Pamela Z: Happy Accidents and Blurred Boundaries
Schedule
Mon Jan 23 2023 at 05:00 pm
Location
Tanna Schulich Hall, New Music Building | Montreal, QC
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Above photo: Pamela Z performing at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria [credit: rubra (courtesy of Ars Electronica)][La description ci-dessous est disponible en français sur notre site web: https://www.cirmmt.org/fr/events/distinguished-lectures/pamela-z ; Veuillez noter que cette conférence se déroulera en anglais.]
CIRMMT presents a distinguished lecture from Pamela Z, composer/performer and media artist working with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video (USA). The lecture will take place in TANNA SCHULICH HALL, followed by a wine and cheese reception in the lobby of the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building. This event is free and open to the general public.
Abstract
Through video and audio examples, composer/performer and interdisciplinary artist Pamela Z will share her work and her process, and will discuss the increasingly blurred lines between disciplines in her practice. Highlighting her use of voice, processing, gesture-based MIDI controllers, video, and found text, she will illustrate the various directions her work has taken over the years and tie in the projects she’s working on now.
Biography
Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist working primarily with voice, live electronics, sampled sound, and video. A pioneer of live digital looping techniques, she processes her voice in real time to create dense, complex sonic layers. Her solo works combine experimental extended vocal techniques, operatic bel canto, found objects, text, digital processing, and wireless MIDI controllers that allow her to manipulate sound with physical gestures. In addition to her solo work, she has been commissioned to compose scores for dance, theatre, film, and chamber ensembles including Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, the Bang on a Can All Stars, Julia Bullock with SF Symphony, and the LA Philharmonic New Music Group. Her interdisciplinary performance works have been presented at venues including The Kitchen (NY), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF), REDCAT (LA), and MCA (Chicago), and her installations have been presented at such exhibition spaces as the Whitney (NY), Savvy Contemporary (Berlin), and the Krannert (IL). Pamela Z has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. She has performed in numerous festivals including Bang on a Can (NY), Interlink (Japan), Other Minds (San Francisco), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), Dak’Art (Sénégal) and Pina Bausch Tanztheater Festival (Wuppertal). She’s a recipient of numerous awards including the Rome Prize, United States Artists, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Guggenheim, Doris Duke Artist Impact Award, Herb Alpert Award, an Ars Electronica honorable mention, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. She holds a music degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. www.pamelaz.com
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Where is it happening?
Tanna Schulich Hall, New Music Building, 527 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest,Montreal,QC,CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
