ilvs strauss
ñ (enye)
ñ (enye) is an audiophile’s unhurried song analysis which tangents into explorations of the physics of sound, speculations about the advent of language, and inquiries about basic human needs. Humorous, sly, and introspective, the titular character is a brat-green rabbit who guides the audience on a journey through an intentional soundscape, audible and otherwise.
ilvs strauss (she/her) from a sociodemographic standpoint, is a 45 year-old educated, queer, mixed-race, white-passing, female bodied, Honduran-American artist. From a non-sociodemographic standpoint, she’s still those things, but manifests in 3D by the ethereal: experience, values, judgment, desire, need, love, motivation, inspiration, etc. ilvs once had a job as an analytical chemist for a pharmaceutical company, BA Chemistry - OSU, but then slowly pivoted to the arts and received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Simon Fraser University. The hats she wears are many, and at times, she has been known to wear several at once: multi-disciplinary performance artist, writer, dancer, facilitator, technical director, lighting designer, and sound engineer. Born in the Los Angeles area, she grew up in Portland, OR, then moved to Seattle before coming up to Vancouver, BC. At present, she has no intention of moving to the Yukon or Alaska.
