interdisciplinary artist director performer producer
SOFT TONGUES: A BIOACOUSTIC OPERA
Directed by Jami Reimer
The tongue of the frog is of the softest known biological materials on this planet. It is this softness that yields the stickiness needed to pluck a fly from mid air, slough skin in perpetual acts of self-consumption, and stretch voice in promulgating chorusing networks.
Joined by bioacousticians, Jami’s field recorder, and an amphibious choir, this work invites full swamp submersion as we listen episodically through the shapeshifting life (and afterlife) cycle of the frog.
Speak in tongues! Breath through your skin! Inherit the earth!
The exhibition of a graduating project represents the culmination of a candidate’s studies, and is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts.
This research moves on the traditional homelands of the Guarani, Pankararé, and Pankararu peoples as well as on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Watututh, and Musqueam nations.
The Asymmetric
Motif: Group 1