Elevator Music 46: Molly Joyce—Perspective invites visitors to explore contemporary disability experiences through audio interviews with disabled participants layered with an emotionally resonant score. Prompted by a reframing of how she understands and names her disability—an impaired left hand from a childhood accident—Joyce began interviewing participants from a wide range of backgrounds and disabilities, asking what such terms as access, care, control, strength, and cure mean for them. In Perspective, unidentified voices from the disability community respond to a series of questions: What is control for you? What is cure for you? What is resilience for you? and What is darkness for you? Combined with electronically processed recordings of Joyce’s voice and signature vintage toy organ, interviewees’ responses encourage visitors to consider the ableist underpinnings of contemporary culture. This multisensory installation presents four tracks from Joyce’s recently released 12-track album Perspective, accompanied by an open-captioned video, and a bench with vibrotactile devices that enable visitors to physically engage with the aural components of the work.
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