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Interviewer: Johal, Am, Interviewee: Tacata, Ryan, Contributor: Aoki, Julia, Contributor: Feng, Kathy, Contributor: Bardi, Alyha, Contributor: Tornes, Steve, Contributor: Walters, Samantha
Date created: 2023-09-26
Lief Hall is a composer, singer-songwriter, director/choreographer and creator of opera, musical theatre, video and installation. Hall was previously the vocalist for Vancouver no wave punk band Mutators (2007), a vocalist for the improvisational trio Glaciers (2009), and one half of Canadian ‘femme noir’ pop duo MYTHS(2012). Her most recent EP Transform (2015) marks a new direction in her solo musical work, creating dark electronic pop, which merges the experimental dance music with layered vocal harmonies, exploring themes of love, identity, and fear in a post-human world. Hall has performed her solo music alongside artists such as Bear in Heaven and Inga Coupland and was named on NME’s list of ’50 Brand New Artists Set to Storm in 2015′.Her interdisciplinary installation and performance works explore themes of nature, technology and the body as they relate to mythology, feminism and the production of cultural ideology. In 2005 Hall completed her BFA at Emily Carr University, and has since presented work at VIVO Media Arts Centre, Simon Fraser University (both Vancouver, 2012), Or Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, and 221A Gallery, (all Vancouver 2013). Hall has been working as a visual production designer since 2011 and has created and collaborated with such bands as Grimes, The Belle Game and Hannah Georgas as well creating visual and set designs for her own electronic music duo MYTHS.
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Hall, Lief
Date created: 2015-11-09