This week in March, University of the Arts, London (UAL) presents the Unfolding Narratives series. I’m in the group show, giving a performance and presenting paper on my PhD research in a hugely colourful, cross-disciplinary symposium. For the group show I explore the significance of being visible and audible in an increasingly surveilled society.
Lullabies
“I feel the catastrophe on my body. […] Were you uncomfortable? I hope so. We need to feel uncomfortable, to feel our bodies under siege, even for a minute.”
Nan Goldin, Neue Nationalgalerie, November 25th 2024
Broadcast Mix for Love Music, Hate Racism – “Your Racist Friend” on Resonance 104.4FM
What better way to resist hate than to up your loving quota, and sometimes only music does the impossible. When I think about dancing and community I remember one of Iran’s greatest Sufi poets, Rumi who said:
Frieze Week Specials 2024
Wednesday 2nd October Artist and broadcaster Fari Bradley hosts two 2024 Frieze Week specials, on the[…]
Performance – XMTR Audio Arts Festival Hastings
This three day festival near Hastings presents an opportunity to explore research I’ve been conducting over the four past years of my PhD topic
“Woman, Life, Freedom, Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran” – This Weekend at Essex Book Festival
The Iran International TV report on the performance and panel talks that launched “Woman, Life, Freedom,[…]
Women, Art, Freedom Symposium – Cambridge University
Bringing together women academics and artists of Iranian origin to speak about the role of the visual and performing arts in the movement for women’s rights in Iran.
Frieze London – Two-Part Radio Transmission
How have I been broadcasting from Frieze since 2006 when we had a transmission radio booth[…]
South Oxford Arts Week – Collaborative Improvised Performance
From a classical music base that is Oxford, we will be raising funds for the woman, life freedom movement in Iran via the charity helping striking workers who can’t make bail.
The Wire Magazine Review – “I Will Greet the Sun Again”
Back in January 2023, on the 17th, we brought the issue of the Iran Revolution to into the realms of music and experimental sound. The Wire Magazine’s Clive Bell was there to review.