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In 2003 a unique but severely damaged wax-cylinder recording of Evan Roberts (1878–1951), the charismatic figurehead of the Welsh religious revival of 1904-5, was discovered. The paper examines the making, restoration, and afterlife of the cylinder and its status as an index to the identity of both the revivalist and his cause. The cylinder is discussed in the context of early sound-recording processes, technology and modernity, metaphors of ruin and fracture, Roberts’ preaching, and the promotion of the religious idealism. It also discusses how sound art can serve as a medium and process of intrusion, interpretation, and historical inquiry.

John Harvey presented a public lecture on the sound-art project entitled R R B V E Ǝ T N Ƨ O A. Further information about the CD album based upon the wax cylinder recording is available at:

evanroberts.johnharvey.org.uk

Copies of the CD can be purchased on-line at the National Library of Wales shop:

siop.llgc.org.uk/products/rrbve-tn-oa-cd-john-harvey?_pos=1&_sid=d4bf4e2f0&_ss=r
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from The Retrieval of Revival: recollecting and revising the Evan Roberts wax cylinder, released July 18, 2019

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John Harvey Aberystwyth, UK

I’m a practitioner and historian of sound art and visual art, and Emeritus Professor of Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University, UK. My research field is the sonic and visual culture of religion. I explore the sonic articulations of the Christian religion by engaging visual, textual, and audible sources, theological and cultural ideas, and systemic and audiovisualogical processes. ... more

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