Location: Zoom Room A
Presenters: Natalie Doonan, Misha Myers, and Laura Nanni
Tuning Across Distant Shores
Tuning Across Distant Shores is a participatory performance in which participants from around the world are invited to tune in via Zoom or other conferencing software while physically situated on the shores of the body of water nearest them.
This piece interprets the 1991 “World Wide Tuning Meditation” by composer Pauline Oliveros. In this performance, participants sing a tone with each out-breath, alternating between matching the pitch of a distant singer and introducing a new tone to the group. In the proposed iteration of this piece, participants will tune alternately to others via Zoom (or other platforms) and to the shoreline where they find themselves. An improvisational, communal performance will ring out for a few brief moments along distributed waterways. The intention is to become attuned to the environments in which we are each located while tuning in to each other across the globe.
This work was initiated during a residency organized by The Museum of Loss and Renewal and The Walking Library in October 2022. Natalie, Laura, and Misha participated in a performance of the “World Wide Tuning Meditation” in the Abruzzo mountains of Collemachia, Italy. We were inspired by the resonances created by this embodied encounter. We will begin by introducing this context and explaining the score for the performance.
Natalie Doonan, Assistant Professor, Digital Creation, l’Université de Montréal
Bio: Natalie Doonan is an artist, writer and educator. Her research focuses on embodiment, food and place. Natalie’s work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals across Canada and internationally. In addition, her writing has appeared in professional and peer-reviewed art and food culture publications.
Laura Nanni, Artistic & Managing Director, SummerWork
Bio: Laura Nanni is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and producer. Her research considers the process of walking and aspects of mapping and navigation. Her work has been featured in peer-reviewed performance publications, as well as conferences, festivals and exhibitions across the
globe. In addition, she is the former Artistic & Managing Director of SummerWorks, presenting an annual performance festival (2016-2023).
Misha Myers, Professor of Contemporary Performance at the School of Stage and Screen, University of Greenwich
Bio: Misha Myers works across an interdisciplinary field of applied and digital performance, socially engaged practice, digital humanities and cultural studies of migration, belonging and place. She has created international place-based performances and artworks that move between physical and digital environments.