Point and Line

Point and Line questions that thing we think of as a “self” through indices and geometries, silences, and collective thinking. The book itself becomes an empty self with pages filled with refractions and reflections. 

written by Thalia Field

performed by Anna Foss Wilson

with Tei Blow, James Hannaham, Scott Shepherd, and Ben Williams

original music by Alex Waterman

in collaboration with Eternities - Katie Porter (clarinet and bass clarinet) and Bob Bellerue (electronics and feedback)

designed and produced by Ben Williams

Bird Lovers, Backyard

A companion piece to Personhood, Bird Lovers, Backyard continues Thalia Field’s interrogation on the human/animal stories we seem stuck with.

performed by Maggie Hoffman, T. Ryder Smith, and Shannon Tyo

original music by Catherine McRae

designed and produced by Ben Williams

Leave to Remain

Leave to Remain is a faux spy-novel in 6 parts, possessed by the spirit of Janus: doubleness, duplicity, two-facedness – written by two authors (one French, one American) and performed by two narrators, Shannon Tyo and Stephanie Weeks with special guests.

written by Thalia Field & Abigail Lang

produced and designed by Ben Williams

Personhood

In 10 chapters, Personhood moves radically through genres and conventions, taking the listener on a design-driven experience into the psychic spaces and logical conundrums that we have created around our non-human relatives.

written by Thalia Field featuring Shannon Tyo and April Matthis

produced and designed by Ben Williams

The Alva Album

Meet Alva, the protagonist of writer L.S. McKee’s series of poems exploring a woman’s experience across various landscapes, including the contemporary American South. Made in collaboration with sound designer Ben Williams, McKee takes us through a series of psychic spaces – dreams, doctor’s offices, online dating platforms – finding beauty and horror along the way.

recorded 2019 at The Collapsable Hole

produced by Ben Williams