for her

… for our girls;

for their innocence;

for their childhood.

May they never have them stolen, again.

——

(element of research: piano recital as a tool for raising up social awareness)

Memorial: this work is my personal response to the horrendous crime of child sex slavery, exploitation and trafficking. It is my memorial in to the girls who had their childhood stolen, and a cry that those stories can be stopped to happen.

Material: piano music with titles referring to girl (s)/ women; video; blank priced dolls scattered among the audience; cushions and cloths for filling up the scenery, powerpoint projection (in version 1), audio clips (in version 2).

Colour palette:

References:

http://oxcat.org.uk/

http://www.behind-the-smile.com/

http://europe.love146.org/

www.fearless.org

http://www.sophiehayesfoundation.org/

http://www.childhoodlost.co.uk/

http://www.ecpat.net/

‘1 Real Documentary’: http://vimeo.com/98674505

‘Painting My Dream: http://vimeo.com/85261288

‘Sex Trafficking in America’: http://youtu.be/9L5Ibg_aCd4

‘Wasted’ – installation, piano performance, ritual, by Tomoko Mukaiama: http://tomoko.nl/index.php?id=60

Work in progress (in studio):

Presentations of work-in-progress: 

– Version 1 (03 November 2014, PhD feedback session, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK)

Music Programme:

– L. van Beethoven: Pour Elise (excerpt)

– A. Pärt : Für Alina

Für Anna Maria

– C. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin

– A. Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa

– H. Villa-Lobos: Uma camponesa cantadeira

Photos (still images from video documentation by Aya Kasai):

Videoclip:

– Version 2 (15 December 2014, PhD feedback session, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK)

Music Programme:

– L. van Beethoven: Pour Elise (excerpt)

– A. Pärt : Für Alina

– C. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin

– A. Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa

– H. Villa-Lobos: Uma camponesa cantadeira

– A. Pärt: Für Anna Maria

Photos (by Pier Corona, with many thanks)

Videoclip (camera by Aya Kasai, with many thanks)

– Performance at CARU [Contemporary Arts Research Unit] Arts re Search Conference, 07 June 2015. Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Music Programme:

– L. van Beethoven: Pour Elise (excerpt)

– C. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin

– A. Pärt : Für Alina

– G. Ligeti: Pour Irina (excerpt)

– A. Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa

– H. Villa-Lobos: Uma camponesa cantadeira

– A. Pärt: Für Anna Maria

and real life stories retold with the voices of Alice Aldous, Hannah Dray, Jo Pickering and Veronica Cordova (with many thanks)

Photos (credits: CARU – coloured 1 and 2, Nini Sakhri – coloured 3, and Bruno Guastalla – b&w, with many thanks)

Videoclip:

– Lecture-recital at PERFORMA Conference, Aveiro University, Portugal, 11 June 2015

Music Programme:

– L. van Beethoven: Pour Elise (excerpt)

– C. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin

– A. Pärt : Für Alina

– G. Ligeti: Pour Irina (excerpt)

– A. Ginastera: Danza de la moza donosa

– H. Villa-Lobos: Uma camponesa cantadeira

– A. Pärt: Für Anna Maria

and real life stories retold with the voices of Alice Aldous, Hannah Dray, Jo Pickering and Veronica Cordova (with many thanks)

Photos (by Renata Coutinho, with many thanks)

– before and after performance (extra pictures for instant social media):

Videoclip: