Relational yet tethered. Tethered not through effort, holding, grasping, but tethered through unquestionable anchoring. Self-tethered with the longest, thinest diamond thread. Endlessly extendable but never breakable. Ombilical. Relationality is the condition, the means to an end - the end being: communication of sensory possibilities. Different configurations, different priorities, attentional modes, pleasures, sensory blends. In essence: the somatic sensual relational human - the supremely non-AI human, non-algorithmic human, that expresses in order to connect with others directly - heart to heart to ear to limb to sweat and blood and breath. A human resistance.
Relational yet tethered. Tethered not through effort, holding, grasping, but tethered through unquestionable anchoring. Self-tethered with the longest, thinest diamond thread. Endlessly extendable but never breakable. Ombilical. Relationality is the condition, the means to an end - the end being: communication of sensory possibilities. Different configurations, different priorities, attentional modes, pleasures, sensory blends. In essence: the somatic sensual relational human - the supremely non-AI human, non-algorithmic human, that expresses in order to connect with others directly - heart to heart to ear to limb to sweat and blood and breath. A human resistance.
I am a experimental vocalist, performer, composer, improviser and voice teacher.
My artistic practice includes psychophysical, somatic, affective and emotional experiences into the richness of musical expression and it is the ongoing locus of my research in experimental pedagogy.
I work with sensory and attentional affordances of ADHD embodiment. This means making sound through inattention, fractured focus, hyperfocus, polysensory perception or uncontrollable impulse and using those states as the site for musical invention.
As a composer I develop sound forms that are ambiguous, that contain unresolved contradictions and opaque poetic sensibilities, sometimes viscerally excessive other times muted and restrained, free to manifest in truth as sensation calls.
I work collaboratively, with artists that share an interest in sensory difference, sonic knowing, embodiment and performance, who bring their own difference into contact with mine. I have several collaborations with socially-engaged artist Christine Cornwall in which we welcome, guide and hold space for audiences to manifest their sensory instincts guided by sound. I also work closely with Feronia Wennborg with whom I've been building performances and co-creation setups that center intimacy and trust.
You can find out more about my artistic and doctoral research here and my vocal pedagogy here.
