Artist Statement
I am an independent artist involved with every aspect of the creation, execution, and dissemination of my work. I compose immersive solo and chamber works that explore identity, intimacy, queerness, and transness by experimenting with timbre, repetition, and endurance. In many works, the repetition of seemingly banal material reveals unusual depth and variety within sounds and the spaces in which they are heard, provoking the audience to notice and ask questions about the peculiar world we inhabit. Informed equally by Western avant-garde composers and 25 years spent in indie/punk bands, my practice occupies a unique space that exists comfortably between the worlds of academia and "underground" music. My current work is focused on various neurological and music concepts with an interest in the type of brain activity that underlies creative thought, exemplified by my latest 2xCD "Motor Tapes" (New World Records).
Sarah Hennies: "Motor Tapes" (2022), world premiere performance at the 2023 Darmstadt Summer Course, Germany.