I was a contributor to season finale of The Encyclopedia Show on June 9, 2010.  The theme of this particular Encyclopedia Show was "The Circus".  I was assigned a research topic of "Gibsonton, Florida" a 'Wintering Town' for carnies and circus performers in thier off seasons.  After my 'research' placed me in front of a netflixed episode of X-Files, "Humbug" which takes place in Gibsonton, FL, I decided to produce noir-esc piece that would play over the loud speakers as I act on stage with props such as brief case of files "geek murders" "blockhead assaults" and a pistol under my trench coat, between my suspenders and my white shirt.  To top the performance off, I wasn't just any PI, I was "MojBeard, Private Investigator" a bearded lady that resided in Gibsonton!

Gibsonton Murders noir

Just Because

Rain That Once Was

performing before a live audience at Experimental Sound Studio of Chicago

What Grows

this piece is about the intersection of race and expectations/stereotypes from both sides!
the sound composition that is the bed of this track is a 3x reprocessed and re-imaged mash up of 2 spoken performances one of myself, one of my older brother, and one of my mother chanting.a baha'i prayer about unity.

Statement Of

This is a performance of one poem in a round.  Each time a little bit more frustrated than the last. The poem "Caught" about stereotype and not fitting within a package that was made for you by others that "look" like you or are a part of the same group.  I wrote it a little vaguely because I wanted it to speak to the plight of many different situations though I was motivated to write it because I am a bi-racial woman and I often feel like I a "walking right in" to situations and stereotypes that don't belong to me despite my peers expectations.

CAUGHTx3

check out my current project »radiant devices« at myspace.com/radiantdevices or radiantdevices.com

Mojdeh