Other Minds Programming ➔ Laetitia Sonami, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing “lady’s glove,” Woodside CA, (1997)
Still image
Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0004.007Dates
1997-11-01/1997-11-30 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Class
Composer & Performer PortraitsImage Series
OM04: Fago B&W PrintsDescription
Laetitia Sonami rehearses with her “glove” in an image taken at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside CA, prior to her appearance at the 4th Other Minds Music Festival in November of 1997. Laetitia Sonami synthesizes advanced technology, original music and narrative into an intimate, spontaneous art form all her own. She is best known for her unique instrument, the elbow-length "lady's glove" that she plays live onstage, and which is fitted with pressure and motion sensors to control electronic sounds. In January of 1997 the New York Times described Sonami as "a human antenna searching the air for sounds, like a dancer focused on her hands, or like a deity summoning earthshaking rumbles with a brusque gesture.”Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--1990-2000Women
Composers
Musicians
Performance art
Photo Credits
John FagoRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 4Related Entities
Fago, JohnSonami, Laetitia de Compiègne
Other Minds Festival
Djerassi Resident Artists Program