Kara Blackmore in conversation with filmmaker, writer and curator Renée Akitelek Mboya in the context of the solo presentation 'A Glossary of Words My Mother Never Taught Me' at Cell Project Space, London, December 2021.

Kara Blackmore In Conversation With Renée Akitelek Mboya

For her first solo presentation in the UK, alongside the film 'A Glossary of Words My Mother Never Taught Me', to interlocute in the violent history its imagery evidences, Renée Akitelek Mboya reimagines a songbook of 1960s and 1970s ideological ‘freedom’ songs as part of a nation-building tool kit.

Songs for Songbook by Renée Akitelek Mboya

Artist, composer, and DJ Ain Bailey facilitated a four hour deep listening session at Cell Project Space as part of her ongoing project ‘Sonic Stories’ exploring the concept of ‘sonic autobiography’ that connects memory to music. This event utilised listening to investigate sound’s relationship to collective memory and identity formation in our social, emotional, and political lives.

Participants each brought three sounds that hold personal significance or interest from their life. Perhaps these are the sound of a creaking door in the house of a beloved family member; the call to prayer from a mosque in their neighbourhood; the song or piece of music that reminds them of their first love/crush/attraction, or the soundtrack in a club that feels like home.  

These sounds were shared with the group during a facilitated session led by Bailey, who guided the group in active listening and discussion. Each participant was asked to consider and reflect on the sonic resonance of their choices.

Bisabuelo

Artist, composer, and DJ Ain Bailey facilitated a four hour deep listening session as part of her ongoing project ‘Sonic Stories’ exploring the concept of ‘sonic autobiography’ that connects memory to music. This event utilised listening to investigate sound’s relationship to collective memory and identity formation in our social, emotional, and political lives.

Participants each brought three sounds that hold personal significance or interest from their life. Perhaps these are the sound of a creaking door in the house of a beloved family member; the call to prayer from a mosque in their neighbourhood; the song or piece of music that reminds them of their first love/crush/attraction, or the soundtrack in a club that feels like home.  

These sounds were shared with the group during a facilitated session led by Bailey, who guided the group in active listening and discussion. Each participant was asked to consider and reflect on the sonic resonance of their choices.

New Cross

Dishwasher

Coffee

Bike Freewheel Clicking(1)

Back Gammon

Artist, composer, and DJ Ain Bailey facilitated a four hour deep listening session at Cell Project Space as part of her ongoing project ‘Sonic Stories’ exploring the concept of ‘sonic autobiography’ that connects memory to music. This event utilised listening to investigate sound’s relationship to collective memory and identity formation in our social, emotional, and political lives.

Vinyl Crackle

Cicadas In Summer

Bird Song In AM

Stream

Emmanuel

Curator Alvin Li and filmmaker Sanaz Sohrabi in conversation with artist Peng Zuqiang for the launch of his debut artist book 'Hindsights'.

Hindsights Publication Launch Talk 19.06.2022

On Thursday, 13th March, a new research and public programme 'Untamed Assemblies' was launched at Cell Project Space, exploring the under-recognised intersections between experimental fashion and visual art in the 1990s, with a focus on cultural exchanges between the UK and ‘Eastern’ Europe.

This inaugural event brought together the initiator of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA), Bruno Birmanis, alongside original participants Phyllis Cohen and Guus Beumer. UFA was an annual carnivalesque festival that took place in Riga, Latvia, between 1990 and 1999, fusing alternative fashion, drag, and visual art. The evening featured a screening, a panel discussion moderated by Cell’s Curator Adomas Narkevičius, and a presentation of archival materials, offering insights into the Assemblies’ spirit, their reception in both UK and Latvian media, and their broader cultural impact.

Untamed Assemblies 1: Launch

 
Curator and writer Giulia Civardi joins artist Ruoru Mou to discuss the ideas and research behind Fortunate, her current solo exhibition at the gallery.
 
In conversation, Civardi and Mou examined the conceptual origins of Mou’s practice, charting her evolving engagement with materials, processes, and systems of representation, and reflecting on earlier works in which references to alchemic experimentation and cinematic tropes operate as cultural and structural frameworks within her methodology.

Ruoru Mou & Giulia Civardi in coversation

On Saturday April 27th 2019 philosopher and theorist Philipp Kleinmichel joined Anna-Sophie Berger at Cell Project Space to discuss her new solo exhibition, A Failed Play.

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