Milch de la Máquina subverts the low status of the backup singer, and with extended vocal technique, interrogates the ways women’s voices have been used to move products–and propagate a message of grace and safety–by corporations and government in recent U.S. culture.

microphone / microphone stand / veils

2016

Performers: Gena Lawson, Mauro Woody, Liz Rincon, Cecilia McKinnon, Rosie Hutchinson, Marya Errin Jones, Marisa Demarco

Photos by Vincent Comparetto

Audio recording by Kate Warner