Chris O'Connor

Chris smiles. His glasses are thick and dirty. He holds a crystal with pride

Drew is at a laptop, his mouth wide open in projection of sound. His face is scrunched in power. He has a headset microphone on.

RESPONSES to - "Expressions through Embodiment of a Crip" -

The collected responses to Andrew McMillan's provocation to explore "Expressions through Embodiment of a Crip"

Chris OConnor is wearing a pompom hat and is holding two drum sticks up. He is looking staright down the lens of the camera.

As a drummer, Chris is a prolific and vital contributor to many music scenes within Aotearoa. Chris regularly performs in Auckland’s improvisation/sound-art music scene, collaborates with established Kiwi music pop icons, and is studying towards a Masters in Music Therapy at Victoria University.

Chris started his journey into deep improvisation when he founded the People's Improvisation Front, a group that regularly met in his basement in Newtown to explore free improvisation and approaches to large scale forms. From these initial experiments he has continued to grow an increasing repertoire of strategies towards music and ritual making. He is also a highly sought after collaborator for pop, jazz, theatre, and dance; he is currently a member of The Phoenix Foundation, and Trioglodyte.

More info about his career can be found at his website.