Pieces about women's oppression

[Panos Amelidis]

Dear all

I hope you are all well.

Can anyone point me to electroacoustic compositions that address women's oppression, domestic labour, or feminist themes as their primary subject matter?

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes
Panos Amelidis

[Sarah Gen]

Dear Panos,

A piece that immediately jumps to mind is Jennifer Walshe's XXX_LIVE_NUDE_GIRLS!!!

Another, specifically about/to trans women is Sarah Hennies's Contralto

-sarah gen

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[kerry l. hagan]

Hi Panos,

I don’t know how inclusive you’re being, but a collective of women that includes 

Creators / performers: Jocelyn Ho, Bree Van Reyk, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones

Instrument makers: Margaret Schedel, Sofy Yuditskaya

creates live performances/installations with electronic instruments under the name “Women’s Labor initiative”

I’ve seen their piece called ‘Housework Commons’ in places, but mostly they just go under Women’s Labor.

Kerry

 

[Panos Amelidis]

Thanks, Sarah!

best wishes

~panos

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[Michał Seta]

Hello Panos,

Jocelyn Ho's Women's Labor seems to fit your interest: https://jocelynho.com/projects/womens-labor/

Best,

Michał

[Helmuth, Mara (Margaret) (helmutmm)]

Yi Yao, who received her DMA from CCM in Dec 2025, has a wonderful piece for voice and electronics,

Pr_M_st_S_r_m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgMQnWNZuI. 

Mara Helmuth

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[Tom Lopez]

“By Heart” by Rachel McInturff (on SEAMUS Vol. 6)

very powerful piece

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[Adam Vidiksis]

P.E.R.F.E.C.T. O.R.D.E.R. O.N.L.Y. 

by Yingting Liu

 

Great piece!

 

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Adam

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[Dean Rosenthal]

The Subjection of Women (1869) by John Stuart Mill 

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[Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth]

Some oldies but  goodies from an oft-forgotten pioneering composer, Jean Eichelberger Ivey : Hera, Hung From the Sky (1973) and Testament of Eve (1976) – both for voice and tape.  These pieces have to do with mythological/biblical mistreatments of women. May not be what you are looking for, however, one could argue that the foundational excuses for abuses of women stem from these very stories (and additionally, Pandora’s Box) and their implications that the sorrows and sadnesses in the world were released by and therefore the fault of women and that these women must be punished for this.

 

Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner

 

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