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We don‘t participate in guitars, Movie 2003
The Chicks on Pace collective formulates their feminist-oriented method to electronic songs with the online video We You should not Participate in Guitars. The instrument is viewed as a symbol of rock tunes –and usually a phallic 1 at that, as many have pointed out. With a manifesto-like title, Chicks On Speed eschew the masculine attribute of the electric guitar, instead opting for newer technologies to produce pop tunes that can rock just as tough. Inthe movie, they also depict the debate amongst female musicians at the time about whether or not or not females should use guitars, showcasing Peaches (Canadian musician Merrill Nisker) as the antagonist.
Chicks on Speed (COS) zu “Theremin Tapestry”
The intention of the inventive investigation underlying the Theremin Tapestry was to make a new musical instrument that integrated analogue and electronic procedures with sluggish craft strategies. The intent had two essential threads: questioning regular views of “craft” in terms of attractive and substance discourses, and exploring how one could possibly reinvent more mature technologies these kinds of as tapestry weaving. COS collaborated with weavers from the Australian Tapestry Workshop, who labored day-to-day for 3 months to finish it.


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Biography
Chicks on Speed spot multinational collective started by Alex Murray-Leslie and Melissa Logan. For a selection of many years, Kiki Moorse was also section of the group. At any time due to the fact meeting at the Academy of Arts in Munich in the 1990s, they have been focused not only to the visible and undertaking arts but also to songs. With specifically developed devices, costumes, objects, intellect maps and audio installations, they keep on to deconstruct established preparations of roles and staging. Their feminist and participatory happenings consist of pop, readymades, effectiveness and style. Musically, Chicks on Speed are positioned inside of the style of danceable electropop.
