Composer and improviser Tina M Pearson explores the elements of symbiosis between peoples, life forms and technologies. For nearly 40 years, she has collaborated with artists from the dance, visual arts, music and new media circles, as part of projects playing on the notions of identity, perception, presence and place, as well as the relationships between creator, environment, performer and audience. Her work often makes reference to the principle of biomimicry as well as to certain elements of spectral music, in addition to giving an important place to breathing and to extended playing and listening techniques.
She has studied and worked with Pauline Oliveros for several years and is a certified practitioner of Deep Listening®. Her fascination with the sound phenomenon and its modes of interaction led her to play roles in the artistic and educational spheres, as well as that of community development. She composes and performs - in acoustic, electronic and telematic contexts - for voice, flute, accordion and virtual instruments. She has received commissions for performances in dance, video and "spoken word", in Europe and North America. She was invited to present her work in the context of international symposia, festivals and conferences. Tina was editor of the Canadian journal Musicworks and a teacher at OCAD University. She plays with the Experimental Music Unit (Victoria) and the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse collective.
