MEGGIE GEORGE/MEGHANN SMITH CREATES
Creative Fool (aka artist) and Vaguely Amused Productions
In 2019, I was invited to come and film a three day rehearsal/workshop/ concert project called Frauenorchesterproject (FOP). Photo credit: Katie Cortez Since 2007 this project takes place once a year. Women from all over Germany get together for a weekend of rehearsal to work on music by women composers (with Conductor Mary Ellen Kitchens) [...]
For the past two years I have had the great pleasure of working with the ARCHIV FRAU UND MUSIK – INTERNATIONALE FORSCHUNGSSTÄTTEIN FRANKFURT AM MAIN (ARCHIVE OF WOMEN IN MUSICINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERIN FRANKFURT/MAIN, GERMANY). I filmed, engineered the sound and cut together 8 interviews of woman from the music world: composers, musicologists, historians, etc for their [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfnn5WU4YI&feature=youtu.be I recently "stumbled" into a collaboration with Garth Bardsley, Gregory Wanamaker and Donald George ( who happens to be my father and the reason for the collab). Garth Bardsley is a poet who had written a poem about attending a funeral in these times of Covid-19. Gregory Wanamaker is a composer who put this [...]
This is something I wrote a few months ago, as I was wondering where I belong. I'm sure I'm not the only person born between worlds and nationalities, unsure of where "home" actually is, never fully belonging to one culture. It came out as a song of breaking up, moving on, having to say goodbye. [...]
I just added a new blog post about the fantastic artist and environmental activist Sanna Myrttinen, for whom I shot and made this video. She wanted a video in which she could share her creative process and some thoughts on why she does what she does. This is the end product. As stated by the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck2KoUfsAi0 2016 was my year of shattered illusions and my call to activism. After the results of the US election a veil was ripped from my eyes and I looked at the world thinking; "well, fuck!". Depression hit hard and writing has been the best way for me to deal (actually, writing, vegan ice cream [...]