Ro Shapes

If more than one person imagines something, does that make it more real than if just one does?

Watch the premiere of my recent video/music piece, 'After his wife died, he sold all his possessions and left home on a pilgrimage to visit the nine glass things' from Aldeburgh Festival back in June! Link to my YouTube channel in my bio (or link to the video in my stories, while supplies last).

I had a blast recording a bunch of friends and loved ones to make this video. Initially I hoped to make something lighthearted that celebrated the little things that draw me closer to the people I care about, but sometimes the work wants to be something else, and this one had some things to say about the anger and the togetherness of grief, via a shared appreciation for Velma from Scooby Doo.

I'm working on a longer version that hopefully has other things to say, via more interviews and with more fun on-stage shenanigans, but it'll be in the oven a while yet.

Video participants: Peter Bailey, Mike Birks, YuTing Cao, Eli Cugini, Heleen van Grootven, Alecto Hardwick, Rob Hughes, Emmy Lambert, Emma Laslett, Ess Ridley, Eve Vickers, Kuba Williams, Colin Wu

Cello: Stephanie Tress, Rebecca Burden
Sax: Carl Raven, me
Voice: Hestor Dart
Spoken word: Elise Arancio, Henri Colombat, Zahrah Hutton, Eve Vickers
Tech: Larry Goves

with thanks to Britten Pears Arts