In the process of composing an audiovisual essay, one normally works with several audio and video tracks simultaneously. Deactivating some of these tracks in order to concentrate on a single one of them is a routine operation. The tracks that have been muted or blanked are still in your editing timeline, only you can't hear or watch what they contain. By doing this – severing a fragment of audio from its image and listening to it repeatedly – I started becoming aware of the particular qualities of Anatole's scream...
Laugh Motel 