Interdisciplinary artist / musician
“I’ve worked in a lot of different media over the years but my principal source of income and area of interest over recent years has been through touring venues and theatres throughout Europe with my song writing/sound/performance project, Mute Swimmer. Of course, like many artists, the impact of COVID is not only financial. Our ability to connect with audiences is crucial on numerous levels. Furthermore, in my case, many of the songs written under the Mute Swimmer moniker are constructed for and addressed to an audience directly.
In other words they are designed to exist in the real time of performance – through improvisation (with the audience and spaces), ‘confession’, confrontation etc.(With some reservation I have answered that the German Government is not doing enough to support artists. Whilst this is generally true, I do also feel blessed to be in this country currently. I have been very (very) basically covered by the government and I’m aware of how much worse it could be.)”
Corona restrictions are threatening my livelihood.