Chris Roberts

The Ghost of Shakespeare

…Is that a voice in your head? …Is someone whispering in your ear?

The Ghost of Shakespeare is a sound project by Christopher Roberts exploring the nature of our soundscape perception and technological surveillance.

Using a relatively new sound technology called ‘spotlight speakers,’ Roberts can transmit focused audio signals over large distances much like a flashlight sends light in a beam.  One individual standing in a crowd of people hears a whisper in his head and wonders where it came from.