Her Figure a Song

Her Figure a Song is a new piece of performance by Johanna Linsley and Rebecca Collins. Part experimental documentary, part eco-fable, part detective thriller, the piece stages an extended eavesdropped investigation of the East Coast of the UK. Her Figure a Song listens in on political, social and cultural dynamics; industries and infrastructures; contested histories and futures that are under negotiation. The 50-minute long piece combines spoken text, recorded sound, vocalisation and choreography. Complex ideas and dynamics are balanced by deadpan humour, a sense of unpredictability and a dramaturgy of surprise.Stolen Voices is an ongoing artistic research project by Johanna Linsley and Rebecca Collins using ‘eavesdropping’ as a methodology for connecting performance, place, and sonic investigation. The artists have been supported by Sound & Music and Snape Maltings on a series of collaborations with composers and sonic artists which are being compiled into an album for release in 2019. Linsley and Collins are currently completing a book arising from the project.