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From Ark to Microchip
The provocative "From Ark to Microchip" mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
Psycho-active plants are us and we are them. Contacting the other is just a mirror, but looking within may surprise us by its strangeness with detailed ear-witness reports from:
Anaïs Nin, Aldous Huxley, Mezz Mezzrow, Henri Michaux, and Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.
Artists appearing in Contacting the Other:
Tony Allard (gestural voice)
Patrick Conway (percussion)
William Easton (voice as Aldous Huxley)
Rhondda Francis (voice)
Dwight Frizzell (producer/engineer, Galvanic-driven oscillators, voice, writer)
Michael Henry (composer, synclavier)
Ed Herrmann (composer, Serge synth)
Patricia Johnson (soprano as Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven)
Jay Mandeville (voice, writer)
Bruce Prince-Joseph (voice of Henri Michaux)
Jeffrey Ruckman (percussion)
Arnold Young (voice as Mezz Mezzrow)
Ellen Zweig (voice as Anais Nin)
Organizations supporting this work:
Garuda Records (Chicago)
Harvestworks (NYC, Mark Steven Brooks)
Kansas City Art Institute
KCUR-FM
KKFI-FM
UMKC Conservatory Recording
Marr Sound Archives
