My Self in That Moment
A Live Performance Work for Distributed Voice & Body
About
Featuring solo soprano voice accompanied by an ensemble of 49 tablet devices, My Self in That Moment is a compelling exploration of the fragmented and distributed self in the digital age. Live performance, spatialised sound, and screen-based visuals come together in this unique intersection of the human and the technological.
The astonishing sound world of the piece is built entirely from the singing, sounding and speaking human voices of three collaborating vocalists Jessica Aszodi, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang and Tina Stefanou. Scored, processed and distributed across the moving constellation of 49 digital tablet speakers, the voices become disembodied and dispersed in a ritual of endless construction and deconstruction that reveals the disturbing fragmentation of our enmeshed digital existence.
Collaborators
Awards
2022 Nomination, APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards, Award for Excellence in Experimental Practice.
Presentation History
The Substation 2022 [27-30 July]
Reviews
'Captivating and utterly original.'
'My Self at That Moment opens up crucial areas for reflection, especially at a time when the digital self has become a proxy for the real … Voice and image become increasingly distorted through replication, imitation, pixelation, multiplication, looping and fragmentation. The voice is layered and transformed in impossible ways. Images of her physical body are eventually eroded, until all that remains are fragments of a former self.'
'A daringly experimental performance by Chamber Made that’s both intriguing and alienating.'
'Fascinating, highly artistic and futuristic.'
Partners
This work has been developed in partnership with The Substation and Experimenta, with support from The Besen Foundation, Playking Foundation, and The Australia Council for the Arts.
