performed @ POST PARADISE - FEBRUARY 22ND 2019

Composer - Lola de la Mata

Violin & Voice - Lola de la Mata

Costumes - Lola de la Mata

Performer - Riccardo T.

I’ll show You my G string
a protest piece celebrating fierce female & queerness 

Composition for G string on the Violin, Voice, red cape, ‘naughty’ stool.
In collaboration with performance artist Riccardo T. wearing a nude thong, thigh high nude heeled boots, and a tail / whip made with horsehair from my bow.

performances

UPCOMING
VIRTUALLY REALITY festival, Manchester Feb 2021
PAST
‘The Gaze’ nonclassical - IKLECTIK Nov 2019
Musicity x Lowline - Underdog Gallery June 2019
PostParadise - Centrala Feb 2019

“Too many times I have turned up to perform at a live venue run by men as the only woman on the set list, only to be showered with misogynistic language and unwanted advances.

On one occasion an older man cornered me before I had the chance to soundcheck and laughed as he said: “You gonna show us your G string tonight luv?”. Following this the sound-guy introduced himself as “I’m not a misogynist or anything” and continued to mock my choice of microphone, cables, how I EQ, and even for calling Ableton ‘Ableton’ instead of his preferred ‘LIVE’. I am more than capable of standing up for myself, but when the sound-guy starts to UNPLUG my set up and refuses to raise the volume on the Master and says “look - no sound”, I was bullied into packing up and leaving.

To all those who refuse to make space for others - I’ll show YOU my G string!”

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