West Space presents a new commission by Tina Stefanou, continuing her methodology of expanded cinema, vocal orientations and performance in a practice she calls 'voice in the expanded field'.
The site of Motet Fail takes the backgammon board as a starting point, transforming West Space into a site for reflection, encounter and concert. Through a series of material, embodied and vocal gestures, Motet Fail asks how we meet one another, and what we risk in the process.
Motet Fail emerges from Stefanou’s early memories of learning to sing ‘straight’, over a single flame, steadying her breath and vibrato to produce pure notes and to not blow out the candle. Her vibrato, an engine filled with performative habits, identity, and selfhood, became disciplined through classical and jazz technical idioms.
Open now until April 18, 2026 at West Space in Collingwood Yards.