Grain Monism

Grain Monism explores the relationship between "natural" and "unnatural" sounds. Using a custom instrument system, the boundaries between body, instrument, and computer are obscured, the distinction between natural and unnatural transformed. The voice is made unnatural while synthesized sounds are molded into organic shapes. The instrument system, flex meadow, takes on a cyborg identity, confronting antagonistic dualisms and mutating so-called natural processes of sound.

Performed on July 1, 2023 at SPLICE Institute in Kalamazoo, MI.