Pioneers Go East Collective: My name’sound (featuring syd island). Photo by Toby Tenenbaum.
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My name'sound is an original three-part work merging live performance, installation design, and film, and is inspired by James Baldwin's The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity. A meditation on creative agency and Queer identity, the work supports and amplifies contemporary stories of resilience and otherness amidst censorship, and investigates the nexus of Queer intimacy, physical embodiment, and media to reflect on the legacy of LGBTQ icons. CPR 2022 Artist-in-Residence Pioneers Go East Collective will work on developing the third part of the triptych, a radio play incorporating music, sound, and spoken text.
The work features creative direction by Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and production design by Philip Treviño, with Vanessa Rappa (musician/composer), syd island (musician/composer), Daniel Diaz (performance artist), and Maria Eisen (instrumentalist/composer).
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My name'sound was developed with residencies at BRIC Arts Media and CPR – Center for Performance Research in 2022/23.
Sunday Salon supports work by CPR resident artists at various stages of development, and may take many forms, including presentations of live work, installations, artist talks, and exhibitions of research, materials, and ephemera.