The latest iteration of Uterine Concert Hall engages with intimate karaoke, a methodology of empathy and audience engagement that I developed in a residency at Studio XX sponsored by Media@McGill. The audience is asked to sing their favourite karaoke song for my uterus. Singers wear headphones that isolate and contain their voice and requested karaoke song. This mix is wired via 100-foot cable to a 54 kHz intravaginal pre-natal speaker that rests in my vaginal canal. Other audience members are invited to listen to the karaoke performances with me through the very flesh of my body using a 4-headed stethoscope. Sound resonates through me to this small audience as we listen to karaoke singers performing from an adjoining room. I use my body as two sites, which concurrently showcase its inside and outside through its function as a median of sociality, vulnerability, and empathy.

Curated by FADO Performance Art Centre, co-presented with SummerWorks in Toronto, August 15, 2018.

Slideshow images by Henry Chan c/o FADO Performance Art Centre