BANSHEE

by

Clare Simpson

 
 
Clare stood in front of a wooded area, with bare branches and orange leaves, she wears a black dress, gothic make-up, and a set of black feathered wings. She's barefoot walking on grass and fallen leaves.

Date: Saturday 1st April
Time: 12:00 - 15:30 / Un-ticketed Durational (Booking Guide)
Venue: Tramway | T1
Accessibility Info: V | (BSL) (Access Guide)
Age Rating: 18+

BANSHEE is a durational and promenade performance, it exists to  immerse its audience in the world of the liminal. Where the  spaces that hang in between moments represent leaps and acts of faith. Where trust, chaos, dirt and magick are one and  the same. Primordial surrender; the transcendental times in  life where our instincts take over, and where aspects of our nature that we’re afraid to look at can emerge, are the  spaces that this performance shines a light into. Rejoicing in  truth, taboo, comedy, sex, witchcraft and the liminal and  temporary nature of our human flesh homes.  

The piece is focused on, serves as an offering to and is  inspired by the Goddess, Badb. Badb is a Goddess of war and  change. And a Banshee. She represents chaos and  transition, the spaces where we have left but not yet  arrived. The performance explores the relevance of the  energy of Badb in a modern context. Exploring themes of  birth, death and rebirth and ultimately, how the linear and  modern world is at odds with the liminal, seasons and  cyclical nature of life and our own innate capabilities.

Credit:

Clare Simpson – writer, performer, designer

Content Warnings:

Contains nudity and sexually explicit language. Physical body harm/violence,  urination, alcohol consumption, loud music, low  lighting, pregnancy, birth, and death.

Clare Simpson

Clare Simpson is a Glasgow based artist, musician, witch and  somantic sound artist. She has been committed to exploring  the depths of her own edges through her raw, authentic  expression since she was wee. Drawing effervescent  inspiration from dark forests, the occult, masochism and  deep hearted romance, at the core of everything she creates  is sound and sensory perception/overwhelm. She weaves  melody and torch song with noise, drone and field  recordings. Marrying this with primitive, asana inspired  movement, humour and poetry, her quest is to bring the  liminal to life and to shine a heart shaped torched in the  darkest of places. 

A close up of Clare stood in front of the wooded area, closer up you can see her red lipstick, black eye-liner, and arched eyebrows. She has an apple tattoo on her shoulder and a pentagram by her elbow.