The immortal sisterhood
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gemma cairney
she / her
Director / Collaborator
Gemma Cairney is an award winning British broadcaster and published author that has explored the intersections of the activism and creativity that is in her DNA since training in Theatre at the start of noughties at a no-fee paying school for The Performing Arts (BRIT School)...
Decades later, her CV is expansive, from honing her craft in live radio for years hosting daily shows at the BBC to using her voice for global campaigns, founding a boutique production company and writing published books on subjects that explore humanity, arts and culture.
simone seales
They / Them
Composer / Collaborator
Originally from Florida, Simone Seales is a Glasgow-based cellist and performance artist. They focus on improvisation, interdisciplinary collaboration, poetry, and devising music for theatre. Through their collaborative and creative process, they prioritize play, silliness, and connection.
Simone is passionate about exploring sound, how sound can reflect emotional states of being and how emotions are embodied. Their creative influences come from Black feminist leaders such as Audre Lorde, Assata Shakur and bell hooks. Within Simone's creative work, they centre Blackness, sexuality, intersectional feminism and anti-racism. They believe Western Classical musicians are capable of making meaningful social change.
mele broomes
She / Her
Movement / Collaborator
Mele is an artist and director in movement, performance, choreographer & vocal experimentation. Her most recent work through warm temperatures opened the 20th anniversary of Edinburgh Art Festival, the UK’s largest annual festival of Visual Art.
Mele live work and video work has been presented at venues and festivals such as Battersea Art Centre London, Theatre Centre Canada, Cultura Inglesa Festival Brazil, The Place London, Take Me Somewhere, White Chapel Gallery, Daughter of Cups, Festival del Silenzio Milan, Edinburgh Fringe, Art Night, Dance International Glasgow, Re:Generations, Fest en Fest, CONTACT Manchester, Dundee Rep Theatre.
Mele is co-founder-director of Project X Dance (2017-2021), founder and director of Body Remedy, Board member of Take Me Somewhere and Advisory Committee member for Project X.
a jones
They / Them
Composer / Collaborator
A is a Soul Escort, professional Intuitive and Ritualist facilitating healing and teaching esoteric spiritual praxis globally for the past 7 years.
As a sound artist, their performances draw audiences into cathartic reflections, weaving multi-form synesthesia and devotion to animism with sonic echoes of their former study as a coloratura soprano.
A is currently based in Gabrielino-Tongva Nation land (also known as Southern California).
Roxanne Tataei
She / Her
Composer / Collaborator
Roxanne Tataei is a voice artist, composer & writer from South London, UK.
Roxanne’s recent works see her creating non-linguistic, Neo – opera & vocal centred music. She has received an MTV Europe music Award nomination, has been listed as part of the BBC sound poll & has toured worldwide extensively, supporting the likes of Florence & The Machine and Grace Jones.
Roxanne has worked with several noted institutions such as the V&A Museum, The Royal Albert Hall and The National Portrait gallery. She has also received commissions in a wide range of projects including Mica Levi & Dean Blunt contemporary opera ‘Inna’ (ICA) and BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Sound Odyssey’ series, where she travelled to Stornoway, Scotland to collaborate with traditional Gaelic Psalm singers, learning an ancient art form on the decline.
Roxanne has scored original soundtracks for Gucci commissioned Film 'WATA' Directed by Ronan Mckenzie & Joy Yamusangie, (Best Music at The Fashion Film Festival Milano) & for multidisciplinary artist Rebecca Bellantoni’s piece, ‘You have any peace for me? C.R.Y’, commissioned by the Brent Biennial.