Performance of On a Text by James Baldwin, 2014. Photo by Jorge Espinosa.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Becky Grajeda is a sound and performance artist and theatrical sound designer of Mexican and European descent based in Chicago. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College and Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her abstract sound collages and installations primarily focus on the intricate sounds of everyday mechanical objects. In her direction-based and/or improvisatory sound performances she experiments with the perceived meaning in texts by authors such as James Baldwin and Bohumil Hrabal when read aloud simultaneously or repetitively by performers of different ages and ethnicities. Her work has been exhibited and/or performed in Los Angeles, Chicago, and throughout Europe. In 2014 she received a grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to document three of her performative sound works.
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