The sound of wind rushes past your ears. The windows seem to rattle. A human voice rings out: ‘Yes and yes and yes and …’
A work by Roslyn Orlando, Ekhō (2020) takes its name from the mountain nymph of Ancient Greek myth, famous for having been punished by the goddess Hera and sentenced to being only able to repeat the last few words spoken to her.
In this same essay, she notes that while there are experiences of intimacy that can only be had face to face (or f2f, as Hjorth refers to it in textese), there are others that are unique to the digital. Complex emotional exchanges can occur over text, in total silence:
