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A Cradle Song 4 10

'Open wide' was performed for Kudos Live 2017 and was amplified across multiple spaces at UNSWAD. Using the quad PA system and internal PA system, pre-recorded sounds and live vocals we amplified. 
This performance was designed to flood the internal and external spaces of the architecture and bodies that occupied it. 
Intermittently throughout the recording, there is a subtle hint of torrential rain picked up by the mic. During the performance, the rain poured over the gutters and produced a curtain of water behind Kate. Kate's costume consisted of a battery powered LED spotlight hung around her neck which projected light out onto the audience. As she moved through the darkened space, the light caught glimpses of bodies and architectural spaces. 'Open wide' insinuates the cavernous depths of the body, how it produces sound and what it is capable of in this state. These in-between spaces of the body are a mirror to the site a voice in performance can travel to or resonate within.

Kate Brown, Open Wide, Kudos Live Performance, UNSWAD, 2017

Kate Brown voice

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