Performance by Irene Wa.

On Saturday, April 15th at 3pm, please join us for a diphonic performance by Irene Wa. to celebrate the last day of Wa.'s solo exhibition Crisálida  de sal (Chrysalis of Salt). The exhibition features new ceramic sculptures and drawings that spring from the Mexican artist’s recent study of diphonic singing (also known as overtone chanting, harmonic singing, and polyphonic overtone singing), a set of techniques in which the vocalist manipulates the resonances of their vocal tract in order to create the perception of multiple notes being sung at once.

During her research into diphonic techniques, says Wa., she "developed a profound interest in the body-as-instrument, the way sound is produced, and what that internal landscape looks like ...I began an investigation into the anatomy of the inner body and its forms, finding and imagining hidden portals inside the neck, the vocal cords, the chest. The first stage of my investigation was mimetic in nature, but soon became driven by my imagination in thinking about the felt body and translating it to a visual ground."

No advanced reservation necessary.