Antonia Barnett-McIntosh
Soft Mouths | The language of fffflowers
Sound Walk (Workshop)
Soft Mouths | The language of fffflowers
We were kinda talking about this the other day, like-, where it’s like-, resist the subject, push the composition. A solo performance-installation, ‘Soft Mouths | The language of fffflowers’ draws lines between sound art, handcrafts, and experimental theatre. Engaging habits of speech—of conversation, of composition—poiesis and transit, pronunciation and drift, the performance sounds out new and tricky ways of hearing, in a manner of speaking, of relating to deep and careful listening. Playfully combining rigour and whimsy, ‘Soft Mouths’ employs chit-chat, musings, overheard snippets, field recordings, found sounds, and makeshift instruments. onya, on your way, even if you tripped over the chair or something and you d-, oh damn it I’ve got-, gotta (yeah, yeah) push the chair back. you lose something else. that’s gonna-, yeah you have to think about something else. that’s gonna send some stuff out.
Photography: Owen Spargo & Jaehwan Lee
Sound Walk (Workshop)
This workshop is an invitation to create, compose, and experience a sound walk as a group. We’ll start by making some sound experiments (absolutely no musical experience necessary!), testing ideas, thinking about everyday items and objects as musical instruments, considering the musicality of everyday speech, then participate in some deep listening exercises, before venturing out into the streets for a sound walk (or ride or roll).
Photography: Janaína Moraes
About the artist
Antonia Barnett-McIntosh (Kāi Tahu) is a composer-performer, sound artist, editor, and curator. She collaborates in cross arts spaces, gently tapping on the borders between speech/music, performance/rehearsal, composition/writing, and juxtaposing the formalities of presentation with the aesthetics of failure. She has collaborated extensively with musicians, dancers, visual artists, poets, theatre and filmmakers.