Rachel Aggs
Musician
Rachel Aggs is a London-based musician, noted for her distinctive guitar playing. Her work is influenced by West Africa and post punk. She has played with a number of bands, including Trash Kit, Shopping, Sacred Paws and Golden Grrrls.
She contributed to a performance of the Pauline Oliveros score To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe, In Recognition of their Desperation in a performance in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern in 2012. She reprised this contribution in a film-based performance by artists Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz of the same name, with other musicians including Peaches and Catriona Shaw. This film was shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York, in a special event with the artists, Oliveros and Gregg Bordowitz in May 2014.
Rachel Aggs is a London-based musician, noted for her distinctive guitar playing. Her work is influenced by West Africa and post punk. She has played with a number of bands, including Trash Kit, Shopping, Sacred Paws and Golden Grrrls.
She contributed to a performance of the Pauline Oliveros score To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe, In Recognition of their Desperation in a performance in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern in 2012. She reprised this contribution in a film-based performance by artists Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz of the same name, with other musicians including Peaches and Catriona Shaw. This film was shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York, in a special event with the artists, Oliveros and Gregg Bordowitz in May 2014.
