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Click for stream CCRMA presents a live performance by Qiujiang Levi Lu.
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CCRMA Stage, The Knoll
FREE and Open to All
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Phantom Orbit harnesses two custom-built motion-capturing wearables to sculpt sound in real time. As gestures carve through space, sonic fragments are flung across the speaker dome. Rooted in feedback, the work uses hyper-directional microphone signals and a choreography of spiritual movements to conjure an experientially unique field. Lu navigates this kinetic soundscape as conductor of an ever-changing, dialectical performance with ritualistic improvisations. The program will also include an opening work featuring an augmented trombone and trumpet, as well as a closing piece for a feedback-driven laptop instrument.
Qiujiang Levi Lu (卢秋江) is a NYC-based experimental musician, performance artist, and composer. Their work transforms the body into a sonic object through interactions with movements and audio technology, exploring identity, sound, and space.
Lu designs customized feedback systems with cyborg-like body augmentations inspired by objectophilia and animism. These include special microphones, speakers placed within bodily orifices, and an augmented amplified laptop. Their resulting performances consist of choreographed, ritualistic improvisations building upon ancient Chinese drumming traditions to manifest body dysmorphia, sexuality, spirituality, and mortality.
Lu’s work has been presented internationally at festivals and venues including the MATA Festival, High Zero Festival, Sound Type Festival, Inkonst, Beijing Sound Art Museum, The Poetry Project, E-Flux, and the IRCAM Forum. They are the second-prize winner of the 2023 International Electronic Music Competition and have received commissioned works from TAK Ensemble, Popebama, Ensemble Decipher, and numerous films.
They have held residencies at ISSUE Project Room, Harvestworks Technology Immersion Program, Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm, and are a Incubator Member at New INC. Lu is currently a lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cost: FREE