Anna Muchin (❍1985, fr/gr) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, photographer and translator. She grew up between Toulouse and Athens and lives in Brussels.
Under the indie moniker Scarlett O’Hanna, she has released her 4th studio album Precious Nothings, follwing Romance Floats, Impostor and Cheap Bling Bling. Previous tracks like ‘Thieves’ and ‘HK’ were featured on BBC and Netflix. SOH has performed through Europe, in the United States and Japan. Alongside her own project she works as a music adviser and dramaturg, writes music scores for radio, dance and film productions.
Anna has been an active member of Engagement Arts since 2017, a movement and platform working to tackle sexism, sexual harassment and power abuse in the arts, in Belgium and internationally.
In 2019, she founded s i l e x, a non-profit initiative and conversation partner supporting the development of artistic projects rooted in socio-political contexts.
exhibitions
| 2023-2024 | ‘Have you been on a walk?’, sound piece, iMKonsthall, Moskosel SE |
| 2021 | ‘Conversation’/’The Right to Breathe’, photography, Undercurrent NY, USA |
| ‘SoftScores’, collective messages, PACT, Essen DE | |
| 2020 | ‘Flatten the Curve’, video installation, Moabit/Art in Quarantine, Berlin DE |
| 2019 | ‘Somewhere to go’, sound installation, Longueur d’Ondes Fest, Tinos GR |
| ‘The Big Sale’, carte blanche Unbewitch Finance, ERG Gallery Brussels BE | |
| 2018 | ‘What the Water Tells’, installation, Takasagoyu Kofu JP |
| ‘Summer Praise’, photography, KAK Brussels BE | |
| 2016 | ‘Everywhere But On The Wall’, photography, Halles St Géry Brussels BE |
talks
| 2024 | Transgressive Behaviour in the Music Industry, vi.be, Belgium |
| 2022 | Unmute Power Abuse: Tackling Sexual Violence & Discrimination in the Arts, 3CL |
| 2021 | Respect Art Workers: Towards Codes of Conduct/Engagement Arts, Athens GR |
| Engage D-Arch: Trajectory Report, ETH Zurich CH | |
| 2020 | Women in the Music Industry/Engagement Arts, Galeries, Brussels BE |
| 2019 | Sexism in the music industry, Girls Go Boom/Engagement Arts, Ghent BE |
| Mieux être et bienveillance au travail, La Belone Brussels BE | |
| ‘Globalization? Define Wealth’, EHESS, Paris FR | |
| 2018 | “Pas de Sexe, pas de solo”, Théâtre de la Colline pour La Permanence, Paris FR |
script translation
| Honneurs au Gibier | documentary by Némo Camus, 2024 |
| To Go Down / Descendre | fiction by François Badoud, 2024 |
| Like the air that carries you / Comme l’air qui te porte | documentary by Cabiria Chomel, 2023 |
| Pearl / Perle | documentary by Yasmina Hamlawi, 2022 |
| Anaïs | fiction by Joachim Glaude, 2021 |
| After the Storm / Après la Pluie | documentary by Jeanne Debarsy, 2020 |
| In Dire Need of A Caress / Dans Les Creux Dangereux | fiction by collectif wow, 2020 |
| With the Wind / Avec le Vent | documentary by Jeanne Debarsy, 2018 |
| When the Tide Falls / Quand la mer se retire | documentary by Aurélie Boudet & Ecaterina Vidick, 2018 |
artist in residence
Le Vecteur, Charleroi BE (2024); Moskosel Creative Lab, SE (2023); BUDA Kortrijk, BE (2022); La Caldera, Barcelona SP (2021); KAAI Theater w Engagement Arts, Brussels BE (2021); Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BE (2021); Workspacebrussels, Brussels BE (2020); BUDA Kortrijk, BE (2019); Hidokei, Fukuoka JP (2018); AIRY, Kofu JP (2018); KAK, Brussels BE (2018); PAIR, Matsudo JP (2017)
music videos
| “Stick with You” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer · Best Music Video Award, Europe Music Video Awards 2024 |
| “Unafraid” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer |
| “Precious Nothings” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Director |
| Live Ancienne Belgique – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer, Director |
| Spring/Summer – Anouk Fallon | Director |
| “Gone for Pearls” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer, Director |
| “Dramamine” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer, Director |
| “Thieves” – Scarlett O’Hanna | Producer, Director |
publications
| 2021 | Still #NotSurprised: #MeToo in the Dutch and Belgian art world, Engagement / Rekto Verso |
| 2020 | ‘Flatten the Curve’, issue cover 11, Arts of the Working Class |
| 2019 | ‘Sorority’, Engagement Arts Zine n2 |
| ‘The Big Sale’ collection, self-published | |
| 2018 | ‘Made of Water’, self-published |
education
| Music Production: Studio Recording | Goldsmiths University of London 2024 |
| Programming Synthesisers | Goldsmiths University of London 2023 |
| Film Music Composition | Goldsmiths University of London 2022 |
| Music Production: Mixing and Mastering | Goldsmiths University of London 2022 |
| Field Recording Composition | Goldsmiths University of London 2020 |
| MA Translation Gr-Eng | University P. Valéry, Montpellier 2005-2010 |
| 4th Degree Piano & Theory | Ecole de Musique, St Orens 1991-2002 |
commissioned by / collaborated with
Claire Vivianne Sobottke, choreographer, dancer (soft scores) · Vera Tussing, choreographer, dancer (Lapdance / Both Two) · Marion Sage, choreographer, dancer (Grand Tetras) · Atelier Création Sonore Radiophonique· Denis Leborgne, editor (soh)· Makkina/Michael Picknett, composer (The Mouvement) · Elisabeth Debourse, journalist, editor (Salade Tout) · Joachim Glaude, sound artist (Anais) · Mehdi Bayad, director, writer (Jvc) · Katerina Evaggelakou, director (Ores koinis isyhias)· Annemie Osborne, cellist · Eva Betavatzi, writer, cadtm member · Unbewitch Finance Lab · Karolien Chromiak, visual artist (glitching the home) · Coral Ortega, choreographer, dancer (todas las silver) · Chloe Chignell, choreographer, writer (poems and other emergencies) ·