Mantawoman Projects
Movies screened as part of the staging for YANG QUEEN, placing our film within Mantawoman’s live performance. LSO St Luke’s, 2023.
My collaboration with yangqin player, singer-songwriter and performer Mantawoman (formerly Reylon Yount) spans music videos, film and live performance, bringing moving image into dialogue with their music. In 2019, we developed Endurance, for which I created the video. I subsequently directed and edited the music videos for Weather Balloon (2020), Strange (2020) and Here Comes the Rain Again (2021). We also created Movies, a film accompanying Mantawoman’s cover of the Weyes Blood song.
In 2023, I directed YANG QUEEN, Mantawoman’s show presented by Tangram at LSO St Luke’s, London, on 31 August and 1 September. Bringing together yangqin, original hypnopop songs, movement and video, the show explored identity and transformation. That year, I also worked as director and art director during Mantawoman’s Southbank Centre Studio Residency in the Purcell Room, developing the visual and theatrical dimensions of their live work.
Selected stills from Movies
Mantawoman in YANG QUEEN, wearing a T-shirt I hand-painted. Directed by me and presented by Tangram at LSO St Luke’s, 2023.
Movies — a film created with Mantawoman for their cover of Weyes Blood’s song.