Blackness, Animality and the Unsovereign
Che Gossett
How black radical practices of abolition imagine a way out of the caging and mass killing of life.
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How black radical practices of abolition imagine a way out of the caging and mass killing of life.
A historical narrative of the black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay House and Ballroom Scene in relation to race, gender, sexuality and class oppressions.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in an abandoned oil tanker on Hoy.
Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
Heat-mapped bodies, found porn films, Korean psyche-folk, creepy police intrusion and self-defence.
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
If life is assaulted by power, where do we find spaces for living? A conversation with Peter Pál Pelbart.
An LSD trip gone right via dense explorations of post-Fahey steel and low level drone.
4 days of workshops, discussions and artists presentations exploring the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
INSTAL’s third outing saw performances by AMM, Cosmos (Sachiko M & Ami Yoshida), Voreboms, Vibracathedral Orchestra with Matthew Bower and John Godbert, Paragon Ensemble, Merzbow and Ryoji Ikeda.
Sonic ‘observations’ of the world, through micro recordings on a tiny scale and transformed into something musically compelling.