GELSEY BELL: Stripsody

VOICE ~ CREATURE OF TRANSITION
was a conference-festival organised by the Gerrit Rietveld Academie that took place from 20-23 March, 2014 at theatre De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam.
“[…] the voice is elusive, always changing, becoming, elapsing, with unclear contours […]“ - Mladen Dolar in: A Voice And Nothing More (2006)
Gabriëlle Schleijpen, curator in chief of the Studium Generale Rietveld Academie invited  Lawrence Abu Hamdan, If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Ruth Noack and Mark Beasley to each inaugurate a discursive and performative program of one day.
Sunday March 23
Must a Song always be a Song!, curated and presented by Mark Beasley
Must a Song presented four vocalists, performers and composers with unique histories and connections to vocal composition and Extended Vocal Technique, ranging from the popular to the avant-garde. With contributions by Joan La Barbara, Gelsey Bell, Mark Beasley, Nicholas Bullen (Napalm Death, Scorn) and Susanne Oberbeck (No Bra).
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