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Wilks uses a simple and elegant interface, sophisticated visuals, and delicately crafted soundscapes to draw readers into a moving poetic memoir. This work weaves in all these elements narratively and thematically to explore the troubled relation between a child and her father who suffers from tinnitus, probably from being overexposed to loud noises as a fighter plane technician during WWII. The connections between hearing and deliberate or desired deafness, birds, planes, models, toys, family, soldiers, safety, danger, love, anger, pain, and other themes are gracefully interwoven in this richly layered work.
Wear headphones or connect your computer to speakers to get the best experience of this delightfully immersive work.
Featured in Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2.
