A re-staging of Aura Satz’s 'Ventriloqua' performance with thereminist extraordinaire Lydia Kavina playing the electromagnetic waves of a pregnant body.

Referencing ventriloquism, as in ‘belly-speaking’, the body becomes a musical instrument, an antenna, a medium, through which a pre-verbal, pre-vocal otherworldly voice is transmitted. Meanwhile, a flame alphabet visualizes the sounds in a secret fire-code using a Ruben’s tube.

Part of the Samsung Art+ prize:

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Lydia Kavina: Born in Moscow, Lydia  began studying the theremin at the age of 9 under the direction of  Léon Theremin, who was cousin of her grandfather. Five years later she was ready to give her first  theremin concert, which marked the beginning of her musical career that has so far led to more than a thousand concerts and theatre, radio and television performances throughout the world. Kavina recorded 3 solo CDs with original music for theremin  and played for a number of film soundtracks including “Ed Wood” and “eXistenZ” with music  by Howard Shore and ''The Machinist'' by Roque Banos.

www.lydiakavina.com/biogr.html

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