Raven Chacon is a composer, performer, and installation artist awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Music. We talk about the importance of place and location in his music, which is often written to be performed outdoors. We also discuss his interest in graphic notation and the expectations of representing one’s culture in art. Finally, Chacon talks about his recent collaboration with experimental composer, sonic architect, performance artist, and visual media artist Guillermo Galindo, which will be featured at Other Minds Festival 26.
Music: Compass by Raven Chacon, performed by Zoë Wallace; “Feast 2” from Sweet Land by Raven Chacon, libretto by Douglas Kearney, performed by The Industry (The Industry Records); Raven Chacon and Guillermo Galindo at Indexical
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The Other Minds Podcast is hosted and edited by Joseph Bohigian. Outro music is “Kings: Atahualpa” by Brian Baumbusch (Other Minds Records).
