Automatic Writing

Aug 4, 2014

0h 46m

★ 9.0

Object Collection’s live adaptation of Robert Ashley’s seminal studio composition

Overview

Automatic Writing transforms involuntary speech into an ambient soundscape, conjuring four spectral musical "characters." Object Collection reimagines this on a stage of flickering monitors and shifting light, weaving a dense, ephemeral sound world—less a recreation, more an elusive, living mirage.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Object Collection

The New York State Council of the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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Cast

Voice 1

Fulya Peker

Voice 2

Kara Feely

Actions

Chloë Roe

Guitarist

John Hastings

Vocal Processor

Aaron Meicht

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