Vocal Break: On Women, Music and Power Gift Books threaten to upturn everything and

threaten to upturn everything and can upset those who rely on us

Dimensions: 130 × 130 × 300 mm

the Family of Vases collection is inspired by an original series of vases designed by Sir Terence Conran in the 1990s

opening at Hayward Gallery in January 2014

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive

Vocal Break: On Women, Music and Power Gift Books threaten to upturn everything andFor millennia, womens raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast as sirens: mythical creatures who lured sailors to their death. In Vocal Break, Lauren Elkin seamlessly blends memoir, feminist manifesto and cultural history to explore a plurality of female singing voices and how women have used them to defy convention, genre, capitalism, racism and sexism. Drawing on her own experiences training as a young