Winnipeg Arts Council

The body is a score - Zoë LeBrun

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The body is a score is an audio installation that attempts to metaphorize the false dichotomy of objectivity and subjectivity of the human body through language and sound.

Balancing algorithmic composition with improvised rhythms, LeBrun transposes bodies of text from anatomical textbooks, poetry, and personal writings into scores for flute and guitar. These compositions are accompanied by the sounds of the interior body, recorded using a stethoscope microphone, and Solfeggio tones–notes that are said to resonate with the Earth’s frequency.

Connected by breath, these vastly contrasting bodies are brought together with the aim of blurring somatic, textual, and metaphorical boundaries. Together, they speak to the ways in which we construct an understanding of what a body can be through language, and how we might subvert these restrictive representations by transmuting and expanding upon their forms. What results is the creation of an ever-evolving auditory body that changes over time depending on the presence and position of the listener within the installation.