On December 16th, 2022, I saw Lingua Ignota live at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. In a word: Prophetic. Transcendent. Messianic. Rapturous. Revelatory. Apocalyptic. The most affecting performance I’ve ever witnessed, and one of the most intense emotional experiences of my life. The setup was simple: a stage at the front of a large warehouse music hall. She had a modified piano, a laptop connected to gargantuan speakers, and a microphone. In the background, a video looped, showing cut...
