Sixteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society

Abstract

This workshop seeks to develop a harmonic capability between a factory of dissenting voices, to experiment and go through singing to deconstruct stratified hegemonic constructions within the subjective, bodily and social platform. We aim to understand voice production at its deepest level where sound, language, the symbolic and the material, the personal and the social blur themselves. Developing an awareness of how our own voices build themselves (technically and symbolically) and how they interact with other voices is key to expanding social interaction capacities amid differences and conflict. Through a series of exercises, we will explore anatomically, physically, and electronically the production of body and voice sounds. We will work to identify the organic, inorganic, and technological processes that shape, mediate, and process how we talk and sing, alone and together. We will use this as a catalyst to understand the creation of a common voice that comprehends individuality, identity, and dialogue in a hyperconnected technologically and semiotically over stimulated environment. Focusing on technical aspects of voice and sound production, we will experience how to produce noises not assigned to humanoid vocal capacity, and develop a hybrid work with technology. We will see techniques of care and cultivation of the voice for beginners, as well as advanced techniques of singing and expanded voice. The main focus is on developing a consciousness on how we build our voices together in a complex and technologically mediated environment.