Living Earth presents: XOIR: A Vocal Workshop with Colin Self

Living Earth presents: XOIR: A Vocal Workshop with Colin Self in the PRS Courtyard!

XOIR is a non-utilitarian vocal workshop led by Colin Self focused on alternative modalities of group singing. Rooted in somatic research, experimentation and play, the goal of XOIR is to foster a generative environment for individuals to connect with voice and vocality on an individual and collective level. For the session at PRS we will move through a series of vocal exercises and prompts for collectively-authored improvisations, meditations, and games.

An important distinguishing factor about XOIR sessions are that they require no prior singing experience to participate. Any previous experiences with listening or engaging experimentally in a musical or studio practice is welcomed, but the only prerequisite is curiosity and willingness.. There is no audience or recording during XOIR sessions and no gendered or quantified roles of soprano/tenor/alto/bass. XOIR is open to anyone interested in exploring their voice as a tool for learning or re-posturing a new relationship to listening and singing. XOIR works with a logic of being “autonomous together” pointing toward ancient and futuristic logics of ungovernable modalities of community organizing.

Colin Self (b. 1987 Oregon, USA) composes music, performance, and environments that expand consciousness and trouble binaries as well as boundaries of perception and communication. They work with communities across disciplines and use immaterial and material means – including voices, bodies, and computers – to interface with and reimagine worlds. Self currently lives between Berlin and New York.

Living Earth

Living Earth is an LA-based all-ages arts series held among a collective of local musicians and organizers. The series explores public art as a creative act of restoration and a means of living in right relation with our immediate communities, histories, ecosystems, and planet.

Between their work together as a team, the organizers behind Living Earth have produced gatherings for Printed Matter’s Art Book Fairs, the LA Phil, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, The MAK Center for Art & Architecture, TreePeople, California Botanic Garden, Arlington Garden, Birdsong Project, Reflections, and Floating. As humans, they each strive to tell meaningful stories that amplify a sense of rootedness, interconnectedness, and belonging.

Ticket Price: $15 - $25 (in-person event only – limited to 80 persons max capacity).

Please email [email protected] or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.

ACCESSIBILITY

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REFUND POLICIES

All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges for PRS events, except in the event of a medical emergency, including but not limited to a positive COVID-19 test.

In the event that PRS is forced to cancel an event entirely, tickets will be refunded or vouchers offered for a rescheduled event.

PARKING

Limited parking is available onsite at PRS in both the front lot (entry from Los Feliz Blvd. when heading east) and back lot (entry from first alley way, off Griffith Park Blvd. from intersection with Los Feliz Blvd.), as well as street parking on Griffith Park Blvd. and (after 7 PM) on Los Feliz Blvd. We encourage attendees to consider carpooling, walking or biking to events if possible, and please be considerate of our Los Feliz neighbors when parking, many thanks.

PRS EVENT POLICIES

• We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
• Events are subject to change without notice, including guest speakers and/or performers.
• We encourage you to arrive at least 30 min. before the scheduled event start time to find parking, enjoy the Bookstore and take your seats.
• Please turn off all mobile devices before the show. Talking and texting are not allowed during the events.
• No filming, audio recording or mobile phone recording of events, screenings, concerts or other programs by audience members is allowed without permission.
• There is no smoking permitted on PRS grounds.
• We strongly encourage guests to wear masks to PRS events to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
• PRS allows Service Animals into the facility under ADA and state guidelines. For further details please visit www.ADA.gov. No animals permitted whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support, under ADA guidelines and CA Health Code.
• Please do not bring outside food or drink into PRS events.
• Weapons are strictly prohibited at PRS events.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States