TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE

Echolalia FM

Hali Palombo

Echolalia is the automatic repetition of phrases spoken by another. It is a self-soothing or self-stimulation technique often seen in individuals on the autism spectrum. Echolalia FM is a piece in three movements, each demonstrating the concept of Echolalia in increasingly abstract fashion. The piece will feature classical and contemporary instrumentation, voice and the voices of others. Repeated words, phrases (musical and lingual), and sounds will present themselves initially as cohesive and eventually they will transform into something larger or deteriorate into nothing at all.