Season 1, Episode 3 — Claire Chase and Li Harris
Join us in the studio with MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Harvard Music Professor Claire Chase, and her longtime collaborator Lisa (Li) E. Harris.
In this episode, ArtLab Director Bree Edwards and co-host Kristian Hardy, a Harvard College sophomore, explore how Chase and Harris are reshaping the landscape of music and performance through experimental composition and collaboration.
Professor Chase commissioned Harris to create A Black Woman Told Me, And I Believe Her: A Movement Still Moving, a musical work co-written and performed by Harvard first-year students in 2021 and 2022. The piece—performed live at ArtLab—embodies a powerful exploration of belief, movement, and artistic community.
Beyond her work as a composer and performer, Harris is the founder and Creative Director of Studio Enertia, an arts, education, and production studio based in Houston, Texas. Both artists are deeply committed to collaboration and education as core to their artistic and advocacy practices.
Tune in as we discuss how their partnership continues to push the boundaries of art, sound, and collective creation.
Link to Claire’s residency page on the ArtLab website: https://artlab.harvard.edu/Claire-Chase
Link to Lisa’s residency page on the ArtLab website: https://artlab.harvard.edu/lisa-e-harris
Link to Studio Enertia: https://studioenertia.tumblr.com/
Link to Kristian Hardy’s biography: https://artlab.harvard.edu/people/kristian-hardy
Works in Progress is recorded and produced in the Mead Production Lab, located on the traditional territory of the Massachusetts people, the original inhabitants of what is now known as Boston and Cambridge. The show is hosted by Bree Edwards and Kristian Hardy, engineered by Kat Nakaji, edited by Jemma Byrne, and produced by the ArtLab at Harvard University with help from Thinkubator Media. Theme music by Kicktracks and Gvidon.
For more information about the show, the ArtLab, and the artists featured, visit artlab.harvard.edu. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram by searching ArtLab at Harvard.
Thanks for joining us for Works in Progress. We hope these conversations give you a glimpse into the creativity, collaboration, and experimentation happening at ArtLab. To learn more, visit artlab.harvard.edu.
The podcast is recorded in the Mead Production Lab at the ArtLab in Boston, Massachusetts.
Hosted by Bree Edwards
Audio by Luke Damroch
Production by Kat Nakaji
Research by Sadie Trichler & Ria Cuéllar-Koh
Design by James Blue & Sonia Ralston
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