In response to Franziska Furter’s Liquid skies/Gyrwynt and Haku, as well as the NGV Collection’s historical depictions of storm and sea, jazz singer and cabaret artiste Mama Alto performs a consideration of weather, water and wind.
Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste & gender transcendent diva. She is a transgender & queer person of colour, living with disability, who works with the radical potential of storytelling, strength in softness and power in vulnerability.
Her solo performances are critically acclaimed & programmed at venues & festivals including Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne Recital Centre, Festival of Voices (TAS) & more. She has collaborated with legendary figures across the arts including Finucane & Smith, Declan Greene, Taylor Mac, Brook Andrew, and Paul Grabowsky, & is co-creator of highly acclaimed variety cabaret “Gender Euphoria,” Australia’s largest ever trans & gender diverse main stage production.