In preparing for a collaboration on ___The Cleaning Agent___ with dancer/actor _Margaret Kemp_ and digital artist _Derick Ostrenko_, we gathered the recordings of a number of the Louisiana State University janitorial staff simply stating their names. This work is a recording from a live processing performance based solely on the recording of a single person stating their name — Randall Williams. It becomes a succinct de-construction of the name revealing musical fragments and patterns hidden inside.
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