Infrared Love is a new sound work that oscillates between spoken word narration, a delicate whisper, nonbinary pitchshifting, and an experimental soundscape. Intimacy interfaces with the digital in a search for a new lens to view the world. Anxieties of living under lockdown, persistent surveillance, and environmental catastrophe bubble to the surface. Has technology failed us on some levels? How can we process these feelings?
Headphones are recommended. Close your eyes and take a break from your screen.
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EMMA AKMAKDJIAN
4/13/21, 5:18 PM
Hi Isaac! Thanks for sharing your work. As I was listening to your piece I thought about tensions, releases, growth, and entropy. I am enjoying this very embodied sense of technology and its physical vs. immaterial existence. I want to know more about how gender, technology, and intimacy are intertwined. Is technology binary or non-binary? It is interesting how we can't trust AI but in the end we ask it to play ASMR sounds. Is this our way of coping with or ignoring the connection between the natural and digital environment? I found the sounds very engaging and immersive and felt like I entered a space that allowed me to disconnect from the screen but focus inward all the while still being connected to digital tech that brought me these sounds.. great work! congrats on your solo show :)