"Pipe Band" by Mel Keane

Using the pipe band tradition of Ireland as a point of departure, the project embraces the pipe band’s non-hierarchical structure, potential for community building, microtonality, and powerful sonic properties–but defies its notions of nationalism, triumphance, masculinity, and militance through a group performance using DIY chanter pipes made from cheap, accessible materials, a tuning system driven by the chanters’ innate tonal properties, and graphic notation.

Participants: Mel Keane, Deboleena Mazumdar, Sara Nygård, Marianne Noordzij, Cameron Lynch, Sohju Kim, Stan Wiersma, Anouk Albrecht, Chryso Amaya Michailidis.