​MAIDEN VOICED

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Live performance, 2017

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Maiden Voiced presents a live performance and short film inspired by Maya Deren’s seminal 1944 feature AT LAND and the history of the sea siren as a female identity both silenced and powerful. In front of a backdrop of found footage of stormy oceans and a short script from Homer’s the Odyssey, audiences are invited to witness the writhing, desiring body of the siren through a lyrical dance performance. Koshi wind chimes, Waterphone and Himalayan singing bowls offer an alternative transmission of voice that is both meditative and spellbinding.

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Performed by Hannah Williams as part of VIVID Live 'SYN' curated by Kate Spence.

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Images by Robin Pugh.

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