Kathy Kennedy is a sound artist with a background in classical singing. Her art practise generally involves the voice and issues of interface with technology, often using telephony or radio. She is also involved in community art and was the founding director of the digital media resource center for women in Canada, Studio XX, as well as the innovative choral groups for women Choeur Maha and Esther. Her large scale sonic installation/performances for up to 100 singers and radio, called "sonic choreographies," have been performed in Montreal at Place des Arts, in Vancouver at the New Public Library and in New York at Lincoln Center.
The composition Breathe (-99) uses the most initial utterance of the human voice, filtering and processing it digitally to create some hybrid cyborg version. It is a recurring theme in my work, in which a new version of my breath is created each year. My challenge as a sound artist working with the voice is to consider all forms of technological mediation, to allude to them or incorporate them, and yet maintain the essentially human grain of the voice.
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