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XOIR (FKA XHOIR) – Colin Self

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XOIR is a non-utilitarian vocal workshop led by Colin Self focused on alternative modalities of group singing. Rooted in somatic research and experimentation, the goal of XOIR is to foster a generative environment for individuals to connect with voice and vocality on an individual and collective level. XOIR is open to anyone interested in exploring their voice as a tool for learning or re-posturing a new relationship to singing and listening. Prior participation in choral or vocal practices is not required, but any prior experience with listening and engaging experimentally in a musical or studio practice is encouraged.\ A brief introduction to the modality is available here via UNSEEN. XOIR works with a logic of being “autonomous together” and points into ancient and futuristic logics of ungovernable modalities of community organizing. XXOIR began in 2013 in New York and over the years continues to evolve and mutate through several threads of research. Since 2017, XOIR has mostly been

XOIR – Colin Self XOIR XOIR (pronounced like the regular word choir, or “Qwire/qWHYr”) is a perpetually evolving modality of group singing led by Colin Self, focused on fostering a generative environment for individuals to connect with their voice on an individual and collective level, regardless of previous experiences of singing. Rooted in experimentation, improvisation, and play, the methodology of XOIR inverts the conventional organizing principles of group singing, prioritizing collectively-authored, curious new forms of vocalizing and listening. Since it’s origins

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