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Artists of ChangeAuthor: Artists of Change
Inspiring conversations with dynamic, local and internationally based performing artists, who create with the intention of their art itself being an instrument of social change. Hosted by Chanah Wainer. New episode each month, with occasional extras. Language: en Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Kat Jones - The Voice within
Episode 4
Saturday, 23 May, 2020
Kat Jones, a singer-songwriter and interdisciplinary collaboration facilitator, is powerful Voice of change. Despite having survived almost innumerable 'apocalyptic' experiences, she has never fallen into victimhood, instead making the powerful, fully conscious choice to write her own inner narrative about her life and experiences - one of "I have survived, I am an embodiment of hope". In this Episode she discusses with Chanah the themes of trauma and survival that fuel her work, amd her intention to give Voice to the deeper, sometimes dark, silent things that we carry; to offer a cathartic mirror of sound through which anyone can feel seen, and heard. Aside from touring as a solo artist, with her band (Kat Jones and The Prophets) as well as collaborator and cellist, Joshua Dent, her most recent project is a theatrical work called Dear Apocalypse which explores themes of trauma and what it looks like to overcome and survive them. She collaborated with Rebekah Hampton Barger of FALL to develop this work with production support from abrasiveMedia, and is looking forward to turning it into a touring production. In 2014 she was invited by abrasiveMedia to become a resident artist and Director of Community Development in Experimental Music. She spends much of her time connecting artists on the fringes of the Nashville artistic community together for purposes of communication and collaboration.
