Abstract
In the Mouthpieces, the voice is used as an instrument of sound production rather than as a vehicle of identity. Linguistic meaning is not the voice’s goal. The construction of the vocal text is often based on linguistic structure—vowel-consonant formation and the principle of the allophone—and is relatively quiet, with a high percentage of breath. The Mouthpieces presuppose a state of listening. They engage physiology rather than psychology. The construction of the vocal text is relatively quiet, (thus needing amplification) with a high percentage of breath: „lightness, and merging, about formlessness.“ -- Erin Gee