Public Lecture: Remembering Otherwise: Artist-Led Archival Practices in SWANA Sound & Media Art
The Music Research Seminars are hosted by the Department of Performing Arts at City St George’s, University of London and SPARC research centre (Sound Practice and Research at City St George’s). They bring together world-leading artists, practitioners, and scholars in the broad fields of music and sound.
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Mapping Resistance @SenseScapes (London Design Festival)
Mapping Resistance is a participatory sound installation combining sewn fabric with magnetic, conductive panels. Visitors are invited to interact with a textile map of London’s boroughs, charting where acts of resistance have succeeded and where they have failed. By placing coloured magnets on the fabric map - mounted on a magnetic wall panel - participants trigger changes in sound by altering the magnetic field which is converted to synthesised noise. The more magnets attached to the board, the greater the harmony and clarity of the soundscape. Over time, these contributions create a living archive of resistance, bringing together stories from the ground across the Palestine solidarity movement in the UK.
The installation asks visitors to reflect: Which places feel safe? Which should be avoided? The collective act of marking, warning, and remembering transforms the map into both a record and a gathering space of Palestinian communities and allies, revealing where welcome is found, and where community takes root.
The installation was commissioned by Adan Abu Dalu and will be exhibited as part of the group exhibition SenseScapes at London Design Festival 2025.