hylozoic/desires
hylozoic/desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) is a multi-media performance duo whose work combines experimental poetry and original music in order to conjure borgesian, speculative futures and multiverses. H/D aspire toward a flat ontological ether in which all forms of life—stone, spirit, machine or human—are equal. They skew the linear imagination of time and space to produce divergences that elicit wonder. H/D’s research orbits around (non)place and history as a way to learn from the multiple materialities of contemporary existence. They are concerned with the (poly)rhythms of love and the bea(s)t of belonging. Hylozoic/Desires use metaphor as an event, as a force of attraction that holds otherwise distant entities together.
namak nazar
prayer for salt, 2023
namak nazar, 2023, installation shot, image courtesy: deserts/lance gerber.
an omniscience
bird opera for flute, oboe, bass flute, bass clarinet, two narrators and one conductor, 2022
our quake here ever feels
a polylogue between assorted percussion, words and sonified seismograms, 2023
seismogram of the 1906 san francisco earthquake from tashkent, uzebekistan.
as grand as what
a rite of reflection conducted with the help of a drummer, Pompeii archeological park, 2020 | composition for clarinet, accordion, dung-chen, organ, nagada, bells, 2021 | performance for gongs and disembodied deities, 2021
in the spirit of the fountain, 2020, video still.
Setting the stage for a gathering of friends
drum solo for home video, 2020
setting the stage for a gathering of friends, 2020, video still.
lapsus kairos
performance for twelve readers and one time keeper, 2017
lapsus kairos, 2017, performance still, tale of a tub, 2017. image courtesy: a tale of a tub.
you really got me now
an autobiographic love story featuring poetry readings, drum solos and a powerpoint presentation, 2016
you really got me now, 2016, performance still, funkafest, guayaquil, 2017. image courtesy: funkafest.
hybrid/simultaneous OR the disembodiment of non-artificial intelligence
performance for two lovers, Skype, text editor and drum set, 2016
hybrid/simultaneous OR the disembodiment of non-artificial intelligence, 2016. image courtesy: hylozoic/desires
