Sound Bath x Emily Murphy / Venus in Foil: A Party at The End of the World
A Party at The End of The World: A micro-rave soundtracked by heady bass and slithering rhythms. A collective mourning and movement through "the heaviness we feel in a world that, we're told, has no future" (Milstein 2017: 7). Dance, sweat, shake and unmake, and maybe find something that resembles hope in the process.
Reparative Raving by Emily Murphy
What are we doing here, in this mangled mass of throbbing bodies? I think it’s a form of mourning. What if this body-shaking bass operates at the frequency with which grief…. resonates?
Sound Bath x Alia O’ Brien: Mundana / Humana / Instrumentalis
Via breath filtered through the flute, we will flow through outer and inner sound worlds, from musical reflections of the current planetary configurations to sounds (and quietude) that draws our attention to our own bodily sounds.
MUNDANA: Listening & The Possibilities of a Hopeful Sensorium
How might we differentiate between hearing and listening, and is it possible to cultivate different modes of listening? In what ways can “hopeful listening“ inform a healing practice and help us navigate the world?
HUMANA: The Fleshiness of Sound & Listening
With a focus on its repetition and disruption, we will discuss the sounding and listening body in all its materiality, with case studies on breath work in Sufi practice, laughter, and health obsessive compulsive disorder.