De-Composition of Black Echology | Workshop with v ness

How do fungi, the ocean, and the moon shape our planet into a soundscape? We will explore these three different agents of sounding at the intersections between ancient sound studies and Black sound studies from both ancient and contemporary musical mythmaking practices. Each topic will be connected to a different node from A Slightly Curving Place– fungal weaves will examine the simultaneous ability of decomposition and digging present in mycorrhizal hyphae, oceanic echoes will explore the recording capacity of the liquid coating the majority of the planet, and lunar tunes will consider the moon’s gravitational influence as a form of celestial tuning that is entirely unique within our solar system. Using Black feminist analytic and critical theory, we will sense how listening to these natural sounders of the past can help us all imagine new ways of sounding ourselves into the environmentally fraught future.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Alserkal Avenue, A4 Space, 17th Street, Dubai, United Arab Emirates