Charles Peoples III posing in front of a lush green forest. Their hand is on their shoulder.

Photo by Leah Sanginiti

Charles Peoples III

is a sonic changemaker residing at the intersection of performance art and experimental music theater. Focused on the convergence of sound, technology, and spirituality, they create multidisciplinary experiences that traverse realms of mysticism, queerness, and collective transformation.

  • TECHNITERRA

What is within the beyond? TechniTerra: A Sonic Transmission is an exploration of this inquiry.

Vocal experimentation, movement, and custom-built instruments. TechniTerra merges ancient spiritual practice and modern technology in this immersive sonic experience.

  • (A)TEMPORALITIES

An immersive and multimedia work that explores individual and collective misremembering.

Through extended vocal techniques and with the aid of gesture-controlled technology, they loop and manipulate their voice, dancing between the form and formless.

  • Charles Peoples III is facing away from the camera on a beach in San Francisco California. He is dancing, with his arms and head raised up.

    THE LONELY LIFE IS SO FULL

A spoken word and dance short film.

This piece explores the juxtaposition of obligations; those placed on us and the ones we place on ourselves.

I seek radical self-knowledge, communal healing, and spiritual transcendence.

Through my creative practice,

Charles Peoples III wearing gold and purple makeup. This is a portrait from the chest up, with a gold necklace. His hand is pressed against his face.