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Jenny Hval Milton Court Concert Hall, London
Weird and sometimes wonderful concepts from the performance artist
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
A FAR cry from her last horror-flick and menstruation-inspired 2016 album Blood Bitch, Norwegian artist Jenny Hval’s latest release The Practice Of Love is a poetic homage to all things amour through the prism of 1990s trance music.
High concept: Jenny Hval
With this concept in mind, entering the intimate Milton Court to find Hval in a tent onstage is somewhat bemusing.
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