Pamela Z

**Pamela Z** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1956) nyɛla Americanima binkumdi ŋmɛra, diɛndiɛmda n-ti pah media artist.

## Visual art work
Pamela Z nyɛla ŋun daa nam "fixed-media" binkumdi tuma zaŋ n-ti ladio mini new media installations ban tumdi nuchee ni baŋsim. Di nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli  Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York) ka di daa pahi o yuuni 2023 Studio Residency. O nyɛla ŋun mali "solo exhibition" Krannert Art Museum din be Champaign, Illinois yuuni 2010, O nyɛla ŋun daa niŋ li Theater Artaud in San Francisco lala yuuni maa yaha. O nuchee ni tun'shɛŋa nyɛ Savvy Contemporary (Berlin),New Music Festival din daa niŋ Fine Arts Center Galleries din beBowling Green State University yuuni 2013, n-ti pahi Chico University Art Gallery (Chico, California).

## Discography

### Solo albums
* *Echolocation,* 1987, ZED, cassette only, out-of-print
* *[[A Delay is Better]]*, 2004, Starkland, CD ST-213
* *A Secret Code,* 2021, Neuma Records CD 143
*  *Echolocation * (reissue, 2021), Freedom to Spend Vinyl LP FTS-024

### Compilations
* *Pearls, the Gem of the Sea* on " Komotion International Vol. 11", compilation, 1991, Spirit Records, LP, CD, CS 
* *State* on "State of the Union", compilation produced by Elliott Sharp, 1992, Arrest, CD 
* *In Tymes of Olde* (Z) and *Obsession, Additiction and the Aristotelian Curve* (Z and Imhoff) on "From A to Z" compilation, Starkland, 1993, CD 
* *Bald Boyfriend* performed by The Qube Chix on "Dice" compilation, 1993, Ishtar, CD 
* *Geekspeak* on "Sonic Circuits IV" compilation, 1996, Innova Recordings, CD 
* *Parts* and *Questions/Trip* on "Dice 2" compilation, 1996, Ishtar, CD
* *Caught* on "Emergency Music" compilation, CRI, 1998, CD 
* *Live/Work* on "IMMERSION" compilation, Starkland, 2000, 5.1 surround DVD-audio ST-2010
* *Geekspeak* on "Bitstreams", compilation curated by Stephen Vitiello, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001, CD 
* *50 for Charles Amirkhanian* on "Homo Sonorus" compilation, Kunstradio, 2001, CD
* *No. 3* on "Visions", compilation, (2002) EMIT Series, CD 
* *Pop Titles 'You*' on "Deep Wireless 2: New Adventures in Sound Art," 2005, CD 
* *Declaratives In First Person* on "Crosstalk: American Speech Music" compilation produced by Mendi & Keith Obadike, Bridge Records, 2008, CD

### Tribute CDs
* *Movements I, II, & III* (Peter Kowald), Kowald, Gottschalk, and Z on "Global Village Trio", Free Elephant, 2004, CD
**Postcard From Heaven* (John Cage), Victoria Jordanova: harps, Z: voices, Arpaviva, 2006, CD
* *Scared Song* (Meredith Monk), composer, Monk, arr. & performer, Z on "Monk Mix", House Foundation for the Arts, 2012, CD

### On others' albums
* Ethel, *Ethel Dreams of Temporal Disturbances* (Z) on "Light", Cantaloupe, 2006, CD CA20137
* Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, *[[Still Life with Commentator]],* Savoy Jazz, 2007 
*Lisle Ellis, *Sucker Punch Requiem* (Ellis: bass, Z: voice & electronics, Oliver Lake: saxophones, George Lewis: trombone, Holly Hoffman: flutes, Mike Wofford: piano, Susie Ibarra: drums & percussion), Henceforth, 2008, CD
* Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, *[[Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project]],* 2013

## Bibliography
* Gann, Kyle *American Music in the Twentieth Century* (Schirmer Books, 1997) , p.&nbsp;383
* Borger, Irene. (1999). “The Force of Curiosity” (Interview with Pamela Z). California Institute of the Arts. pp.&nbsp;299–323.
*Harris, Craig, ed. (1999). “Art and Innovation” (Michael Black, David Levy, and Pamela Z "Artscience Sciencart"), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA/London, England. . pp.&nbsp;210–247
*Wilson, Stephen. (2002). *Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology* (Gesture: Pamela Z). MIT Press, Cambridge MA/ London, England. . pp.&nbsp;745–746
*Bulatov, Dmitry, ed. (2001). *Homo Sonorus An International Anthology of Sound Poetry *. (Pamela Z, USA), the National Center for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad Branch, Russia.
*Malloy, Judy, ed. (2003). *Women in New Media*. (Pamela Z: “A Tool is a Tool”) MIT Press, Cambridge MA/London. . pp.&nbsp;343–361
*Gray, Herman S. (2004). *Cultural Moves: African Americans and the Politics of Representation*. American Crossroads. .
*Rothenberg, David. (2005). * Why Birds Sing *. Basic Books. . pp.&nbsp;203–204
* Uitti, Francis-Marie. “Pamela Z”, *Contemporary Music Review: IMPROVISATION *, Routledge (Taylor & Francis), Edinburgh, Vol. 25, Nos. 5/6 (October/December 2006), pp.&nbsp;587–589.
* Lewis, George. “The Virtual Discourses of Pamela Z ” * Journal of the Society for American Music *, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, Vol. 1, No. 1, (February 2007), pp.&nbsp;57–77.
*Lane, Cathy (2008). * Playing with Words, The spoken word in artistic practice*. CRISAP, RGAP, distributed in the U.K. and Europe by Cornerhouse Publications. , pages 34–36
*Rodgers, Tara. (2010). *Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound* (Pamela Z, Language, Machines, Embodiment) Duke University Press, .
*Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, ed. (2013). * The Grove Dictionary of American Music * (Pamela Z). Oxford University Press. .
*Kelly, Jennifer. (2013). * In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the United States *. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield. . pp.&nbsp;210–227
*Raines, Robert. (2015). * Composition in the Digital World: Conversations with 21st Century American Composers *. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. . pp.&nbsp;306–316
*Da Rin, Renate (author), Parker, William (author/editor). (2015). * giving birth to sound - women in creative music *. Buddy's Knife, Köln, Germany. . pp.&nbsp;271–280
* Rutherford-Johnson, Tim (author). (2017). * Music after the Fall: Modern Composition and Culture since 1989 *. Simpson Imprint in Humanities-University of California Press, Oakland, CA. .
* Chiriacò, Gianpaolo. (2018). *Voci Neri*. Mimesis/Eterotopie, Sesto San Giovanni, MI. . pp.&nbsp;195–201
* Voegelin, Salomé. (2018). *Fragments of Listening: The Political Possibility of Sound*. Bloomsbury Academic, London. .
* Gaston-Bird, Leslie. (2020). *Women in Audio*. Routledge, New York, NY. . pp.&nbsp;131–135

## Sources


## External links

* official website
* ''From A to Z'' compilation CD on Starkland website
* surround sound recording of ''Live/Work'', commissioned by Starkland
* ''A Delay Is Better'' on Bandcamp