an open mouth/an open stomach screaming through a machine, 2022.
On a Dundun drum, I play Yoruba translations of medical records that document the surgical procedure that led to my subsequent chronic diagnosis. The initial medical records have not been altered except through translation.
The Dundun, which imitates the Yoruba tonal language, is an hourglass-shaped talking drum with strings connected to the two surfaces of the drum that change the tone of the sounds the instrument produces.
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On a Dundun drum, I play Yoruba translations of medical records that document the surgical procedure that led to my subsequent chronic diagnosis. The initial medical records have not been altered except through translation.
The Dundun, which imitates the Yoruba tonal language, is an hourglass-shaped talking drum with strings connected to the two surfaces of the drum that change the tone of the sounds the instrument produces.
︎ Listen on FIELDNOTES