# Sotto Voce

> creative work by Zahra Safavian

**Wikidata**: [Q132199506](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132199506)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sotto-voce-q132199506

## Summary
Sotto Voce is a creative work and software application created by Zahra Safavian and published in 2002. It was released in an online art gallery and was implemented using Adobe Flash.

## Key Facts
- Sotto Voce is a creative work authored by Zahra Safavian.  
- Sotto Voce was published in 2002.  
- Sotto Voce is also classified as an application (a software program or group of programs designed for end-users).  
- Sotto Voce was published in an online art gallery.  
- The software engine used for Sotto Voce is Adobe Flash.  
- Sotto Voce is indexed with elmcip_id 6502.  
- The language of the work or its name is English.

## FAQs
### Q: What is Sotto Voce?
A: Sotto Voce is a creative work that also functions as a software application, created by Zahra Safavian and published in 2002.

### Q: Who created Sotto Voce?
A: Zahra Safavian is the author of Sotto Voce.

### Q: When and where was Sotto Voce published?
A: Sotto Voce was published in 2002 and released in an online art gallery.

### Q: What technology does Sotto Voce use?
A: Sotto Voce was built using Adobe Flash as its software engine.

## Why It Matters
Sotto Voce represents a documented example of an early-2000s creative work that was both artistic and software-based, published on the web. Its implementation with Adobe Flash places it among web-published multimedia works of that period and indicates reliance on a widely used web multimedia engine of the time. As a work by Zahra Safavian, and with an elmcip_id (6502) for cataloguing, Sotto Voce is identifiable within curated online art contexts and digital art records. For researchers, archivists, or audiences looking at intersections of art and software in the early web era, Sotto Voce provides a concrete, dated instance of an art application published in an online gallery and produced in English.

## Notable For
- Being a creative work authored by Zahra Safavian.  
- Being published in 2002 and released via an online art gallery.  
- Being implemented using Adobe Flash as its software engine.  
- Being classified both as a creative work and as an application.  
- Having the elmcip_id 6502 for identification in relevant catalogs.

## Body

### Overview
- Title: Sotto Voce.  
- Nature: Creative work that is also an application.  
- Author: Zahra Safavian.  
- Language: English.

### Authorship
- Author listed: Zahra Safavian.  
- Attribution is explicit in the record for the work.

### Publication
- Publication year: 2002.  
- Publication venue: an online art gallery.  
- The work is recorded with an elmcip identifier (elmcip_id 6502).

### Technical Details
- Software engine: Adobe Flash.  
- Classification: application (defined as a software program or group of programs designed for end-users).  
- The work combines creative/artistic content with a software implementation.

### Classification and Identifiers
- Instance of: creative work; application.  
- elmcip_id: 6502.  
- Language of work or name: English.