2019

banshee

Framework:
appearance
Title:
banshee
Year:
2019
Material:
vocal sounds, black nail polish, acrylic high heels, royal blue cloak, white drapped dress, make up, black latino queer flesh, white cotton, red sclera lenses duration variable
Technique:
performance, sound
Duration:
20 minutes
Image:
performance at the opening of the 2019 Core Exhibition at the Glassell School of Art – Musem of Fine Arts, Houston (US)
Credit:
photos courtesy of Dean Daderko, Gustavo Gomez, Shobun Baile, and Ryan Hawk

Drawing on the Irish/Celtic myth of the banshee, a female figure of the Otherworld who announces death, this work unfolds as a vocal soundscape of lament and mourning, performed alongside a slow walk from public space to the top floor of a building. The piece situates the performer’s flesh as a site of affective and mythic resonance.

RESEARCH PROJECT:

appearance

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