Misinformed Informants
Stacey Ho
GROOP MEDITEHSHUNS
A series of three exercises based around involuntary movement. By observing each other's breathing, blinking, and heartbeats, performers become aware of their (co-)existence. These observations are translated into gesture and sound.
bodies > entropy
Two performers, a generation or two apart, listen to each other's pulses. By using their voices to sound out each other's heartbeats, the performers present the human voice and cardiovascular system as it changes over time.
Nikolai's slap piece
Two people stare at each other, hitting a cymbal whenever the other person blinked. Nik said it was funnier to have performers slap each other in face, and I thought he's probably right.
breathing circle
A small group of people gather and watch each other breathe. The modulations of inhales/exhales combine to create asymmetrical or synchronous patterns of notes and harmonies. Breathing is a funny movement because it can be consciously controlled, or not.
Stacey Ho was raised in London, Ontario and took piano lessons from the age of four until puberty. Then she picked up a guitar. She received a BFA from NSCAD University in Photography and Media, and now lives in Toronto. Recently, she’s worked on stuff with Divorce Records, Palimpsest Magazine, the MacLaren Art Centre, and blogged for Things of Desire. She’s working on an audio project called Amah amah. She’s writing about postwar Japanese writers and Darby Crash.