Anamorphosis & Anatexis－ clamor stories, even veritas
The Anamorphosis & Anatexis series is a sound performance developed by Yang Yu-Chiao in 2017, blending traditional storytelling with extended vocal techniques. It draws on the linguistic textures and sound characteristics found in various languages of folktales and narrative poetry, responding to the conditions of any performance space, site, or public area. In traditional storytelling, the fictional text’s scenes, sounds, and formulaic plots are layered over the performance space. Additionally, any traces left in the physical space serve as a sonic track, allowing the performance’s repeated readings to reveal the building as a layered accumulation of human activity. This series has collaborated with several sound artists, including Liu Fangyi Liu, Xu Chia-Chun, Huang Dawang, Bei San Q Nan, Dean Chiyou, Jyun-Ao Caesar, Lai Chi-Hsia, etc. The theme Clamor Stories, even Veritas represents a new work for 2024, where the artist will focus more on the properties, origins, and appearances of objects within fictional texts. This exploration will give rise to a series of onomatopoeia, translating these objects into sound clusters that carry fragments of stories.
YANG Yu-Chiao is a multidisciplinary narrative and sound artist who focuses on solo performances of folktales. They regularly host lectures on folk narratives and narrative poetry. With years of vocal music and piano training, They integrate traditional storytelling with extended vocal techniques, developing experimental sound performances like Anamorphosis & Anatexis (for folktales) and χρῶμα μᾰρμαίρω (Chroma Marmairo, for sound poetry). Their work has been showcased in France, South Korea, Sweden, and Japan. Now Yang is a teaching artist at the Wei-Wu-Ying National Center for the Arts. In addition, Yang researches literary and film narratology and has served as a narrative lecturer at major film festivals. Their experimental literary works and critiques have been published on various platforms. They have released a sound-image poetry collection titled Xi-Xiang (肸蠁) and a music history book, Golden Pieces in the Shadows of Music History. Yang is also actively exploring AI collaborative creation, participating in the Taipei Contemporary Art Museum’s AI exhibition Hello, Human! with the work στρέφειν στόμα (strephein stoma).
LIU Fang-Yi lives in Kaohsiung and is an artist, improviser, composer, performer, and organizer. He is concentrated in free improvisation, performances with acoustic objects, electronic sound, and cassette tapes. He also works on field recording,and is interested in the sounds of daily life. These sounds are often combined with his voice in his performances and musical compositions.He is currently a member of Semicircular and the Kaohsiung experimental music group Beniyaben.