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Leave to Remain Chapter 1 Janus at a Chinese Restaurant in Paris written by Thalia Field & Abigail Lang this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo and Stephanie Weeks designed and produced by Ben Williams original music by Billy Martin aka illy B Carol Emanuel (harp), Dana Lyn (violin), Jane Scarpantoni (cello), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone), Billy Martin (additional percussion) Leave to Remain is...

Leave to Remain Chapter 1 Janus at a Chinese Restaurant in Paris written by Thalia Field & Abigail Lang this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo and Stephanie Weeks designed and produced by Ben Williams original music by Billy Martin aka illy B Carol Emanuel (harp), Dana Lyn (violin), Jane Scarpantoni (cello), Kenny Wollesen (vibraphone), Billy Martin (additional percussion) Leave to Remain is...

written by Christina Masciotti performed by Joel Perez , Paul Boocock , James Himelsbach , Maggie Hoffman , Linda Mancini , and Ben Williams designed and produced by Ben Williams dramaturgy by Jody McAuliffe recorded at The Collapsable Hole , NYC. 2021

Personhood Chapter 10 Glancing Backward written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions recorded at The Coll...

Personhood Chapter 9 Irrational / Situation written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Ben Williams and Shannon Tyo designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions...

Personhood Chapter 8 Patients written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by April Matthis designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions recorded at The Collapsable...

Chapter 7 The Health of My Stream or The (Most) Pathetic Fallacy written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Direct...

Personhood Chapter 6 Liberty / Trees written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by April Matthis designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions Used by permission of...

Unseen written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Ben Williams designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp...

Personhood Chapter 4 True Crime / Nature Fakers written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo and Ben Williams , with April Matthis designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. pu...

Turns Before the Curtain written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo , with April Matthis and Ben Williams designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directio...

Personhood Chapter 2 Happy / That You Have the Body (The Mirror Test) written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by April Matthis , with Shannon Tyo and Ben Williams designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our n...

Hi Adam! written by Thalia Field this episode is performed by Shannon Tyo , with April Matthis and Ben Williams designed and produced by Ben Williams Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives. published by New Directions Used by permi...

Written and performed by Michael Wiener Produced and designed by Ben Williams special appearance by the ghost of Tom Murrin* recorded at The Collapsable Hole NYC 2020 *recorded by Ben Williams at Alias on October 14, 2010.

a preview of new work by Rafael Sánchez and Ben Williams based on the sound texts of Kathleen White designed and produced by Ben Williams featuring “Preachin Blues” by Mendi + Keith Obadike from the UNITY-GAIN project featuring “Preachin Blues” by Mendi + Keith Obadike from the UNITY-GAIN project

written by John Jesurun performed by Anna Kohler designed and produced by Ben Williams Created during a previous epidemic, this text returns to us in a new medium to shine a light simultaneously backwards and forwards on a moment of rage, humor, and loss, with a sound design that keeps everything floating just on the edge of madness. recorded at The Collapsable Hole , NYC. 2020

designed and performed by Tei Blow Essays in Idleness is a collection of short writings by Yoshida Kenko, a poet and Buddhist priest living in the 14th century. Living in monastic isolation within the confines of Kyoto, he set himself to writing 243 short observations, which he pasted to the walls of his house. The writings were later compiled into a book after his death. Much credit is given to t...

Strap on your binos and lace up your boots, ‘cause you’re about to set out On The Trail with Dwayne & Courtney . Take a walk through time and encounter the sounds of the McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area, refracted and magnified through multiple layers of consciousness. A friendly day of birdwatching entwines with a journey (or two?) of reflection. In this audio time capsule, natural and...

Composition/Sound Design Justin Hicks Additional Music Meshell Ndegeocello Performance Okwui Okpokwasili + Paul Pryce + Justin Hicks Direction/Script/Co-producer Charlotte Brathwaite Inspired by and including texts by Eric Roach, Frank B. Wilderson III + Martin Luther King Jr. ONLY WHEN IT’S DARK ENOUGH CAN YOU SEE THE STARS was originally presented as part of the performance installation Empire S...

designed and performed by Tei Blow Essays in Idleness is a collection of short writings by Yoshida Kenko, a poet and Buddhist priest living in the 14th century. Living in monastic isolation within the confines of Kyoto, he set himself to writing 243 short observations, which he pasted to the walls of his house. The writings were later compiled into a book after his death. Much credit is given to t...

designed and performed by Tei Blow Essays in Idleness is a collection of short writings by Yoshida Kenko, a poet and Buddhist priest living in the 14th century. Living in monastic isolation within the confines of Kyoto, he set himself to writing 243 short observations, which he pasted to the walls of his house. The writings were later compiled into a book after his death. Much credit is given to t...

Lightbulb - from Decoder Duo G Lucas Crane and Jim Findlay If you break a man open what spills out? blood, muck and viscera, or words? G Lucas Crane and Jim Findlay high-jack each others bodies with DECODER DUO, reveling in the soup of mind and sound that exists when you stumble through the dense and viscous media jungle and find a looming cut-up machine, gleaming in a clearing, moonlight glinting...

recorded and directed by Mallory Catlett sound design by Ben Williams performed by Black-Eyed Susan This adaptation of the Joan of Arc story was written for Black-Eyed Susan by the legendary Ethyl Eichelberger in 1987. Some 30 years later, Black-Eyed Susan revisits this text in a hallucinatory new medium.

Music/Sound/Voice: Christina Campanella Mixing/Dramaturgy: Jim Dawson Song Lyrics: Stephanie Fleischmann Lighthouse was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature via NYSCA’s Independent Artist Commission in Film, Media, and New Technologies. 2015 New York Electronic Art Festival – Produced by Harvestworks , Cura...

Revolve For is a sonic meditation on spinning. Spinning is a key feature of the cosmic movement. It is very present in global weather and water movements, but it is largely absent from the plant and animals kingdom. Humans have tapped into spinning to harness and redirect power. This is the first part of a study - where it will lead I don't yet know. But this version mixes a range of revolving sou...