This workshop has limited numbers and is intended for people who identify as trans+* and disabled**
Join us for a 90-minute online workshop led by Clair Le Couteur and Greta Sharp, for the first in a two-part workshop series exploring the voice.
Where can we go with our voices that we haven’t been before? How does listening affect the sounds we make? How do we sit with ourselves, our surprise and discomfort, and express the full reality of our trans, disabled selves?
This workshop aims to create a curious and judgement-free space to share our collective journeys and relationships to voice. You will be guided through various exercises to explore the range of your own vocality, and find freedom and joy in play. We will explore how our voices arise from our bodies, other bodies, and the world around us. Bringing our practices together, this session will navigate the social context of our voices, playing with monstrosity, the non-human, the uncharted territories of our voices.
These gentle breathing and basic overtone techniques are suitable for all bodies, abilities and skill levels. No previous knowledge required.
We encourage you to use headphones for this workshop, and to join from a space where you feel comfortable and safe to make sounds. The session will be broken into two 40-minute sections with a 10 minute comfort break. If you can, please make sure you are warm and well hydrated, and have room temperature water handy.
Due to the technicalities of Zoom, you will be encouraged to join in the exercises with microphones off, but there will be opportunities to share and reflect with the group.
*Trans+ is a shorthand to include those who identify as transgender, non-binary, agender, gender questioning, two-spirit, and anyone else who identifies as part of the trans+ community.
**Disabled, neurodivergent, deaf, chronically ill, long term health condition, mental health condition
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Please note: we can only offer refunds within 72 hours of the event. This event will take place online.
About Greta and Clair:
Greta Sharp (they/them) is a transqueer disabled artist, writer and researcher, who works across multiple disciplines, mainly publications, workshops, collage, and academic research. Their research is located in the intersection between transqueer identities and disability, focussing on the voice and embodied forms of healing within community and in relation to the natural world.
Follow Greta on Instagram.
Dr Clair Le Couteur (they/them) is a non-binary trans vocalist, artist and scholar. They explore voice and folk heritage through performance and research. Clair has a four octave range and is a specialist in overtone technique: using mouth and tongue positions to change vocal resonance. Their ‘broken folk’ duo Lunatraktors combines alternative folk with influences from queer cabaret, clowning, flamenco and post-punk; they perform internationally in a wide range of venues including music festivals, museums, theatres and galleries. Lunatraktors were listed in MOJO Magazine’s Top Ten Folk Albums of 2019 and 2021, and were awarded the British Music Collection’s 2021 LGBTQ+ Composers Award, and 2022 George Butterworth Award. Clair teaches folk song, performance, critical theory, and voice studies for postgraduate courses including the Royal College of Art, University College Cork, Goldsmiths and Open School East.
Access information for this event:
This event is for ages 16+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.
There will be 15 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: breakout rooms, sound/music, small group discussions.
If you have any questions or access requirements, please get in touch with us via glasgowzinelibrary@gmail.com.
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How to access the event:
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