Sorcha Dallas

OPENING 15 APRIL, 7PM, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW FEATURING LIVE PERFORMANCE BY CARA TOLMIE

RUNS 16-25 APRIL, 3-5PM (6PM WEEKENDS)

THE VOICE IS A LANGUAGE is a performance and screening project that orbits the legacy of avant-garde pioneer Meredith Monk. It features work by artists Sophie Macpherson, James Richards, Cara Tolmie and Sue Tompkins, and includes rarely seen films by Monk.

A filmmaker, dancer, choreographer, composer and singer, Monk came to prominence in New York in the 1960s. Developing innovative forms of musicality, her unique collision of sound, image and performance atomised such binary classifications. She remains an active and prolific artist today.

THE VOICE IS A LANGUAGE casts Monk not as a direct influence upon, but an active player within a range of dynamic contemporary practices. The project explores the dispersal of the voice and its relationship to image by assembling a collage of performance, music, video and spoken word. From Tolmie and Macpherson’s exploration of gesture and archetype, to Richards and Tompkins’ disarming and alternative approaches to balancing rhythm and context, THE VOICE IS A LANGUAGE seeks to displace the primacy of the linguistic in favour of a synthetic language.

Curated by Isla Leaver-Yap. For more information on the project visit the online reader and Tramway.