Voice Beyond Semantics
“Semantics” refers to meaning in language;
My work explores voice beyond it.
In Yuwan Zhang’s vocal performances and compositions, language is released from meaning and returns to its origin in sound and body. Through reconstructed, hybrid, or invented phonetic systems, Yuwan explores how the human voice communicates through resonance rather than semantics. Each utterance becomes vibration, gesture, and presence: a movement of the body that remembers before words.
This practice questions the hierarchy of understanding and reimagines voice as a shared field of perception. When meaning dissolves, what remains is connection through tone, breath, and emotion: the voice as an embodied act of listening.
The accompanying playlist gathers Yuwan’s vocal compositions and improvisations without lyrical meaning. Each piece explores the voice as vibration, texture, and emotional resonance beyond words, inviting listeners to experience these works not through interpretation but through sensation and presence.