Projects
Salon Series
Live "Sound-Paintings" in dialogue with other artists' works
The Salon Series is an ongoing project I began in 2009, working with other artists from different art-forms. Their art, my music. To date I've had salons with writers, poets, dancers, photographers, painters, mixed media and theatre artists. Below is an excerpt from my Salon Series with Dutch artist Petrus Spronk (Video by Marc Eiden):
HELEN DAVEY TRIO
poetic world-folk with a contemporary twist.
As a song writer, I enjoy accessing a wide array of tone colours to paint song moods. For this project, I sought multi instrumentalists who could meet this need. I have been blessed to work with two wonderful Swiss musicians: David Aebli (upright bass, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar) and percussionist, Ferdi Rauber (tabla, udu, gongs, many “nature sounds“ and didgeridoo).
CD: Carvings
PLAYBACK-THEATRE
Interactive Improvised theatre
Playback Theater lädt ein, inne zu halten und einen fremden Blick auf Altbekanntes zu werfen. Unvermittelt erhalten erinnerte und erzählte Geschichten im improvisierten Spiel auf der Bühne eine neue Dimension. Die stimmige Musik, ein treffendes Wort, eine ausdrucksstarke Geste bringen bisher verdeckte Elemente unvermittelt ans Licht.
Wir improvisieren frei, ohne jede Absprache unter SchauspielerInnen und MusikerInnen. Diesem Mix zwischen persönlicher Auseinandersetzung, sozialem Engagement und künstlerischem Anspruch gilt unsere Passion.
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WHEN LOTTE HAS TIME
free improvisation - experimental music
Celebrating tension, distension, dis-allsorts of things..."When Lotte has Time" are Brigitte Meyer (vc, gtr, & v) & Helen Davey (p, acc, perc & v) working in the improvised realm with two voices and quite some strings amongst other things.
The Trans-Lations CD
Since 1980, I've worked with many different arts practitioners - all whom have enriched my creative path. My thanks to them.
Music
Katy Abbott, David Aebli, Heinz Affolter, Jason Allen, Marcela Arroyo, Noel Beare, Karen Berger, Heinz Bernegger, Ruth Bieri, Cherie Bridges, Brian Brown, Tom Burke, Cornelius Cardew, , Efisio Contini, Annie Coyne, John Davey, Mavis Durham, Martin Gräzer, Alex Gromeier, Ermie Gruner, miriam Helle, Bryn Hills, Neil Hodgson, Dodo Hug, Dorte Hyldstrup, Esther Knappe, Hilde Knottenbelt, Christof Litz, Brigitte Meyer, Thara-Simone Müller, C. Pat Pattison, Mark Payne, Mauricio Paz Viola, Noah Pikes, Josef Piras, Ferdi Rauber, Daniel Robinson, John Rowland, Maja Rüdisüli, Stefan Rüffenacht, Bob Sedergreen, Dani Solimine, Tomasz Spiewak, Christoph Stiefel, Nina Stiefel, Markus Twerenbold, Magda Vogel, Barb Wagner, Helga Westmark, Brian White, Markus Weidmann, Al Wunder
Text
Guillaumne Apollinaire, Jenifer Hetherington, Linnet Hunter, Ivan Inderbitzin, Terry Jaensch, Cate Kennedy, Joanne Davis, Rebecca Lister, Andrea Margot, Cynthia Morris, Petrus Spronk, Anne E. Stewart, Shakespeare,
Visual arts (including film makers)
Sonia Bischoff, Juli Cady Ryan, Lisa Call, Jim Carpenter, Bronle Crosby, Kristin Diemer, Dora Ficher, Jack Fisher, India Flint, Stefan Finsterle, Theresa Gaskin, Pete Goodlet, Ngaere Guyatt, Vivienne Hamilton, Nancy Hersh, Helen Hiebert, Sophia Kahn, Casey Klahn, Dariusz Klimczak, Pete Lambshed, Laurie LeBreton, Ann Lewis, Padraig McCaul, Chris Maynard, Kathleen O’Brien, Jane Osborne, Felice Panagrosso, Mark Payne, Mauricio Paz Viola, Anthony Petrucci, Katherine Portelli, Alison Pouliot, Maggie Ruley, Gabriela Rüthermann, Gabriela Signer, Patty Sgrecci, Petrus Spronk, Ruth Stadelmann, Jeff Stewart, Gerda Tobler, Holly Wilson, Brenda York,
Theatre
Ingrid Barring, Sermsah Bin Saad, Margrit Birchmeier, Walter Birchmeier, Heidi Bützberger, Ian David, Danny Diesendorf, Rachel Dubois, Mike Evoy, Jonathan Fox, Karin Gisler, Andrew Gray, Carolyn Hanna, Ruth Herzog-Diem, Ella Hofmann, Megan Jones, Bernadette Lechmann, Catherine Magill, Eva Marlin, Gerry Orkin, Alex Sangster, Salome Schneebeli, Veronika Schwab, Emily Taylor, Peter Wanzenried, Lenka Vanderboom, Alberto Wanderlay, Markus Weidmann, Rita Wyss, Fra Zella.
Dance
Andrea Bercholdt, Alice Dixon, Rosie Fayman, Catherine Magill, Carolyn Meaden, Mirjam Sutter, Al Wunder.