Along the Mon, 2020

Live broadcast, 25:00. Collaboration with Lindsey french and Alex Young

An acoustic and video portrait of several interconnected sites of energy extraction, airborne transmissions, and ruderal ecologies on stolen land in the Monongahela Valley and Marcellus Shale region in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The performance consisted of a live broadcast, mixing pre-recorded audio and video from sites in the Monongahela Valley and Marcellus Shale region with live sound transmitted from both Cheswick Generating Station and Clairton Coke Works.

The performance was first broadcast live as part of Jefferson Park Experimental: a series of live, free performances organized by Keith Helt in Chicago, IL and streamed online. A second iteration of the performance was created for Great Lakes Association of Sound Studies Turbulent Sounds conference in 2021.

✰ Publication ✰

Along the Mon is included in Emergency INDEX: An Annual Document of Performance Practice, vol. 10, Ugly Duckling Press, 2023.