Voice Work
From Enthused to Obtuse (2024)
Voice art piece activated by an answering machine. Produced for @co.opt research + projects, TX
Voice by Heather Warren Crow
Piano by Ernesto Busigó
Written and out together by Pedro Vélez
Piece is divided in four movements:
1. Intro. Low Jazz variations (restaurant monologue )
2. Frustrated mood (Liszt )
3. Leave a message
4. Hang up (Schumann Op.15 12)
(There are two versions of this piece: one is lo-fi specific to the answering machine, the other will take a different shape for IRL exhibition purposes)
CO-OPt Research + Projects is an artist-run studio space and gallery located in Lubbock, Texas, founded in 2019. The gallery features curated exhibitions of contemporary art, a reading library of artist books and zines, and special programming of artist talks, performances, and experimental music shows. CO-OPt also functions as a working artist studio where artists J. Eric Simpson, Cody Arnall, and Aaron Hegert center their research and practice