Corey Smith: Essay on Resonance

During their time at IAC, Corey Smith will develop "Essay on Resonance", an ongoing performance research project exploring resonance as a material condition of trans and non-binary embodiment.

Centered on the hammered dulcimer, an American folk instrument with a characteristic ring, the project examines sustained vibration, overlap, and persistence – sound that continues beyond the moment of impact. Resonance functions as both an acoustic phenomenon and a framework for thinking about trans experience as ongoing and unresolved.

The residency focuses on studio experimentation and documentation. Smith records the dulcimer’s resonant behavior in detail, working with sound, light, and spatial framing to generate audio and visual material that will further expand the project in recorded form and future iterations.

Corey Smith (they/them) is a composer and performance artist from Chicago whose interdisciplinary work blends music, text, and theatrical form. Drawing on pop spectacle, lecture, and puppetry, they create queer, genre- uid performances attentive to liveness and shared experience.

Visit Corey Smith artist's page – coreyds.com