The Mosaic Rooms

What is a party without the people? How can we activate a moment of solidarity, so that it belongs to many and not to few? How can we use listening to tune in to the possibilities that sonic solidarity offers?

Join us for a public programme curated by students from MACC collective highlighting sonic practices as tools for nurturing solidarities. Reverberating ideas through the form of a party, this programme invites us to gather together to enjoy the experiential. Through traces of mutual and continuously evolving exchanges, solidarities are composed and defined by you and your fellow party goers.

Inspired by fugitive radio, the sounds of protesting, and partying, the two-day programme will consist of participatory performance, DJ sets, conversation, a bespoke listening lounge with Syrian Cassette Archives and a site-specific voice note project. These practices and gestures are designed to activate moments of solidarity and explore its potential to be transmitted through sound waves. This live event will be archived as a tool for future use.

On Saturday, Solidarity FX party commences. The line-up opens with a set by Mo’min Swaitat, Palestinian Bedouin actor, filmmaker, music producer, DJ and archivist from Jenin, followed by LUMA, a British-Iraqi DJ and radio host, whose Arabic heritage and urban London roots influence her rhythmic percussion. DJ Tabideee, a British-Sudanese DJ and founder/creative director of Space Black will play a set celebrating techno music. The bar will be hosted by British-Jamaican mixologist Amelia, founder of Fill My Cup. The night aims to nurture community, inclusivity and fun.

On Sunday, Solidarity Re:verb echoes the traces of the night before through an open conversation and a participatory performance by Bint Mbareh. By exploring the question ‘How can we listen to the possibilities that sonic solidarity offers?’ participants are invited to interrogate how they listen to themselves and others in order to expand their understanding and capacity for solidarity.

This programme is curated in participation with The Mosaic Rooms by MACC collective, a collective formed of seven students from Chelsea College of Arts’ MA Curating and Collections course – Sara Abahsain, Elspeth Bland-Dear, Faisal Ghloum, Beata Li, Junnan Li, Qingrui Lin, Zhipeng Wen. Bringing a diverse range of cultural and educational backgrounds, the collective works to playfully ask questions, to learn through practice, and to enable participation.