 
Dispatches from the Intersection of Hurting & Joy
Camisha L. Jones
Writing that shows us that, even in struggle, there is light to be let in.
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Writing that shows us that, even in struggle, there is light to be let in.
 
A spectacular musical show which discusses the representation of a nation state, its characters and history. A learning play on myth construction and its reproduction.
 
With Taku we’ll carry out some simple proposals for doing almost nothing, for re-thinking sound with whatever comes to hand.
 
A slowed down single tracking shot along a corridor as workers at the Bath Iron Works, (Maine, USA) take their lunch break.
 
How black radical practices of abolition imagine a way out of the caging and mass killing of life.
 
Moor Mother is a musician, Philadelphian housing activist and black quantum futurist.
 
UNINSTAL was a set of events at Tramway that tested out radical ideas with leading local and international artists. A collection of events (performances, films, installations, walks and talks) about sound and listening.
 
Simon Morris is joined by Nick Thurston as they attempt to read aloud whilst peddling on exercise bikes.
 
The second of two short film programmes featuring works that blur the boundaries between music and film from artists who cross and redefine those long held divisions. This programme highlights contemporary works.
 
A specially commissioned performance for organ. “The course of the stars were to be put to sound.”
 
 
What would a world and an ethics look like free from the destructive consequences of the Western mind?