Additional Information
The collaborative exploration between vocal ensemble Phth and visual artist Beth Frey promises immersive, spontaneous and interactive storytelling. This real-time experience takes place on Sunday, February 16 at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), as part of the Montreal / New Musics festival presented by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ). Beth Frey’s art video is populated by strange, “morphologically ambiguous” creatures, who find their vocal repartee in a quintet of singers inclined to improvisation and advanced singing techniques, including onomatopoeia, borborygms and other sounds from a lyrical vocabulary developed by the avant-garde over recent decades. Bizarre from the outset, there’s nothing austere about Phth and Beth Frey’s joint approach: humor and surprise are an integral part of the affair. Like their video interlocutor, Phth’s artists are all composers and improvisers, perfectly capable of laying the foundations of a coherent and attractive edifice. To better prepare for this experience, Alain Brunet met with Phth’s Beth Frey and Gabriel Dharmoo.
Participants
- PhthSarah Albu, vocals; David Cronkite, vocals; Gabriel Dharmoo, vocals; Kathy Kennedy, vocals; Elizabeth Lima, vocals
Concept by
- Guillaume Barrette, sound, technical direction
Program
- ¡Némangerie mâchée! (2021-24), 45:00 – 75:00Sarah Albu, David Cronkite, Gabriel Dharmoo, Kathy Kennedy, Elizabeth Lima5 vocals
- Video de Beth Frey
More info: Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques / 12e édition (2025) — Musique et images.
