biosonics
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2018-2019
Performance, 20 min ‘BioSonics’ is a biosignal-algorithmic sonic work performed by Monica Tolia, developed in collaboration with programmer Terry Clark. The performance uses machine learning to manipulate an automated sound set through the algorithm’s reading of the performers’ data. The performer wears sensor bands that communicate her EMG data in realtime to the algorithm, producing the uncanny machinic soundscape. Here the sound operates as a prosthetic to the performer’s physical movement, drawing from butoh, punk, & contemporary dance. Through the performance she embodies states of the feminine, feral, cyberpunk, abject, Other… creating a space of entropic sound & movement expression in tension with the machine. |
OFX programme written by Terry Clark
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Credits:
Programming by Terry Clark
Sound composition by Monica Tolia
Performed by Monica Tolia
Exhibitions/events:
8 February 2019: The Space, Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham)
7 February 2019: Lunar New Year, The Yard Theatre (London)
24 May 2018: Sonic Topologies, The Glove That Fits (London)
Programming by Terry Clark
Sound composition by Monica Tolia
Performed by Monica Tolia
Exhibitions/events:
8 February 2019: The Space, Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham)
7 February 2019: Lunar New Year, The Yard Theatre (London)
24 May 2018: Sonic Topologies, The Glove That Fits (London)
Documentation photography: Matthew Cawrey
Courtesy of UKYA
Courtesy of UKYA