Duration // 9'30" (app.)

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Commissioned by the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), why do you distort your face? is a piece composed for real-time electronics performer and video.

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Conceptually, why do you distort your face? is a visceral and chaotic investigation of anxiety, perception of self, dysmorphia, and the disconnect between mind and body, specifically as it relates to the entanglement of mental health and trauma.

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This piece makes use of a bespoke electronic performance interface (MH2 / CH2) which, with the assistance of supervised machine-learning processes, leverages the voice, hands, and gestures of the performer to afford a high-degree of control over an array of digital synthesis engines and spatial controls.

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“This is not for you.” - Johnny Truant / MZD

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This work marks the first substantial milestone in the ENTANGLEMENT project, a large-scale work for live electronics performer and video.  ENTANGLEMENT is my doctoral dissertation for my degree in music composition from Stanford University; expect more soon.