Performance: Mantawoman

Nottingham Contemporary

Join us for a performance by Mantawoman, a musician and performer who specialises in playing yangqin.

In this performance Mantawoman will serve her signature blend of Chinese folk, contemporary classical and original hypnopop music for yangqin and voice. The set, which will incorporate conversation with the audience, reflects on the nature of change, identity as performance, and music as a medium for self-transcendence.Mantawoman is a musician and performer who specialises in playing yangqin, a percussive string instrument from China, to create a unique sound and song writing style that synthesises yangqin, voice and electronics. Inspired by the ocean, Daoist philosophy, and her journey coming out as genderfluid, Mantawoman embodies fluidity as a healing response to fragmentation. This event is part of <a href="https://nottinghamcontemporary.org/whats-on/sonic-intimacies-and-queer-resonances/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sonic Intimacies and Queer Resonances</a>, a programme that explores sonics' transformational qualities and materialises as a series of encounters, as an ensemble of notes and voices, a score to imagine new possibilities of thinking the multidirectional and multilinear pasts and futures. It looks into the embodied and affective connections that arise from encounters across sound waves, an intimacy predicted not by physical proximity but by the commitment to articulating the dynamics of how bodies and voices interact and relate. Bringing together practices that build and tie together politics of representation and sparked a method of listening that centres queer sonic intimacies across time and space.About the eventFree. Limited Capacity.We are unable to provide British Sign Language interpretation for this event.Seating is available.AccessFind information about getting here and our building access and facilities at <a href="https://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/visit" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/visit</a>This event is wheelchair accessible.There are no audio descriptions for this event.If you have any questions around access or have specific access requirements we can accommodate, please get in touch with us by emailing info@nottinghamcontemporary.org or phoning 0115 948 9750.Mantawoman is a sacred siren tempting us toward change and self-transcendence through heartfelt musical performances. Her unique path as a yangqin player has carried her across genres, including Chinese folk, contemporary classical, modern pop, and experimental improvisation. Videos of her playing have garnered millions of views on social media. She couples this affinity for the internet with a deep-rooted history of rigorous musical practice. Trained in San Francisco and Beijing, she is a member of the GRAMMY Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble and an avid recording artist, featuring on soundtracks for Marvel’s SHANG CHI: Legend of the Ten Rings and Netflix’s 1899.I﻿mage Credit: Eivind Hansen

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