Mermaid Chunky. It’s all in a name, sometimes. The danceable, costumed, curiosity rich, DFA duo of artists Freya Tate and Moina Moin are as imaginative as they profess. Or, to get more to the point, as we all need them to be.
Freya and Moina are two visual artists and musicians from Stroud and South London, places where they importantly found communities (Stroud’s SVA and the capital’s Total Refreshment Centre) of like minded people just as willing to chase down an idea to its possibly illogical conclusion. And it is in the collective and the idea of participation that Mermaid Chunky really clicks. This is a party, a collective dance, made all the better with more: people, ideas, layers, kick drums, recorders, saxophones, frogs.
Join them as they return to DJ with live percussion, whistles and unneeded sound effects at Round the Twist, Saturday night, 10.30pm. Last time was wild. This time may be similar.