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Kattt Atchley

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Biography:

Bio:
Kattt Atchley writes, composes, sings, reads text, plays keyboard, combines disciplines into performance. Her works include solo performance, as well as, collaborations with artists Kenneth Atchley and Ron Heglin; and since 2003 has commissioned abstract musical theater pieces from a growing roster of artists. Kattt has performed at venues in the Bay Area, New York, & Germany.





Work-In-Progress:

/// "The Atchleys", duo with Kenneth

/// "Influctuations", the performer stands behind a translucent screen. From the rear of the stage, a pair of lights cast the performer's shadow onto the screen. The accompanying sound of the piece is of one long, uninterrupted, micro-inflected breath and the sound of the tongue vibrating against the lips, hard palate, and teeth along with a layered recording of these sounds. The unhurried temporal scale of this work is designed to allow the time and acoustic space for contemplation and the audience's collaborative imagination to evolve.

/// "I Dream", this nocturne is a mix of my tongue vibrating against the lips, hard palate, and teeth along with casio keyboard chords and a wash of shortwave fuzz and dirty vinyl.