- Leah Singer
Leah Singer is a
photographer andmultimedia artist . She is the long-time artistic collaborator and wife ofLee Ranaldo ofSonic Youth . Singer performs with multiple modified film projectors that allow her to improvise and manipulate thefilm projections by adjusting the film rate. She has likened what she does with film as similar to DJs who scratch with records. [ [http://www.discorder.ca/oldsite/features/04aprilleeronaldo.html Luke Meat, "Two Flim Projectors & A Feeback Tone", "Discorder", April 2004 ] ]Biography
Singer was born in
Canada and studiedjournalism andphotography atRyerson University inToronto . She moved toNew York City in the 1980s to study film and became involved with improvising musicians. She also trained as a painter. Her work combines these different approaches to mediums. Since 1991 she has been doing film and music collaborations with Ranaldo. Her work has been presented in museums, galleries and concert halls worldwide. [ [http://www.discorder.ca/oldsite/features/04aprilleeronaldo.html Luke Meat, "Two Flim Projectors & A Feeback Tone", "Discorder", April 2004 ] ]Her three sons are Cody Linn Ranaldo, Sage Ranaldo and Frey Ranaldo. Singer has published several books with her husband, including "Bookstore", "Road Movies" and "Moroccan Journal: Jajouka excerpt". She went to Jajouka, Morocco with Lee Ranaldo to follow in the footsteps of luminaries like
William S. Burroughs ,Brian Jones ,Brion Gysin ,Paul Bowles andOrnette Coleman . [ [http://www.skor.nl/PanoramicPortraits/Leah/web.html http://www.skor.nl/PanoramicPortraits/Leah/web.html, retrieved June 13, 2008 ] ]Drift is documented in a DVD and book publication. The book includes a conversation with Ranaldo and Singer, and texts by experimental filmmaker
Jonas Mekas , artistsSam Durant and Tom Leeser, writer and musicianAlan Licht , and curators Roland Spekle and Lea Rekow.Singer has also collaborated with
Elliott Sharp andIkue Mori .Published works
*"Bookstore and Others" (Paperback) - Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer, Hozomeen Press (April 1995), ISBN 978-1885175069
*"Drift" (Paperback) - Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer, Gigantic ArtSpace (2005), ISBN 978-1933045344
*"Moroccan Journal: Jajouka excerpt" (Unknown Binding) - Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer, Ring Tarigh for the Literary Renaissance (1997), ASIN: B0006RJF80
*"Road Movies" (Paperback) - Lee Ranaldo, Leah Singer, Soft Skull Press (Nov 30, 2004), ISBN 978-1932360738
References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHyXvNowEZI "Drift" DVD clip (Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer)]
* [http://www.artbook.com/1933045345.html "Drift" DVD and book]
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