Laura Bowler is the most this century composer there is. Also a performer and artistic director, her work makes heavy use of experimental vocals, physical movement and discursive political texts, she has made some of the most exciting – and divisive – music of the last decade.
Laura Bowler’s 2017 appearance at hcmf// saw her take centre-stage in a high-octane performance of FFF, a piece about the passive distance we keep ourselves at from the very real, very damaging politics of our time. With works like FFF playing out like an avant-garde TED talk, Bowler’s work disrupts the flow and asks the unasked.