| Composer-performer and image-sound artist Meira
Asher, was born in Israel and lives in the Netherlands.
Studied
Tabla and Dhrupad in Varanasi-India, and traditional drumming, voice
and dance of the Ga, Eve and Dagomba people of Ghana, both of which she
later taught and performed.
BFA in percussion and
multidisciplinary arts at California Institute of the Arts (1990).
Master in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague (2002).
Art
projects ‘Dissected’ (album and concert 1997),
‘Spears into Hooks’ (album and image-sound
performance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1999),
‘Infantry’ (album and image-sound performance with
Guy Harries, on child manipulation and child soldiers 2001), and
Face_WSLOT (album, book, interdisciplinary art installation, and debut
documentary film on female ex-child combatants in Sierra Leone 2004-06)
toured and published throughout the world. Co-founder (2001) of the
bodylab art foundation in The Hague.
Additional
info:
http://www.bodylab.org
http://www.womanseelotofthings.com
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