“Quorum Chorus invites you – the audience – to be the conductor of an eight-person (sic) ensemble to unlock a code. During times of uncertainty and change, how do groups self-organize to explore options to meet a common objective? Playing the role of conductor to a chorus, the audience will experience communication as a process shaped by cooperation and shared attention to achieve the goal in this sound-based exploration.”
Qourum Chorus is a Fluxus-inspired performance work that debuted at the 2026 Seattle Design Festival. Nine vocalists appear on stage holding custom LED reader board signs. Distributed throughout the audience, are auction-style signs, each with a single word, with nine different word variations. Once the audience holds up a sign, the corresponding performer vocalizes that word, which also displays on their LED signage. Through trial-and-error, the audience was able to direct the performers to sing the secret phrase. As an experiment in social self-organization, Quorum Chorus created a joyous experience for the audience as they
Produced by Aiken Bomers-Muller, David W Halsell, Michael Hainsworth, Patrick Crowley, and Brad Muller for The Creative Center for Adaptive Praxis, and was made possible by support from The Seattle Design Festival, 4Culture, ArtsWA and Shunpike.
