Musically, Jenny has tried to imitate one of Boty’s media, the collage. Boty mixed elements from popular and mass culture (so-called “low” culture) with elements from “high” culture. She would use pictures and scraps from newspapers and magazines, adverts, and even bus tickets, combining them with paint. Jenny has transferred this technique into music: she draws inspiration from music played on radio, film, TV-series, and also from literature and this she transfers onto a traditional big band soundscape. The overriding themes of the music are both Boty’s life and art, but also the structural issues that perhaps determined her professional destiny. This draws parallels with current challenges of today.

Photo: Thor Egil Leirtrø