BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9560@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240712 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240722 DTSTAMP:20240624T161426Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/online-liverpool-arab-arts-festi val-slow-listening/ SUMMARY:: Online: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival: Slow Listening DESCRIPTION:\nSlow Listening\n\n\n\n\nFriday 12 July - Sunday 21 July\, 12: 00 pm - 4:00 pmFree\, no booking required\n\nAs part of Liverpool Arab Art s Festival’s Port Cities project\, we introduce Slow Listening\, an invi tation to stop and tune in to the sounds of the cities around us.\n\nThe i dentity and culture of a Port City creates a distinctive sound. In Liverpo ol\, the distant ships’ horns\, seagulls and the sounds of the River Mer sey create a backdrop to daily life in the city. Each port city has its ow n sound\, which helps to provide insight to its character.\n\nListen to th e sounds of Liverpool\, Alexandria\, Tripoli\, Casablanca and Tunis from w herever you are. Whether you are in Liverpool or any of the other particip ating cities\, or on the east coast of America\, or the West coast of Afri ca\, tune into the sounds of Port Cities to hear how it shapes their cultu re and identity.\n\nSlow Listening will be available online from Friday 12 July via:\n\nSpotify\nTikTok\nInstagram\n\nArtists\nAbdellah Hassak – C asablanca\n\nAbdellah M. Hassak is a sound artist\, DJ/music producer\, an d art director. He was born in Morocco / Casablanca. In 2014\, his work ha d already pushed the boundaries of his practice\, and he founded Mahattat Radio\, where he conducted radiophonic and sound research in interdiscipli nary projects with various communities. For 8 years\, he participated as a n artist\, researcher\, and radio producer.\n\nAbdellah shapes sound as a material to create sound pieces\, performances\, acts\, and installations. His creative process is often collaborative\, involving communities. Curr ently\, his research focuses on memory\, which he uses as a creative proce ss based on interaction. He is fascinated by the way humans inhabit their environment.\n\nListening is at the center of his practice\, beyond sound\ , as a means of grasping the imperceptible or as a pretext for meeting oth ers. His work draws attention to the beings around us. He is interested in the imaginary and the contemporary interpretation that can be made of it\ , in the dialogue between humans and the context – natural or urban – in which they live\, and in what voices tell us beyond words.\n\nAbdellah ’s sound pieces have been broadcast on radios around the world\, such as Radio Papesse\, Hangar\, OTO Sound Museum\, Pratiques d’hospitalité\, and African Crossroads. He has collaborated with many other institutions a nd cultural spaces in Morocco and abroad in radiophonic and sound practice \, such as the 5th edition of the Marrakech Biennale\, Le Musée Collectif \, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair\, Port25 – Raum für Gegenwartskun st\, Mannheim FFT Düsseldorf\, ÉSAD Grenoble\, Sonic Matter\, and Qanat Collective.\n\nhassak.net\n\nAbdulhafeed Albusefi – Tripoli\n\nAhmed Sa leh is a musician\, composer and sound artist born and raised in Alexandr ia\, Egypt. He has become one of the spearheads of the Electronic music sc ene in Egypt. (Press – Cairoscene Magazine – March 2015)\n\nSaleh’s experience as a visual artist had a great impact on his music. He composed his first live solo set and made an appearance at the 100LIVE Festival in 2009. Saleh is a member and one of the founders of the acclaimed band T elepoetic\, he composed the soundtracks for many films\, contemporary danc e shows and Theater.\n\nIn 2014 he was a part of Jazz Nomades project and performed at La Voix Est Libre Festival (France)\n\nSaleh’s music have b een featured on a number of radio shows in Poland\, USA\, Italy\, Germany\ , France\, UK and Egypt.\n\nCurrently Saleh is touring his new album “ A Ten year walk to the shore”.\n\nMohammed Soussi – Tunis\n\n\n\n\nTic kets &\; Booking information for all Liverpool Arab Arts Festival event s can be found here: https://www.arabartsfestival.com/2024-festival/here:   ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/06/Port-Cities-banner.png CATEGORIES:Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR