Brian Fitzsimmons, photographer. Seetha Shivaswamy, performer.
Human Stylus (2022)
Commissioned by the 2022 Fusebox Festival. Curated by Michael Anthony García and presented in collaboration with Ivester Contemporary.
Safety headphones, found clothing, speakers, colored pencils, work gloves, contact mics, galvanized steel, audio, electronics, the Original Slinky™, salvaged brass, PVC, Sonar, rose bushes, SONDOL device
“Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.”
Human Stylus is a series of wearable sculptures that sonify the body. Drawing influence from early Foley effects, science fantasy, and the Sonic Meditations of Pauline Oliveros, the work invites viewers to wear artificial body appendages, makeshift hand-antennas, and bizarre ear trumpets to engage in alien forms of sonification.
