(waves)
collaborative performance by Audra Wolowiec featuring voices of Davi Cohen, Chris DiMeglio, Young Sun Han, Kyoko Kitamura and Clae Rountree, with costume designs by Rujuta Rao.
produced by STRONGROOM
July 2024
STRONGROOM is pleased to present (waves), an immersive, choral performance by Audra Wolowiec taking place aboard the Estuary Steward, a passenger boat crossing the Hudson River between Newburgh and Beacon, NY.
For (waves), an ensemble vocally performed a sound score composed from distillations of words and utterances from several texts, including “The Waves” by Virginia Woolf, and “Discourse of Bodies in Water” by Galileo, to form an aqueous chorus. Chosen words were presented in three dimensions, cast in ice and released into the river, to further merge language with water. The Hudson River as a site was expressed through breath and cadence, conjuring the history of passage, and our complex, embodied relationship with water.
The score was interpreted through the voices of five performers: Davi Cohen, Chris DiMeglio, Young Sun Han, Kyoko Kitamura, and Clae Rountree.
Costume designs by Rujuta Rao.
There were four crossings: Thursday July 18, at 7 and 8pm, and Saturday July 20, at 7 and 8pm, as part of Upstate Art Weekend. Audience members received a print with the score by Audra Wolowiec.
PRESS
image credits: Brian Wolfe and Jun Kubo
(waves) by Audra Wolowiec is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Special thanks to the Bannerman Castle Trust.