[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kings Place Hall Two Part of Poet in the City Festival ‘To consider the Song Books as a work of art is nearly impossible. Who would dare? It resembles a brothel,
In collaboration with Poet in the City, experimental vocalist Elaine Mitchener presents an event celebrating John Cage’s iconic Song Books, a cornucopia of innovative musical ideas, codes
Elaine performs a solo work to mark the launch of a new exhibition Mene Mene Tekel Parsin curated by artist Jesse Darling on Saturday 20 May, 6pm
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wysing Arts Centre Launch of Mene Mene Tekel Parsin Elaine performs a solo work to mark the launch of a new exhibition Mene Mene Tekel Parsin curated by artist Jesse
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] La Monnaie, Brussels - Belgium Visual Voices Improvised performance, with Steve Beresford to Jean Vigo’s short film Zéro de conduit, which looks at young school children’s passion for freedom, as part
“Four performers improvised sound on assembled objects (…) with Elaine Mitchener dissolving into anxious glottal tics. She also created a memorable piece with Sam Belinfante, a couple throwing words at each other with the rainstorm hammering the roof celestially mirroring their plight.”
“Mitchener’s piece forces our idea of what a musical experience can be to shift through the breadth of her interests. Boundaries crumble because they have no choice.”
“Mitchener is a distinctive presence and interacts with her body and the remarkable sounds she produces: speech, soulful singing, breathless percussive bursts, skittering across octaves.”
“These were remarkable reinventions by two fearless originals, but they were devoted to illuminating the emotional cores of timeless old songs.”
