(Left) Harpist Eve Matin in Amsterdam for the first iteration, “Conversations with the Moon”.
(Right) A submission from a writing circle held in the third iteration of the sound and poetry series, “The Gift of Words”.
SOUND & POETRY: INSTALLATION SERIES I
Services: Creative Direction, Research + Consultation, Writing Facilitation
(Four iterations from June-December 2023)
A sound installation series testing the relationships of the written word and music as a language. A call and response between live musicians and poetry. First two iterations held in Amsterdam, followed by installs in Manhattan and Los Angeles soon after. All shows ushered in a full house.
Muoi directed the involvement of site-specific grassroots organizations in each city, facilitated writing circles and readings, and oversaw spatial design at What is Happening Here Gallery and inDebt Gallery in Amsterdam, Verci in Manhattan, NY, and Navel in Los Angeles, CA. Sponsors include QSC Audio, Pure Nowhere Publishing, OHMA Mics, Worlds Through Minds, and Francisco Homes.
Done in collaboration with Mia Garcia and Kyla Rain.
Recordings of our first installment in Amsterdam. Featuring 12 musicians, playing together for the first time in response to a poem about the moon.
TESTIMONIES
“In the throws of the sound installation I felt like I was in a womb, present with multiple heartbeats. I could feel the presence of all the musicians within those of us listening. Heads turning, eyes closing, bodies getting comfortable on the gallery floor. This performance was a cradle in which all of us had a place to listen close. The format of this installation series will change the perceptions you have on sound; it challenges our assumed relationship between the transmitter and the receptor. Here, the recipients and the transmissions are in direct conversation, in constant flux.”
Elisa Juge Holtermann (Natural Light Studios, Paris)
“I have experienced this soundscape installation series once as a spontaneous witness, and once as a host. Both times have been an emotional deep dive in sonic storytelling. Wonderful experiences.”
Emil Lanz (inDebt gallery, Amsterdam)
Responses from the writing circles held in relation to the installation series.