THE RAPE, from Kissed Do Not Tell
'Kissed Do Not Tell' is Rishika Williams' long-form narrative poem, drawn from lived experience of violence against women and girls. WGC hosted composer/guitarist Nuno da Rocha's artistic residency in London to work on a musical collaboration based on a section of this poem, in collaboration with the author Rishika Williams and guitarist/creative director Fabricio Mattos. The evening included a performance followed by an artist Q&A about the collaboration hosted by renowned poet Neil Douglas.
Project hosted by WGC
Residency funded by IBERMUSICAS & DG Artes
In collaboration with Sindh Arts UK
KOHNO GUITAR, Japan
This rare research, performance and recording project was carried out in Japan and Taiwan. The outputs of this project were a short documentary filmed at the legendary KOHNO Guitar Workshop, and a performance video of Federico Moreno Torroba's 'Castles of Spain', performed on guitars from the three generations of Kohno Guitar.
Researcher & Performer: Fabricio Mattos
Director (Torroba): Atsushi Ogaki (大墻 敦), in cooperation with So Kimishima (君島聡)
Sound Consultant, Mixing & Mastering (Torroba): Lucas F. JordanProject Support: Funarte & IBERMUSICAS
SPENCER COLLECTION
The Spencer Collection is one of the most important music collections in the world. Robert Spencer (1932-1997) was one of the exponents of early music in England, and during many decades gathered thousands of items for his collection with particular focus on lute and guitar manuscripts and first editions, instruments and historical documents. The Spencer Collection is now hosted by the Royal Academy of Music, London, where this video was recorded. We are immensely grateful to the Academy's Museum and Library teams, who gave us full support in preparing the instruments and scores for this recording to take place.
Performer: Fabricio Mattos
Filming: Bernardo Simões
Editing: Bernardo Simões & Fabricio Mattos
Venue: Museum of the Royal Academy of Music, LondonProduced by: New Stages Creations
