she does sampling, looping on her voice in real time to create abstract performance works
her work using layering of vowels and short phrases reminds me of a song called gum by Cornelius.
like yan jun she also uses gestures and hand movements to trigger and create sounds
she always likes to say that she considers her instrument to be a combination of her voice and the electronics that she uses
she’s being doing this since the mid 1980s
she was using separate hardware devices when she started
rack mounted sampler, multi effect processor, mixer on the top,
she ported all the effects into a computer, into max and ported her hardware into software
over time the rapid advance of technological upgrades has proved to be a blessing but also a curse, mac OS being a problem, also compatibility issues,
technology wasn’t reliable using hardware
4-7 minute pop song like works, started wanting to work on longer forms started working in a sort of modular way, picked a topic to base the work on and then went from there
used internet browser online installation, flash player means it’s not viewable anymore
tape loops, sonic suitcases, bag x-ray
voice can be tuned to be notes in a musical composition
parts of speech –