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Susan Stenger


Susan Stenger is a sound artist whose practice transcends boundaries. An accomplished flautist and specialist in performing the music of John Cage, Christian Wolff and Phill Niblock, she was also a co-founding member (with longtime ally Robert Poss) of wall-of-guitars group Band Of Susans and instigator of all-bass art band Big Bottom. Stenger has toured as a guitarist with Rhys Chatham and as a bassist with The Creatures, John Cale and Nick Cave and has collaborated with an eclectic range of artists in addition to Poss, including dancer/choreographer Michael Clark, writers Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore, scrap-metal percussionist FM Einheit and visual artist Cerith Wyn Evans. Stenger recently collaborated with Jesse Jones and Olwen Fouéré on Tremble, Tremble, creating the soundtrack for Jones’ multimedia work featuring Fouéré that represented Ireland at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

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Susan Stenger


Susan Stenger is a sound artist whose practice transcends boundaries. An accomplished flautist and specialist in performing the music of John Cage, Christian Wolff and Phill Niblock, she was also a co-founding member (with longtime ally Robert Poss) of wall-of-guitars group Band Of Susans and instigator of all-bass art band Big Bottom. Stenger has toured as a guitarist with Rhys Chatham and as a bassist with The Creatures, John Cale and Nick Cave and has collaborated with an eclectic range of artists in addition to Poss, including dancer/choreographer Michael Clark, writers Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore, scrap-metal percussionist FM Einheit and visual artist Cerith Wyn Evans. Stenger recently collaborated with Jesse Jones and Olwen Fouéré on Tremble, Tremble, creating the soundtrack for Jones’ multimedia work featuring Fouéré that represented Ireland at the 2017 Venice Biennale.