The problem of female narrative in the german biographic radiospectacle

The radioplay as a genre combines different media and types of art. The acoustic level of the radioplay is realized in the sound - or in different sounds as a voice, an electronic sound, instrumental parts, noice. The biographical radioplay has a narrative potential because it has a function to illustrate people's lives and activities. The author of this study is interested in how the acoustic form of a modern biographical radio, for example, «Alles aber anders» by Ulrike Haage, implements the features of female narrative. The voice, which is an acoustic composite material in this work, is introduced into the form of the work along with sound, noise, and musical elements. The interaction of all elements of the radioplay, as well as theatrical dramatic staging, depend on each other and create narrative structures in the work. The voice part is represented by both male and female voices. The character of Eva Hesse is represented by two voices - «adult» and «young», which symbolize two images of the artist - before and after the illness. Interestingly, the dynamics, timbre, tempo and acoustic processing of voices form two parallel images. This fragmentation of the character can be interpreted as a feature of the female narrative in the radio performance. Through the ambiguity of the artist's image, the composer avoids creating a dominant, that is, "main" narrative in the implementation of an acoustic biography. Through a different image of Eva Hesse, listeners can freely interpret her character. So, in the radio performance, an interaction is formed not only between the two characters of the artist inside the composition per se, but also the system between the content of the radio performance and its interpretation.

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