A Prayer Unfolds Itself Into

A Prayer Unfolds Itself Into is a speculative sound score composed as a response to Kameela Janan Rasheed’s We Leak, We Exceed at the Henry Art Gallery.

Influenced by Rasheed’s investigation of leakage in meaning and form, this piece uses a dataset of textual fragments drawn from the exhibition to build a visual framework for a corresponding dataset of synthesized sounds. The words visualized through a leaky, fluid aesthetic, transform and modulate sonic events, producing a score in continuous transformation.

Modified live by the artist, the piece is an interpretive response to Rasheed’s exploration of leakage in quotidian performances that exceed their own structure.