Written, directed and choreographed by Lee Blalock. Performed by Lee, Lori Felker, Rebby Montalvo.
Info about the piece: Continuing the practice of embracing noise and fissure as a natural state of being for bodies living in the information age, the 3rd piece in the sy5z3n series expands on the module based "Instr/augment" system built for sy5z3n_1 and sy5z3n_2. The system or "sy5z3n" is superimposed onto performers to create conditions for guided meditation in the form of n3u3_tongues. The performance follows the original condition that these live meditations feel as if they are being performed by an experimental band who are augmented by the instruments they play. The piece has four movements: (1) The old way - a 10 minute grounding ceremony, (1) Cutting the tongue to set the intentions, (2) Replacing the mouth and standing in chorus, (3) Guided meditation, (4) Filling the void/Overwriting the world with noise, (4) Catching the breath to reboot.
Custom hardware, custom software, wearable electronics. Other meditation practitioners in documentation: Lori Felker, Rebby Montalvo (aka TNKRT). Duration: ~30 mins. Debuted at Elastic Arts as part of the WE Series curated by Lia Kohl and Deidre Huckabay on Aug. 28, 2018.
The graphic score can be found here.
Images:
Row1: (images 1-4) "Band" portrait, 14 step solenoid sequencer mask, inflatable mask, motorized bell mask, portrait of band from section 1, Page from the graphic score. Band images by Sophia Barr Hayne/Lee Blalock.
Row2: Video of masks being played through mic and delay efx, videos of poetry played on OLED screens, radio version of the piece.
