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Dance Collaborations
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Installations
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Fervent - For Two Bodied Souls, composed by Shanna Sordahl
Premiered in February 2018 as part of the multimedia production, SO AR.
Played by Robert Lopez and Shanna Sordahl. Visuals by Kit Young.
Premiered in February 2018 as part of the multimedia production, SO AR.
Played by Robert Lopez and Shanna Sordahl. Visuals by Kit Young.
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Talk More with Aaron Oppenheim (laptop), Shanna Sordahl (cello/electronics), Andrew Weathers (guitar/electronics). Recorded January 14, 2014.
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My most recent collaboration with choreographer Lauren Simpson. Dance Exhibit was a site specific performance at
Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco in May, 2019. I was very excited to get to the opportunity to use both the
natural acoustics of the building but also to be able to use the physical structure itself to produce sound.
Check out some excerpts from one of the performances below!
Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco in May, 2019. I was very excited to get to the opportunity to use both the
natural acoustics of the building but also to be able to use the physical structure itself to produce sound.
Check out some excerpts from one of the performances below!
The 1st of what is intended to be a series of scored, interdisciplinary videos, this one features
dancer and choreographer Heather Stockton, a long time collaborator of mine.
Words by Saul Williams, from his book of poetry, "She"
Choreography by Heather Stockton
Music and Videography by Shanna Sordahl
dancer and choreographer Heather Stockton, a long time collaborator of mine.
Words by Saul Williams, from his book of poetry, "She"
Choreography by Heather Stockton
Music and Videography by Shanna Sordahl
An excerpt from the multimedia production SO AR, performed in February 2018. The show was envisioned and
produced by me and percussionist Robert Lopez, and created in conjunction with our collaborators.
Music by Robert Lopez and Shanna Sordahl
Dance by Kevin Lopez and Heather Stockton
Visuals by Kit Young
produced by me and percussionist Robert Lopez, and created in conjunction with our collaborators.
Music by Robert Lopez and Shanna Sordahl
Dance by Kevin Lopez and Heather Stockton
Visuals by Kit Young
A customized iteration of my installation Dust to Dust for the
first bi-annual Incantations Sound Art Festival in Wonder Valley, CA, March 30th - April 1st 2018
Check out my install process and get a sense of the installation!
first bi-annual Incantations Sound Art Festival in Wonder Valley, CA, March 30th - April 1st 2018
Check out my install process and get a sense of the installation!
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Dust to Dust is an installation that reflects on our relationships and emotional responses to sonic spaces. Recorded soundscapes or voices play through lightbulbs whereupon they are drastically altered, yet retain key qualities of their original character. Amplifiers power the filaments with audio signals and the sounds are naturally filtered by the lightbulbs. The timing and duration of the sounds are randomized, making their interactions unpredictable, much like independent variables in a natural setting.
The sounds interact in the space to create a new environment consisting of the remnants of the original recordings. Simultaneous with this creation, each of the sounds acquire light as a further form of expression, but at the same time there is a sense of degradation and disorientation from the loss of the rich character of each of the original soundscapes. This installation attempts to balance these conflicting ideas – our associations with different soundscapes, the changes and manipulations that can happen to those, and our multifarious responses to those changes. Iterations of this piece have been presented several times, including at the 2013 International SuperCollider Convention, the 2015 Megapolis Festival, and the 2018 Incantations Sound Art Festival.
The sounds interact in the space to create a new environment consisting of the remnants of the original recordings. Simultaneous with this creation, each of the sounds acquire light as a further form of expression, but at the same time there is a sense of degradation and disorientation from the loss of the rich character of each of the original soundscapes. This installation attempts to balance these conflicting ideas – our associations with different soundscapes, the changes and manipulations that can happen to those, and our multifarious responses to those changes. Iterations of this piece have been presented several times, including at the 2013 International SuperCollider Convention, the 2015 Megapolis Festival, and the 2018 Incantations Sound Art Festival.
In October 2016, I was fortunate enough to unite forces with visual artist Melanie Treuhaft and
architect Tammy LePham for our first collaborative installation, at CTRL+SHFT Gallery in Oakland, CA. The installation,
an abstraction of the theatrical set, implicated the audience as subject matter and invited non-directional narratives.
Sound, light, structure and image melded to subvert and embellish the gallery’s pre-existing spatial conditions. Intersecting
time-based components continually revived the space to reveal new, expansive connections.
architect Tammy LePham for our first collaborative installation, at CTRL+SHFT Gallery in Oakland, CA. The installation,
an abstraction of the theatrical set, implicated the audience as subject matter and invited non-directional narratives.
Sound, light, structure and image melded to subvert and embellish the gallery’s pre-existing spatial conditions. Intersecting
time-based components continually revived the space to reveal new, expansive connections.
In 2019, we reunited for another site specific installation at 1078 Gallery in Chico, CA.
Thank you to the City of Chico Arts Council for the financial assistance that helped make this project possible!
Inspired by Chico’s natural and built landscapes, the artists joined into conversation with land trusts, local historians,
and geographers, and gathered information from various locations in the North Valley, including the Sutter Buttes,
Bidwell Park, Oroville Dam, and Paradise. Each “survey point” is represented in the Gallery by a cylindrical column, or
“core sample,” situated within a grid, transforming the gallery into an abstracted representation of the North Valley.
Symbolic imagery and sound allow the artists to draw on the myriad ideas and information gathered during their research
and site visits. The World Evades Us reflects the artists’ interest in transitional spaces by examining the tension
between natural and human-made patterns of growth.
Thank you to the City of Chico Arts Council for the financial assistance that helped make this project possible!
Inspired by Chico’s natural and built landscapes, the artists joined into conversation with land trusts, local historians,
and geographers, and gathered information from various locations in the North Valley, including the Sutter Buttes,
Bidwell Park, Oroville Dam, and Paradise. Each “survey point” is represented in the Gallery by a cylindrical column, or
“core sample,” situated within a grid, transforming the gallery into an abstracted representation of the North Valley.
Symbolic imagery and sound allow the artists to draw on the myriad ideas and information gathered during their research
and site visits. The World Evades Us reflects the artists’ interest in transitional spaces by examining the tension
between natural and human-made patterns of growth.
