HAG
Dwyer, Benjamin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7091
(2019)
HAG.
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Abstract
HAG is a composition for amplified bowed guitar and flute. It is part of a larger work entitled SacrumProfanum, which is inspired by ancient stone carvings called sheela-na-gigs found in Ireland (and parts of Britain). Sheelas are female figures that expose their enlarged vulvas. The sheelas date back at least 1,000 years. I use the figure of the sheela as an icon for feminist thinking and as a witness to English (later British) colonialism in Ireland. The work explores themes of female sexuality and sexual agency, colonialism, cultural (language, music, society) loss through colonialism, notions of modern beauty, the male gaze, etc.
Item Type: | Composition |
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Additional Information: | HAG premiered at the New Music from Ireland concert in Cardiff: CHAPTER ARTS Cardiff with Emma Coulthard and Benjamin Dwyer on 17 March 2019. |
Research Areas: | A. > School of Media and Performing Arts > Performing Arts > Music group |
Item ID: | 29541 |
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Depositing User: | Benjamin Dwyer |
Date Deposited: | 26 May 2020 16:30 |
Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2020 12:25 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/29541 |
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