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Hear/Her/Ear #4: a series devoted to women in experimental music

Presented by labotanica at labotanica

October 1, 2010

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labotanica presents Hear/Her/Ear #4, a series devoted to women in experimental music, Friday, October 1, 2010 7pm.

Featuring:

Michelle Yom: (pictured)
Back to Imagined Spaces
a sound performance installation

also performances by:
Melanie Jamison
Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

$5 donation (all proceeds go to musicians).

Performance: October 1, 2010, 7pm
Installation dates: October 1 – October 9, 2010

Back to Imagined Spaces is a sound performance installation by Michelle Yom that synthesizes experiences concerning self-preservation, romanticized spirituality, and defining “the real” versus reality. Through the notion that our bodies are a common denominator that acts as an interface of human consciousness, I pose questions such as “if etheric cells of my body sing, what would it sound?”

The idea of building a pyramid began because I wished to build a chamber in which to scan my body without interruption. It was a means of self-imposed timeless space, away from the walls of my own home. This has led to creating two sets of music for the installation. The first set is a series of staccato vocalizations with syllables from the mantra, Asato Ma Sad Gamaya, processed through seven delays. The second set will be a live performance of tonal pieces titled Heart, Ears, Kidney, and Stomach, also using vocal sounds. The pieces are intended to capture a version of imaginary but prudent sounds, much like taking a microscope and focusing the lens into singing, living cells. Artist Website: http://michelleyom.com.  

Melanie Jamison is an aesthetician certified by the SuperColliding Introspective Review. She recently graduated from the Illustration program at Parsons School of Design. As a student in New York, Jamison studied Indian classical vocal training in the Kirana tradition with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela. She now independently composes electronic music and participates as an experimental vocalist and sound texture contributor as a member of the female improvisational band last referred to as Pear Prickley Pear.

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud makes art that draws attention to the precarious, ephemeral, and soulful. She has participated in exhibitions and residencies throughout the U.S., the Caribbean, and South America. She is currently based in Houston, Texas. http://archipelaga.com.