What a pleasure! I’m just returning from the 2026 Society for the Study of Affect Conference in Vancouver at Simon Fraser downtown campus and wishing the next one was sooner! I presented my research-creation project “14 Yawns: The Capacities of Boredom” amidst an amazing slew of panels ranging across the resistance politics of yeast, the modular manipulation of the Mongolian Morin Khuur, the vitality of hesitation, care and field recordings, Tai Chi, and collective individuation. It was a wealth of generous and thought provoking people and panels. Thanks to Gregory J. Seigworth, Mathew Arthur, Wendy J. Truran, Eldritch Priest, Ann Cvetkovich and the many others behind the scenes who worked tirelessly to bring this thing together.
Performance
Hist Soundtrack Complete /
I wasn’t sure if I would ever say this, but I have completed the soundtrack for my collaborative graphic novel HIST. I’m very proud of this album because it blends the rich and uncanny textures of intimate found sounds, such as the clicking of beech nut spikes, with spoken word, extending the digital materiality of the graphic novel into the sonic realm. Working with my coauthor and vocalist, Matthew Klane, over the last two years, he and I have recorded the full album, mixed it, and the mastering was recently finished by the wonderful Sam Torres at Polymouth Music. I am in the process of shopping this album to various labels and will update as soon as I place it!
Keep an eye out for updates on future performances. For now, enjoy these offerings below.
Featured
HIST at House Poets in Philly | 2/24/23 /
HIST Soundtrack Excerpts On ANMLY /
Thanks to the wonderful people at ANMLY mag who have an awesome hybrid creative blog, “The Markings of Music.” The editor, Olivia Muenz, was kind enough to publish excerpts from the HIST soundtrack, “Canoe Chase on the Horican,” and “Narra-mattah,” my audio/visual collaborations with Matthew Klane. Our recordings are accompanied with an interview diving in to the process behind the book and the reasoning behind a soundtrack for it. There are so many wonderful things on the blog so check them all out!
HIST performance @ Fitz books & waffles! /
Matthew Klane and I performed some tracks from HIST with poets Julie Neely and Robin Lee Jordan on 2/3/23. Such a good turnout and amazing waffles! Thanks for the love Fitz and company!
Robin Lee Jordan
Julia Neely
Photo Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan
Photo Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan
“Thicket on the Prarie” Video Courtesy of Robin Lee Jordan
Hist Performance @ Endicott college /
The Center For Belonging was an excellent performance space.
Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn
Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn
We performed John Cage’s Musicircus with students from a course on Zen Buddhism, co-taught by Rocco Gangle, Daniel Sklar, and Michael Kilburn.
Randall Livingstone took us down to the ocean, which was across the street!
Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn
Photos Courtesy of Michael Kilburn
Hist premiere @ Unnameable Books, Amherst 10/22/22 /
Thanks to Unnameable Books for hosting the HIST soundtrack premiere!
Photo courtesy of Catherine Bresner
Excerpt from “The Rescue of Hist” courtesy of Catherine Bresner
Excerpt from “The Rescue of Hist” courtesy of Catherine Bresner
New Audio: Green Kill Performance of Idiopathic /
Enjoy this performance from my performance of Idiopathic for voice, electronics, and found sound on 2/27/20 at Green Kill Performance Space.
Green Kill Performance of With Walden /
A great time reading with Ruth Danon at the Green Kill Performance Space on 2.13.20. Using Touchviz, I improvised video and read from an ongoing project titled With Walden. You can see other stills of the project here. I return to Green Kill on 2.27.20 to perform an except from a new sound poem called Idiopathic. Hopefully I’ll see you there!
Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard
Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard
Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard
Photo Courtesy of Bill Lessard
