concept
The German word Gegenstimmen signifies “counter-voices”. This
could be taken to mean, for example, a second, opposing voice, a vote or
veto against something, or a contradiction, perhaps a dichotomy.
Through our project, we use the human voice within the context of music
to represent the different vocal(ized) dichotomies we can find in our
world: musical lines, singers, Newtonian forces in physics opposing each
other, cultural differences, interactions between genders, differing
opinions, the mechanical versus the organic. These dichotomies may be
symbolic, social, or physical. The recontextualization of the voice
through various media such as design and visuals adds a multidimensional
aspect and allows us to use more than just our physical voices to tell
our stories.
