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    Vol. 33, Issue 1 (97)
    January 2011
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    January 01 2011

    Singing in Animal Tongues: An Inner Journey

    Jan Harrison
    Jan Harrison
    Jan Harrison's work has been seen in more than one hundred solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally, including Animal.Anima.Animus and at P.S. 1, in Long Island City, New York. Arcana Mundi, a book spanning twenty years of her work, was published in 2001 by Station Hill. An early recording of animal tongues was released on the album, On Record, which included audio art and music by artists, and an example of singing in animal tongues was included in the video documentary, Jan Harrison—Painter. The video My Other Tongue—Jan Harrison features the artist speaking and singing while creating art in the studio. In the video, Jan Harrison—Animal Tongues the artist performs with the animal sculpture heads.
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    Jan Harrison
    Jan Harrison's work has been seen in more than one hundred solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally, including Animal.Anima.Animus and at P.S. 1, in Long Island City, New York. Arcana Mundi, a book spanning twenty years of her work, was published in 2001 by Station Hill. An early recording of animal tongues was released on the album, On Record, which included audio art and music by artists, and an example of singing in animal tongues was included in the video documentary, Jan Harrison—Painter. The video My Other Tongue—Jan Harrison features the artist speaking and singing while creating art in the studio. In the video, Jan Harrison—Animal Tongues the artist performs with the animal sculpture heads.
    Online Issn: 1537-9477
    Print Issn: 1520-281X
    © 2010 Jan Harrison
    2010
    PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art (2011) 33 (1 (97)): 28–38.
    https://doi.org/10.1162/PAJJ_a_00020
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    Jan Harrison; Singing in Animal Tongues: An Inner Journey. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 2011; 33 (1 (97)): 28–38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/PAJJ_a_00020

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      “MIT Press Journals Podcast Episode 8: Jan Harrison”

      Jan speaks with writer and curator Linda Weintraub about the scope and origins of her work.

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      “Animal Tongues”

      A performance of Jan Harrison speaking and singing in animal tongues. Camera work by Alan Baer. Editing by Jenny Fox. (© 2009 Jan Harrison)

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      “Bestial Beings Mask Performance”

      Performance from July 2007, Cabaret Voltaire Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Camera work by Sukran Aziz. Editing by Jenny Fox. (© 2007 Jan Harrison)

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      “My Other Tongue”

      Featuring Jan Harrison singing in animal tongues with voices of bees, birds, blue whales, cat, cricket, and frogs. A production of Limen Arts International. (© 2005 Jenny Fox)

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