Alexis O'Hara is a

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transdisciplinary performer, born in

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, and currently living and working in

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. Since 1997, she has been active in the Montreal

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...

and

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

scenes. O'Hara ran the Montreal

poetry slam A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery. ...

for several years before switching her focus to vocal and electronic music and interactive performance projects. ''Subject to Change'' and ''The Sorrow Sponge'', two projects in which audience participation and electronic clothing are elements, have toured Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belgium. Her live and recorded work concerns itself with language,

anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...

, the human brain and heart, and social order. In 2009, she began working on immersive, interactive sound installations. ''SQUEEEEQUE - SPEAKERDOME'', a dome built entirely from recycled speaker boxes, was presented at numerous media art festivals in Europe and Canada. The work was the first acquisition to Basel's Haus der Elektronische Kunst's media art collection. She has been described as a "a mainstay of the cabaret scene in Montreal for years", performing in her

drag king Drag kings are mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of an individual or group routine. A typical drag show may incorporate dancing, acting, stand-up comedy and singing, eit ...

persona, Guizo LaNuit. She began performing as Guizo in 2003.

Discography

* ''In Abulia'' (2002) -

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* ''Ellipsis'' (2010) - &records * ''Le Grand Silence'' (2015) self-released

References

External links

Official web site
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