TCH-P is a performance-autoethnographic and illness-acoustemological video featuring a performance of the South Indian vocal artform of konnakol. It is a work exploring “knowledge with voice and hands” (Salomé Voegelin, 2023). I deliberately aim for imperfection in this performance piece which not only challenges Karnatak performance norms in the creation of a more expressive and inquiring rendition of standard solkattu, but also challenges the descriptions of treatment-induced side effects in standardised illness narratives, literally and non-lexically giving voice to suffering.

Premiered at Café OTO, London on April 19th 2023