WORKSHOP: IN-CHOIR WITHIN

This choir for non-musicians is a vocal activation for collective improvisation. Bint Mbareh invites the audience to participate in a collective experience driven by the idea of being enveloped in sound, rather than being subjected to sounds directed at us. The choir requires only courage and the willingness to listen, searching for the sonic potential of language beyond meaning-making, encouraging listeners to find modes of internal and group listening. In doing so while sounding, not while passively listening, it implies through practice that listening and sounding (or listening and changing the object being listened to) are part of one circular process, thickening the quantum possibilities that one person or a group of people can feel some agency over. Exercises include moaning, grunting, percussing using our bodies, whispering as loudly as possible, responding to outside events, inventing non-existent words, disrespecting the original intentions of a poem, and exploring the possibilities for telepathy.

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