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String Games

by Physical Plastic

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From the sound-theatre performance Touch(ed) by Physical Plastic, String Games is inspired by folkloric tales of nefarious female spirits who seduce mortal boys through play. Its composition and some of the lyrics borrow from the song Gravity by “womb pop” musical artist They/Live—a reference to singer Leah’s personal experiences of intimacy and gender bias in the field of performance.



Touch(ed) satirizes “slut-shaming” and the perceived vulgarity of the single woman versus the ideal of the nuclear family, and asks how performance can be a vehicle for transgressive ideals which prove difficult to uphold in real life. Arriving at the artist’s own trajectory as a married woman and mother, the work proposes that the popular cultural mythology of monogamy and motherhood is an elusive ideal for the de-sexualized mother-artist, who finds herself struggling to thrive amidst her physical metamorphosis and the demands of care-taking.

lyrics

Dillon.
Dylan.
Damien.
Damon.
Dalton.
Devon.
Dorien.
Deion.
Donovan.
Denver.
Denver?

man / bed
bed / breaks
breaks / man
man / wakes
for / sakes
em / brace
er / ase
dis / grace

em / brace
dis / grace

The lady’s bed
A bird’s nest
Breastbone and ribs
Darkness

I bend to your gravity
But you don’t feel it
I bend to your gravity
But you don’t feel it

I bend to your gravity
But you don’t feel it
I am not your enemy
Can’t we just be friends?

I am not your enemy
But you don’t feel it
I bend to your gravity
We can’t just be friends

credits

released March 29, 2024
Composer: Yiannis Christofides
Lyrics, vocals: Kestrel Farin Leah
Mixing, mastering: Marcus Papageorgiou (Av Playroom)

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Physical Plastic Athens, Greece

PHYSICAL PLASTIC is a composer-performer collaboration creating sound-theatre at the intersection of theatricality and performance art.

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