Géraldine Gallavardin, Mark Browne and invited guests Molly Bloom and Anthony Osbourne, with the participation of the D!N DINS Diners presented "a satyrical music performance about Brexit & its current atmosphere; a moment of animals lyricity where all sounds were permitted. As Géraldine explains:
"During this participatory performance, the audience was reading, singing, yelling some cut-out phrases made up from Georges Orwell"s novel "Animal Farm." While the four musician were conducting improvisation with various instruments, noisy toys,international songs about freedom & love ('We shall overcome' etc.),'The beasts of England' was sang loudly followed by mimicking animals sounds.
A joyful entertaining moment, a mixture of declaimed deconstructed texts & songs with an improv music ensemble where saxophone, Indian harp, Tibetan bowl & many instruments were fused together with the audience as back readers...A musical climax were the voices creative intensity brought a sense of 'united we stand'! A message about communities and how creative projects can set us free regardless of political context."
Recorded on the Sunday of the Art Licks Weekend, 01/10/2017.
Géraldine Gallavardin is a conceptual artist, curator, poet, musician, actress, teacher and healer based in London. She uses participatory performances, social sculptures, installations and her voice as her main artistic language.
lab451london.com
Mark Browne is a musician from Aylesbury whose main interest is musical improvisation with the incorporation of theatrical elements into the performance. He performs solo or collaboratively and in a number of regular groups – "Lust Rollers", "Crush!!!" and "Browne/Thompson/Sanderson."
weneednoswords.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/mark-browne/