Last Whispers Inc

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8865 Wonderland Ave Los Angeles, CA, 90046-1851

EIN Number: 81-3146840

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Website: https://www.lastwhispers.org

NTEE Code: A70: Humanities

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

Every two weeks the world loses a language. At an unprecedented speed, faster than the extinction of some species, our linguistic diversity—the very means by which we know ourselves—is eroding. Today out of the 7,000 languages remaining on Earth, only 30 are spoken among the majority of the world population. It is estimated that at least half of the planet’s currently spoken languages will have died out by the end of this century. Some estimates project a much greater speed of disappearance. Last Whispers is a project about the mass extinction of languages. By definition, this extinction occurs in silence, since silence is the very form it takes. Last Whispers sounds what has gone silent. While we drown in the noise of our own voices—uttered within dominant cultures and languages—we are surrounded by a vast ocean of silence. Last Whispers aims to further awareness of linguistic extinction.

VISION - GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

Last Whispers sounds what has gone silent. While we drown in the noise of our own voices—uttered within dominant cultures and languages—we are surrounded by a vast ocean of silence. Last Whispers aims to further awareness of linguistic extinction.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Last Whispers is an experiential, immersive work dedicated to the extinction of languages. Last Whispers is an incantation of extinct and endangered languages. It is both a profoundly modern and a traditional choral work. The spatialized sound composition layers recordings of speech, recitatives, incantations, songs and ritual chants, with audible punctuations of sounds from nature and outer space frequencies (made audible), including gravitational waves of supernovas (dying stars) recorded by LIGO, “The Listening Ear.” The result is a visceral, sensory immersion when experienced in any of the formats offered: a fully immersive gallery projection, an audio video theater installation, a virtual reality experience, or a dome projection. The impact of Last Whispers is amplified through its use of cutting edge image and sound design and technology. Visually, the audience is dropped into landscapes and symbols devoid of people, as human voices call from deep space. The immersive and spatialized sound projection (available in binaural / 54.1 / 8.1 octophonic / 7.1 / 5.1 mixes), is interpreted by the human ear as a distinct 360° soundscape. This enveloping visual and sound environment prompts the brain to perceive the voices in the piece as “present” and “real.” Whether experienced as a video, as a virtual reality, or as an immersive projection mapping render or dome or sphere, the audiences find themselves inside the artwork for 30 minutes.

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