Flow Through Me
(Annandale-on-Hudson, 2024)
︎ Listen Here
Flow Through Me is a durational performance in the Mahicannituck river. I stood in the river for three hours in mid-November, with a hydrophone in one hand and a microphone in the other. My goal was to sing with the river, by listening to its song through the hydrophone and responding with my voice. The song of both the river and my voice was amplified through a speaker on the shore.
During the performance I discovered how the river sounded completely different in various locations. In fast flowing, shallow areas the hydrophone would pick on a bubbling song that was very high, like a soprano voice. In others there was a deep song, produced by a higher density of water. The water connects many elements that we consider ‘separate’ through sound.