tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2023-07-03T21:04:54+08:00 Peatix Singapore Art Museum tag:peatix.com,2023:event-3584380 2023-06-03T20:00:00SGT 2023-06-03T20:00:00SGT

What is the sound of a culture washing away? This is the primary question driving the research of Imaad Majeed’s sample-based music-making project “KANNOORU”. The artist invites the audience to a close-listening session that will explore the archive of Sufi sonics from Sri Lanka that they have gathered since 2017. We will listen intently to devotional songs and folk songs of the Muslim community of Sri Lanka, as well as a demonstration of their sampling process. The artist will also share insights gleamed from their readings around Muslim and Sufi communities on the island. ABOUT THE SPEAKERImaad Majeed is a multidisciplinary artist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They are Director and Curator of the trilingual performance platform "KACHA KACHA". They are one part of the artist collective "The Packet" and VJ/DJ of "Packet Radio" (SUPR FM). They enjoy making playlists,  and writing about musicians from Sri Lanka for the international music blog "beehype". They are Project Coordinator and Co-Curator of Thattu Pattu, a platform for music from the fringes of Sri Lanka. They are presently working on "KANNOORU", exploring Sri Lankan Sufi/Muslim identity, community, memory, erasure, ancestry and mysticism through sample-based music, a project supported by a grant from Experimenter's Generator Co-operative Art Production Fund.  ABOUT "VILLAGE OF RAFTS"Since the 19th century, the Indian Ocean littoral has come to be submerged under larger global flows of colonialism and nationhood. However, in the last two decades, with the initiation of major infrastructure projects, it has resurfaced as a site for open contestation. Neoliberal expansionism, resource use and geopolitics have dominated recent mappings of the littoral. Today, highly specialised capital, infrastructural, ecological, and migratory flows occupy the sea lanes from Canton to Zanzibar. Despite these ‘newer’ neoliberal algorithms, its peoples have continued to chart their own cultural and aesthetic visions, highlighting a need to discuss how the human agency evolves across this terraqueous terrain. In a series of conversations grounded in contemporary practice, Village of Rafts lays the groundwork for an aspirational network across the Indian Ocean littoral.TIME 8–9pm  |  VENUE The Engine Room, Level 1, SAM at Tanjong Pagar DistriparkEVENT ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION Programme is by registration only. Only registered participants are allowed to attend. Seating is on a first-come-first-serve basis. For the enjoyment of participants, the programme will start promptly at the time stated. Please arrive early or at least 10 minutes before the start of the programme. Latecomers will have their slots assigned to others on the waiting list. PHOTOGRAPHY, AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING Please note that there may be photography and/or recording (audio and/or video) at the event. By attending, you consent to your photograph and/or recording (video/audio) being used for future communications both online and offline by SAM for archival, museum-related publicity and publications only.   CANCELLATIONEvery effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information on this programme. However, changes are sometimes unavoidable and SAM reserves the right to make modifications to programmes without prior notice. Please visit www.singaporeartmuseum.sg for the most updated information.

tag:peatix.com,2023-05-15 10:05:34 2023-05-15 10:05:34 Title was changed to "What is the sound of a culture washing away? | A lecture-performance by Imaad Majeed | Village of Rafts". Orig#1366554