PARTICIPATION AHKESPLUM AHKESPLUM deconstructs and reconstructs Abigail’s improvised gibberish. The text imitates an improvised passage of deconstructed words in one of Abigail’s improvisations. Abigail reinterprets this transcription as quickly as possible to transform the text while Jack adds a slowly enveloping distortion to build the intensity of this poetic outburst. Mystic Elevator is an improvisation duo […]

PARTICIPATION Dymaxion Resource Translation Unit The viewer is invited to inspect the last remaining desk from the Dymaxion Resource Translation Unit, which appears to be a normal office desk and chair, complete with office supplies and communication devices, but which does not behave in a normal fashion. By handling the various objects and elements of […]

PARTICIPATION Care Calls is a proposed sound work that collages clips of telephone interviews I conducted with Filipino caregivers from the L.A. area during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. These interviews are part of Care Talk, an interactive storytelling project that aimed to amplify the voices of frontline workers while exploring the connection between […]

PARTICIPATION TONANTZINThis work continues my signature sound exploration of utilizing Ancient Mexican instruments with electronics.My mission is to use these instruments and take advantage of the natural frequencies and sound qualities inherent in them. I want to send these instruments off to the future.TONANTZIN the name of this work and it means “Mother Earth” in […]

PARTICIPATION Persephone awakes X / Perséfone despierta X This piece is the tenth iteration of a sound essay built from the digital mix of human voice and crickets chirping in different frequencies. Compost: subtle variations of the same chaos. Fluid, nomadic entities fuze into one single sonic body. Symbiosis. Paraphrasing Salomé Voegelin, a multiplicity of […]

PARTICIPATION Rehearsal Mariah Anne Johnson explores the physical realities of bodily experience and art making in the landscape through drawing, movement, and installation. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, she focused on art and literature at Rice University while performing with Rice Dance Theater, earning her MFA from the University of Illinois in 2006. Her work has […]

PARTICIPATION have you heard the sound of moving clouds? is an installation that combines fixed media (audio) with an interactive sonic component from the audience. The fixed media component is a series of field recordings of rain combined with sections of silence. For the interactive component, the visitors participate in the production of sound through […]

PARTICIPATION This Body is a Play Thing is an interactive sound art installation made in response to its sister piece, “Disembodiment”, which was about abuse and harm done to those around us. This project focuses on the variations of the word “play” and positive interactions with bodies instead.  The piece is set up with a […]

PARTICIPATION displaced is a concert of premieres of new works exploring the technical and socio-relational elements of telematic performance. At the beginning of the pandemic, musicians were forced online for telematic collaboration and performance (music performed live and simultaneously across geographic location via the internet). Due to the inherent delay involved, music that is rhythmically […]

PARTICIPATION Pace Babbling xThis piece is a reflection of feelings of seasonal shifts – inspired by “Race Babbling” by Stevie Wonder. A mix of babbles over the time with videos that were crafted when communicating how I process information received from various experiences. It features me babbling and an instrumental titled “House Shoes Blues” by […]