Bio
Lisa Cameron (aka Venison Whirled) is from Austin, Tx. Using amplified/acoustic percussion and strings, she locates resonant frequencies in space to create oscillating overtones, which are then employed as sound sources for live improvisation.
She has improvised live with Jandek, Mani Neumier, Eugene Chadbourne, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Mike Watt, Jaap Blonk, Faust, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Claire Rousay, Alex Cunningham, Damon Smith, Jessica Ackerley, Eli Wallace, Sandy Ewen, Raquel Bell,Tom Carter, Nathan Bowles, Fritz Welch, Sandy Ewen, Thor Harris, Jonathan Horne, and others.
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In 2013, for the New Media Art and Sound Summit,in Austin, Texas, she composed and directed "Canopy Of Sound",involving 12 suspended cymbal players in an outdoor dynamic context.This led her to form Ommmg,an ongoing acoustic percussion group with ritualistic overtones.
Lisa has turned her attention recently to making instruments and then learning how to play them.In January of 2018 she performed solo with homemade sound sources at the Blanton Museum of Art. In 2018 she was commissioned by Cloud Tree Gallery in Austin, to create an installation which became a joint effort with artist Brian Johnson. Entitled "Thee Mortal Coil",the sound sculpture consisted of a 20 foot tall spiral tube that incorporated ball bearings with timed bursts of pneumatic pressure, amplified by contact microphones routed through a mixer.
In 2023 she received the 2023 Austin Chronicle Award for “best drummer and percussionist”
She also plays drums with various rock bands:
ST37, Suspirians, percussion with Future Blondes, and Three Day Stubble, and played guitar in The Devil Bat and Devil Bat's Daughter.
https://lisacameronsisterskullrekkids.bandcamp.com/