XOIR: a vocal workshop with Colin Self

XOIR is a non-utilitarian vocal workshop led by Colin Self focused on alternative modalities of group singing. Rooted in somatic research, experimentation and play, the goal of XOIR is to foster a generative environment for individuals to connect with voice and vocality on an individual and collective level. For the session at PWNW, we will move through a series of vocal exercises and prompts for collectively-authored improvisations, meditations, and games.

An important distinguishing factor about XOIR sessions are that they require no prior singing experience to participate. Any previous experiences with listening or engaging experimentally in a musical or studio practice is welcomed, but the only prerequisite is curiosity and willingness.. There is no audience or recording during XOIR sessions and no gendered or quantified roles of soprano/tenor/alto/bass. XOIR is open to anyone interested in exploring their voice as a tool for learning or re-posturing a new relationship to listening and singing. XOIR works with a logic of being “autonomous together” pinting toward ancient and futuristic logics of ungovernable modalities of community organizing.

Tuesday June 25 7pm-9:15(ish)
PWNW || 4625 SE 67th Ave.
Sliding Scale $0-$25. (you can donate when signing up or by cash or Venmo when you arrive)
All proceeds from the XOIR session will go directly to families in Gaza! Singing for our liberation and for the people of Palestine

Colin Self (b. 1987 Oregon, USA) composes music, performance, and environments that expand consciousness and trouble binaries as well as boundaries of perception and communication. They work with communities across disciplines and use immaterial and material means – including voices, bodies, and computers – to interface with and reimagine worlds. Self currently lives between Berlin and New York.