How does a voice tell the story of its body when it is heard through a network? 

breathing.systems is an immersive performance in which a custom-built wireless speaker system is worn by the performers, turning each body into a moving source of sound. The piece creates a communal, fluid, sound body, dispersing the artist’s voice across a network of collaborators - each node in a temporal community.

Blending classical vocals, spacial sound, and choreography, the piece creates a single voice shared across many bodies. 

Drawing on Neo-Gregorian and harmony singing traditions, and shaped by the textures of queer club sound, the performers move through and around the audience. You’re not just listening - you’re inside it, surrounded by a living, breathing chorus.

Tickets: https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13931/breathingsystems

About the artist

Nik Rawlings (they/them) is a counter Tenor vocalist, composer and artist often focussing on spatial works. Their work considers networked presence, polymorphous bodies and vocal transformation. Situated between song, collective performance and dance, their practice explores the complex relational and spatial quality of voice through expansive live processing, modal chant and operatic techniques.