Hong Kong Mixtape is a new, open call project in Hong Kong for field recordings and compositions put out by CMHK (Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong) as part of their Sonic Transmission Exchange programme. Curated by the CMHK team, the final selections make it to the Hong Kong Mixtape , which involves local composers’ and … Continue reading
This week Six Pillars samples an album by Aria Rostami (USA/Iran),’Sibbe’, released on Audiobulb September 2015. ‘Sibbe’ addresses themes of diasporas, Iranian and otherwise, and how mass immigration creates new, vibrant and mixed cultures. The show broadcasts on air this week across London on 104.4FM and on digital radio, and streams online elsewhere. Six Pillars … Continue reading
Broadcasts Wed Oct 28th 9-9:30pm, repeats Friday 3.30pm. Pakistani artist Naiza Khan gives a public talk about her practice and latest body of work during her solo exhibition “Undoing / Ongoing”, at Rossi and Rossi gallery, London during Frieze Week. Featuring oil paintings, watercolours, prints and brass sculpture, the show is aimed as a continuation … Continue reading
Artist Roohi S. Ahmed on the opening of her solo show Liminal Space at Karachi’s Koel Gallery, plus selected sounds from Karachi-streets, lined with cows and goats at this time of year, emblematic of Karachi’s informal and political scene and the wider social webs of Pakistan. Broadcasts on air across … Continue reading
Wed 23rd September, repeats Friday 23rd, 2015 Colourful phonology and excerpts from conversations across the world’s 2nd most populous city, Karachi. Interviewees include performance artist Jamal Ashiqain on performance and his practice in Pakistan, and professional driver Jawed Iqbal, commenting on the proliferation of pan-tobacco chewing in Karachi. Technology, the arts scene, the streets, what … Continue reading
As part of Resonance104.4fm’m new weekly series of Six Pillars we begin broadcasting on Wednesdays 9pm. This week we speak with artist/curator Haajra Haider Karrar and artist Fazal Rizvi about their part in The Tentative Collective, founded by Yaminay Chaudhri. The group of artists and curators engage with their home town of Karachi, Pakistan via … Continue reading
Launching the new weekly series of Six Pillars on Wednesday 9th September – 9pm, we speak to three artists on a 4 week residency in Karachi, Pakistan. The Lahore Biennial Foundation hosts an arts residency for the first time at Karachi’s new and liberal Habib University. We hear from three of the four participating artists … Continue reading
Vietnamese artist Dao Minh Tri has his hair but by fellow artist Kim Chi Nguyen Thi on a fly by visit to his house. Kim Chi is an unusual artist in her own right, painting large, fervently applied figures on canvas and she speak with informal respect to Dao Minh who is a veteran artist … Continue reading
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