WITHIN THE CALDERA: SOUND & VIDEO PROJECTION INSTALLATION AT DORMANT VOLCANIC SITE MT.TABOR (PORTLAND, OR)
Crystal Cortez and Fernanda D’Agostino collaborated to ask the question what if the earth could speak to us now? Movement artists Sophia Wright Emigh, Jaleesa Johnston, Linda K Johnson , Crystal Cortez and Min Yoon were asked to respond to the prompt: “if you could speak in earth’s voice using only your body, what would you say?” Performances were filmed in advance and combined through creative coding with scientific imaging of biological and geological process by D’Agostino. Crystal Cortez will perform a live score with sounds generated by recording electrical fields “Within the Caldera” of Mt Tabor’s extinct volcano. Video imagery projected on the caldera walls will respond in real time to the music through the alchemy of creative coding. Special thanks to the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Portland Parks Foundation for their generous support.