the classics by James, Poe, and Hawthorne to examine how limiting their structures of storytelling have become. For the modern day ghost story Aokigahara is much more than a name …

This episode of The White Whale continues the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy and looks at how sound running backwards and listening out of order became significant conduits to composition. "Start anywhere, go …

This episode of The White Whale begins the conversation of The Yōkai Trilogy, its origins in ghost stories, and the desire to tell something different - first with the written word and then without. It is in some ways …

This episode of The White Whale offers a preview of season 1, which aims to thoroughly consider The Yōkai Trilogy - an art collaborative between John …

What is the key to The White Whale? How do we find an origin point? Has it already happened? "When men have died they enter history. When statues …

When you record, things can go wrong, but not all is lost. Long-form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of life. The White Whale is an audio production of CyNar Pictures and its record label …

You have to start somewhere. Seems a guitar feed was the best way for The White Whale to make an entrance. Stay tuned for more episodes shortly. Long- form documentary, sound experimentation, and musings on the stuff of …