Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes is an immersive 12-hour composition and installation. Inspired by a lyric of the late Chilean singer and songwriter Violeta Parra, the Creative Capital-awarded project emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a vessel for social change. https://www.dorianwood.com/cantodetodes Movement I Dorian Wood: voice Alexander Noice: guitar Sophia Potter: cello Performed at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, May 6, 2023 Canto de Todes, composed by Dorian Wood Copyright 2023 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP) Video recorded by Dan Thompson Audio recorded by Keith Rodger Edited by Dorian Wood hey god you want i should be a lamb of rising flesh of bitter salt of colored glass god say what god damn you want i should steal some bread and break it down into a vision a dirty cloud god cum cloud god cum cloud we here we are cold rapturous dust it is beginning no wasted thoughts no screeching halt no tidying up no time at all here's my claw where words cannot strain your eyes love ponder clearly ponder long why here now and for who it's coming and where it's gone and why we took it sitting down for so long strain your eyes love so you warble out a sermon from which to hang your skin so foggy damp to tempt you in o how i love that you love me and how we love to see it breathe a love that flexes petals over its leaves a root of tributary weakened knees and who is romance for you plead strain your eyes love you my friend today but seer forever babe so very here to hold you bent and burdened in this space we stare down at those who deny the cloud riddled with anger and pox and things the hearts they keep in cupboards deep with fascist beans and other shapeless antiquities i knew the moment you'd arrived you'd disappeared from space and time you prepped the cannons and raised the gate and batter-rammed right through my heart so i want this world for you to twist to serve with sweaty open fist to position gently on my cheek as kisses do and kisses should and you go cleaving through this wood as if the wind caused hell to move as if the ocean spray was you as if your shout could clear this room strain your eyes love strain your eyes love strain your eyes love strain your eyes strain your eyes strain your eyes but you bring a noose tho it's not a noose so it's not a portal so it won't lead you away from pain no strain your eyes strain your eyes strain your eyes love just be still my love just be still my love you're all i've got

Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes is an immersive 12-hour composition and installation. Inspired by a lyric of the late Chilean singer and songwriter Violeta Parra, the Creative Capital-awarded project emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a vessel for social change. https://www.dorianwood.com/cantodetodes Movement III Dorian Wood: voice Carmina Escobar: voice Roco Córdova: voice Adrián Cortés: cello Performed at REDCAT, Los Angeles, February 4, 2023 Canto de Todes, composed by Dorian Wood Copyright 2023 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP) Video recorded by Emily Lacy Sound recorded by Pete Pace Edited by Dorian Wood

"Music is a Language" created and performed by Sir Beauregard Elliot within “Canto de Todes, Movement II” by Dorian Wood April 10, 2024 @ Museum of Human Achievement/Fusebox Festival, Austin Video and sound by Justin Humphrey Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

"Harmony/Disharmony" created and performed by Dylan McLaughlin within “Canto de Todes, Movement II” by Dorian Wood April 10, 2024 @ Museum of Human Achievement/Fusebox Festival, Austin Video and sound by Justin Humphrey Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

Choreographed by Dieu-Thao Duong and performed by Erin Brandt, Rachel Tobin, and Maria Reyes Vazquez within "Canto de Todes, Movement II" by Dorian Wood May 6, 2023 @ Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha Video by Dan Thompson Sound by Keith Rodger Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

"Celestial Weaving" composed and performed by Kafele Williams within "Canto de Todes, Movement II" by Dorian Wood May 6, 2023 @ Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha Video by Dan Thompson Sound by Keith Rodger Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

"Thick Skin", created and performed by Elena Powell within "Canto de Todes, Movement II" by Dorian Wood March 16, 2023 @ Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Video by Stephen Heraldo Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

"¡Canta!", created and performed by Roco Córdova within "Canto de Todes, Movement II" by Dorian Wood February 3, 2023 @ REDCAT, Los Angeles Video by Emily Lacy Sound by Pete Pace Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com

"Improvisación Carmina Escobar", created and performed by Carmina Escobar within "Canto de Todes, Movement II" by Dorian Wood February 3, 2023 @ REDCAT, Los Angeles Video by Emily Lacy Sound by Pete Pace Editing by Dorian Wood cantodetodes.com