body_scapes, N°1 | Source Realized
For Fixed Media & Video
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The inspiration for body_scapes comes from practicing meditation and noticing the various sounds and hums that would arise during deep breathing. Using a stethoscope microphone placed over the heart and a contact microphone on the neck, I recorded multiple mediations, breathing exercises, and vocal improvisations as the basis for my pool of samples that would then inform the direction of each composition.
Source Realized (the first piece in the series) comes from the first few mediation sessions in which I noticed my resting heart rate was abnormally fast. As I continued these sessions, I saw that when I exhaled, I would begin to hum. When I first realized this happening, I would shy away from it, but I soon understood it would be better to just allow these moments to come through. As I did, the heart rate slowed, and the more and more I let this hum out, the more in tune with myself I felt.
Source Realized suggests there’s a voice inside us we may shy away from. Our true thoughts, feelings, and aspirations can be repressed, and we can begin to become numb to who we are as individuals. But letting it out, even if in small doses over a long period of time, can start to heal us
Performance History
SEAMUS National Conference, Western Michigan University, 3/31/22
The Hartt School, University of Hartford, 5/8/21