RAW-(Material): DEAL ISLAND

Here, there is no big studio space - and the winter cold instills an instinct to hibernate. My response is to physically withdraw & explore small details of gesture in the hands & head & face.
These studies become extended meditations.

BODY STUDIES

Body Meditation Studies

#27 Hands:

Hands – video

date – February 17 2016

location – John Cage Memorial Park, Chance MD

camera – tripod set-up

(first edit) https://youtu.be/h93xOmzB0MI

#28 Head:

Head – video

date – February 18 2016

location - John Cage Memorial Park, Chance MD

camera – tripod set-up

(unedited) https://youtu.be/BPfUFNYtH_k
(first edit) https://youtu.be/1r6lmob0XUI

And immediately, an opportunity to apply these gestures in performance presents itself.

In “Transmissions” with Tara & David Gladden, my hand gestures are captured by live-feed video & incorporated into a multi-media wash of sound & projected imagery.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

#29 Hands at Transmissions:

Hands at Transmissions – video

date – February 20 2016

location – W.O.R.K. space, Salisbury MD

camera – John Mosher

collaborators – Tara & David Gladden

(performance excerpt) https://youtu.be/YwSAXnQXYZU

Keeping up with my vocal experiments, I decide to see what happens when a vocalist consumes certain foods & beverages one is warned against before vocalizing!

BODY STUDIES

#35 Singing Lesson!:

Singing Lesson! – text

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4cHBYnXHpXzTGc4c0N5RW1BWUU/view?usp=sharing

Singing Lesson! – video

date – February 25 2016

location – John Cage Memorial Park

camera – tripod set-up

(first edit) https://youtu.be/dM7zctIh6bk