Born in 1983 on Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan, Canadian performance artist Erin Gee currently resides in Tio’tia:ke/Montréal. Her artistic practice spans various disciplines, including new media, music composition, art-science, and performing arts. Through her work, Gee delves into the subconscious influence of sound, drawing inspiration from emotional physiology, hypnotism, feminist theory, ASMR, and the placebo effect.
Recognized as a DIY authority in emotional biofeedback technology, Gee’s biofeedback music defies scientific confines, exploring the softer dimensions of sound, gesture, breath, voice, eye contact, and simulated haptics. Her performance techniques, encapsulated as “wetware,” challenge the authoritarian aura of quantification, transforming biofeedback into a feminist space of posthumanist connection and expression.
Gee’s artistic engagement spans diverse mediums, including musical composition, networked performance, VR, AI, and robotics. She meticulously structures the social, emotional, and physical facets of music, orchestrating listeners’ bodies within her cybernetic systems in place. Noteworthy commissions since 2021 include projects for Montréal-based entities such as Akousma Festival, Totem Contemporain, Ensemble Supermusique, and soprano Andrea Young.
In 2023, Gee’s performance at MUTEK Montréal garnered acclaim from THE WIRE magazine, describing it as the most memorable ambient showcase at the festival. Her international presence extends to exhibitions at art museums, electronic music festivals, and new music venues, with recent showcases at the Karachi Biennale (PK), Centro de Arte Sonoro (AR), and MacKenzie Art Gallery (CA).
