ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

More profile about the speaker
Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com
TEDWomen 2015

Kaki King: A musical escape into a world of light and color

Kaki King: Una fuga musicale in un mondo di luce e colore

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Un genere a sé, Kaki King potrebbe semplicemente essere la prossima divinità della chitarra. Fonde l'antica tradizione di composizione con la tecnologia digitale, e con una proiezione di immagini mappata sulla sua chitarra nella sua innovativa composizione "Il collo è un ponte per il corpo". Usando il collo della sua chitarra come una tastiera, suona un'intricata melodia con la quale porta il pubblico in un viaggio musicale di luce e suono. Lei lo chiama "chitarra come pennello".
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Translated by Daniel Fazzini
Reviewed by Miriam Marra

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

More profile about the speaker
Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com

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