Parrot Suite #1 features a modern automaton parrot whose recording chip and playback speaker allow it to repeat, within a narrow pitch range, a portion of any sound it hears. In a sequence of five dyadic scenes, the toy “responds” to my own live voice, recorded sound effects, location sound, a recording of Gertrude Stein reading, and a second toy parrot, (producing ann audio feedback war). The parrot becomes child, lover, antagonist, teacher, student, friend, enemy, musical instrument, machine, echo.
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