AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE

2016-2017

11-9

November 2017

[documentation of vocal performance with auxiliary audio at Experimental Sound Studios]

SHADE-HAUNTED SPACE (excerpt)

November 2018

A pirate radio performance with microphone feedback and the poem "L'éspace aux ombres" ("Shade-haunted space) by Henri Michaux. The poem deals with the emptiness of space and presents a terrible noise echoing into infinity -- the noise of the imprisoned psyche. This performance is a response to consumerist space, presenting a feedback loop wherein the consumer can begin to hear themselves, surrounded by noise.

he transmission is broadcast on 4 handheld radios by 4 performers who modulate the feedback by moving towards and away from the microphones.

MORE LIVE SOUNDS (as sugarlift)

Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

August 2022

[documentation of a composition in real time with vocalizations, synthesizer, tape loops, drum machine and electronics]

May Colvin

February 2019

[documentation of a composition in real time with bathub, water, hydrophone, singing, loops, synthesizer and electronics]

May Colvin (Roud 21, Child 4) is a traditional Appalachian/English/Celtic song that tells the story of a young woman who is kidnapped by a knight. He transports her to the ocean where he reveals that he intends to drown her, as he drowned several women who came before her. The heroine outwits him and uses her cunning and strength to drown him in the ocean.

Photos by Astro Escudero.

Buoyant

November 2016

[documentation of a composition in real time with vocals, synthesizer, field recordings, hydrophone and Youtube videos]

Proceeds from the performance directed to the Water Protectors of Standing Rock.

Dream Sequence

September 2016

[documentation of a composition in real time with vocalizations, synthesizer, and iPhone voice memos]

Tipping Points

September 2016

[documentation of a composition in real time with vocalizations, synthesizer, hydrophone, and Siri]

Kopp, R. E., Shwom, R. L., Wagner, G. and Yuan, J. (2016), Tipping elements and climate–economic shocks: Pathways toward integrated assessment. Earth's Future, 4: 346–372. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2…EF000362/full