Mostly Noise and Experimental Music played by mostly Women.
photo by Mel Mundell
The awesome lady/queer/arts web magazine No More Potlucks has done an article about Her Jazz Noise Collective written by Mel Mundell. A shorter version of this article appeared in Vancouver’s Discorder Magazine a little while ago. Shortly after writing this article Mel joined Her Jazz. Yay!
You can find the article here…
Thanks Mel, and thanks to the awesome people at No More Potlucks for their support.
xo
HJNC
Saturday March 7, 2009
Cris Derkson
Lee Shoal
Attn: Diamond Shoppers
Dance Troupe Practice
Her Jazz Noise Collective
DJ Tapes
with an Electro-acoustic listening session featuring works by Amberleigh forsyth, Anju Singh and Brady Marks
Doors at 8
EA 830 – 930
Performances at 10
$5-10 sliding scale, under 19 free
1965 Main st.
co-produced by VIVO Media Arts Center and Her Jazz Noise Collective
So it’s time again for the continuation of our Women’s Studies series. It’s really exciting – especially now that we’ve had a break, a chance to get some perspective and some new inspiration. Another thing that’s really nice is that this time around we are a part of VIVO’s programming and are expanding a little further into other mediums besides sound.
This month’s line-up includes Ora Cogan, Square Root of Evil, a piece curated by Dance Troupe, DJ Vera and Her Jazz Noise Collective performing with a super 8 film by local artist Amber Dawn. Also featured at viewing stations around the room will be videos by Lief Hall, Asa Mori and possibly others.
The Doors open at 8pm, show starts around 9. Admission is $5 – 10 and people under 19 are free. This show in particular will feature pieces with mature content and will be introduced accordingly.
VIVO Media Arts Centre is located at 1965 Main st.
you may have noticed that we haven’t been around much lately. the first women’s studies series came to and end in august, and we are excited to announce that we will be re-launching the series in december. we are now accepting submissions and themes will be announced soon.
for those who don’t know, women’s studies is a monthly performance series at VIVO which began in march 2008, featuring mostly women making mostly noise and experimental music.
so far this series has featured over 20 all female acts, many of which were debut performances.
Her Jazz Noise Collective is a vancouver (coast salish territory) based anarcha-feminist network & affinity group created to encourage more women to play noise and experimental music. We share our skills through open jams, performances, workshops and organizing. In doing so, we aim to create supportive spaces for women to meet, play and be inspired by one another. We put on shows featuring mostly female artists, release recordings and collaborate with like minded people in other places. We host open jams for which no invite or experience is needed. Her Jazz is multifaceted entity, we are transgender inclusive and there are many different ways to be involved. This is not a band; it’s a radical, posi-core community interested in dialogue about equality, privilege, gender, power and personal experience.
