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Collar." Her artworks have been exhibited in the United
States and the United Kingdom. "I find it fascinating that
all her art concepts are expressed in the form of clothing
or painting; they're always inspiring to me and have
WOW moments as I look at her art pieces and ideas of
concepts. For example, she recreated Maurice Ravel's
'Bolero' by sampling only sewing machine sounds and
presented this piece in her solo art exhibition. Her work is
full of unique creativity and passion!"
In 2015, Menoh reformatted the concept of Les Sewing
Sisters to make it a smaller performance art with just two
members "presenting music made solely on the sewing
machine noise and lyrics dealing with the clothing
world." Mitome was excited when Menoh shared these
ideas for the new formation of Les Sewing Sisters and
asked her to join the band as a performer. Menoh's
visual art combined with the performance art address
the "historical and political juxtaposition between
manufacturing and the Western & Eastern class system."
Les Sewing Sisters has performed at venues El Rey,
Scribble, Zebulon, and personal closets across Los
Angeles and Japan. There is a documentary film on
the Japanese tour in 2023 that is currently in post-
production. To find more info on the future of Les Sewing
Sisters and performances and the documentary, follow
these links.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sewingmahcine/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lessewingsisters/
Bandcamp: lessewingsisters.bandcamp.com/releases
PHOTO: THEO RASMUSSEN
