Marian Zazeela

Marian Zazeela was an American visual and sound artist and vocalist associated with the development of sustained-tone and drone-based practices in minimal music. She was known for long-duration vocal work and immersive light and sound installations, notably collaborative environments that combined sustained tones, just intonation tuning, and colored light to create meditative listening spaces. Her work emphasized slow perceptual change and the blending of visual and sonic experience.