Sonic Scope Journal

Within the audiovisual piece, I examine the mise-en-scène and narrative techniques used in the music videos via means that allow me to illustrate camp sensibility instead of solely explaining it. Read it now at sonicscope.org.

This activist, audiovisual approach transcends social norms and creates an abstract hyperreality, satirising and critiquing queerphobic attitudes. This activist aspect of camp is emphasised through an audiovisual part of this study that takes the form of a video essay.

| ISSUE 6 - MICHAŁ BILSKI - CAMPY POLAND | This research explores the interplay of queerness, camp aesthetics and Poland's unique cultural context. Drawing from Łukasz Szulc,

the cue inspires a reading which resonates with much of the growing scholarship on Portrait and draws new connections between aspects of this enormously rich film. Read it now at sonicscope.org.

as well its major themes, eventually teasing out a glimmer of optimism in what might seem to be a sombre conclusion. My argument hinges on an ambiguity afforded by “Summer’s” acousmatic nature. Neither unequivocally diegetic nor non-diegetic,

| ISSUE 6 - NOAH JAY - PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019) | Well-renowned for its queering of the gaze, it might come as a surprise that Céline Sciamma's 2019 period piece Portrait of a Lady on Fire ends with a striking musical moment.

and reminding viewers that sound is as transformative as image in this medium. Read it now at sonicscope.org.

Ultimately, the essay positions the video hum as more than a technological artefact. It becomes a metaphysical element, aligning early video art with Buddhist and Hindu philosophies of impermanence and oneness,

| ISSUE 6 - COLTON KEMPF - VIDEO HUM | In exploring the role of sound in early video art, this video essay demonstrates how the video hum transcends its technological origins to become a unifying force within the medium.