Lynn Daphne Rudolph is an award-winning violist and multi-disciplinary artist from South Africa. Daphne's unique artistic approach examines how sound can serve as a transformative element within the context of Western art practices. Daphne is drawn to sound as protest as a means to express and transmute the injustices into tangible healing. One of the many ways they choose to explore sound as protest, is through improvisation as a form of liberation. “To explore beyond the limitations of conditioned beliefs, is to resist colonial philosophies” Another lens through which they approach protest is through softness as resistance. This perspective adds a significant layer of cultural and social commentary to their work. Through multi-layered approaches to protest, Daphne also offers the audience an active role during performance, furthering their practice of critical engagement within their environment.
