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This article examines the interplay between human and insect in Yoko Ono's Fly, focusing on sound and experience.

June 6, 2026

Of Insects and Interstices: A Multispecies Analysis of Yoko Ono's Fly (1970) and Its Improvised Vocal Soundtrack

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This article examines the interplay between human and insect in Yoko Ono's Fly, focusing on sound and experience.
Conducted an experiential analysis framed within the context of mid-century avant-garde filmmaking.
Applied a Deleuzian theoretical framework involving the concept of the Voice without Organs.
Identified how the improvised voice and close-ups create a disquieting experience.
Proposed the concept of Voice without Organs, which challenges established notions of vocal interaction across species.

Abstract

Abstract In Fly (1970), Yoko Ono stages a multispecies encounter between woman and insect, where improvised voice merges with unsettling close-ups to produce an immersive, disquieting experience. This article offers an experiential analysis, grounded in the historical context of mid-century avant-garde filmmaking, and applies a Deleuzian theoretical frame, extending the Body without Organs (BwO) to develop my own concept of the Voice without Organs, a sonic corollary to the BwO that articulates a deterritorialized vocal ontology, transcending the human and destabilizing patriarchal and anthropocentric frames.

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