What is the role of art in social justice movements? In this performance-based talk, ethnomusicologist, curator and multidisciplinary artist Rim Irscheid will discuss her recent textile installation Mapping Resistance (2025). Guided by ethnographic research into diaspora archival art that makes space for speculative histories, the talk will look into the role of ‘feeling’ in guiding institutional critique in the arts. Looking at creative responses to institutional silencing in contemporary sound and media art from the SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) region, imaginations of a collective affect are considered crucial in shaping the experiences and outcomes of socially engaged art practices.

Talk and presentation of Sound Installation Mapping Resistance (2025) with collaborator Matt Johnson.