margomool X Saskia Horton
Events
Symposium Session 2
BIO
margomool and Saskia Horton collaborate as artists and researchers to facilitate embodied creative spaces for queer and trans+ people at the intersections of disability, neuordivergence and chronic illness. They are currently undergoing the GENERATIVE residency at Staffordshire St which seeks to find explores how singing and moving in community can support trans+ disabled folks to thrive in a hostile world.
margomool is a vocalist, facilitator, producer and researcher exploring how the voice can be used as a tool for generating body autonomy and belonging.
Over the past eight years, they have worked across the UK with organisations such as QUEERCIRCLE, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Dance Umbrella, specialising in supporting people who are queer, trans+, disabled, chronically ill and or neurodivergent to use their voice as a creative regulatory tool.
In 2023, margo founded Trans Chorus – a vocal exploration space where trans+ folks can experience their voice in community and outside of gendered expectations.
Saskia Horton (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist working with dance, music & words. A violinist and hip hop dancer, they explore the cross-pollination of their practices whilst healing from chronic illness by centring slowness, sustainability and de-growth. They also host spaces for education, expression and exchange for and by the chronically ill, disabled & neurodivergent community in dance and music through their arts access initiative – We are SENSORIA.
As a writer-researcher, they have been published in the Hip Hop Dance Almanac, Healing Justice London, and Dance Art Journal. With prominent pieces such as “The Necessity of Care: A Guide To Radical Accessibility within Hip Hop, What is Anti-Ableism? and Convalescence, a poetry collection. They identify as a Serial Archivist collating their life’s work through 300+ poems across 5 collections & 40+ notebooks detailing everything from disability justice, gender exploration, movement methodology and archiving underground dance histories.
