Sara Persico (1993, Naples) is an Italian sound artist, performer and video-maker. She channels her energy in the research of the voice and sound, diving into multiple instrument possibilities and radical improvisation practices through electronics. Her interest and research include a strong visual approach in her impulsive performances.Sara holds a BA from the Conservatory of Napoli and a Master's Degree from the Conservatory of Bologna. In November 2018 she has been selected for the Temp Studio multimedia residency in Lisbon (PT), where she presented her solo performance 7ST for voice, electronics and screening of videos. Among her collaborations, the performance GOLD directed by Francesca Grilli premiered at 40° sopra la Performance and Santarcangelo Festival in 2018. In 2019 the duowith Ignacio Córdoba debuted with a tour in Germany and Poland, while in May 2020 they released their first album for the Italian label Luminance Records. Her composition Superficie has been exhibited at Fondazione Sassi in Matera (IT). She released the album Ruh in October 2020 in collaboration with Melih Sarigöl for the label Base Materialism (Newcastle).Sara presented her work during several tours in Europe; she performed in venues and festivals such as Bologna Elettrica, Discomfort Dispatch, Geografie del Suono, Multiversal, Bologna Jazz Festival, Napoli Teatro Festival, Santarcangelo Festival, Damas Lisboa, MultiMadeira, Zaratan Arte Contemporanea, O Salgado Faz Anos Fest, Vorspiel, Radical DB, among others.

https://sarapersico.com/
https://soundcloud.com/sara-persico

Sara Persico - Dreamwork

from KR107: SARA PERSICO - Boundary 
EP out on march 10th 2023 as lim. ed. tape / DL

SARA PERSICO - Boundary

Mocques - Amalgamation(ملك الاحساس_

mocques_psنقط حروف)

from 'Drowning on Dry Land' compilation/soundtrack/book, released november 2012.

Coping Mechanism, Common Variation Without Fanfare

meex

https://soundcloud.com/youssraelhawary/elmohem
المهم تكون مبسوط
المهم تكون مرتاح
المهم تكون لقيت نفسك حقيقي سعيد
المهم تكون عرفت انه قرار سليم

المهم تكون لقيت نفسك بجد سعيد
المهم تكون لقيتني مش فارقة كتير

ومش مهم .. ولا مهم . ولا حتي مهم
مش مهم .. اي حاجة مش مهم
المهم انك مبسوط
المهم انك مرتاح

المهم ان اي حاجة تانية مش فارقة كتير

المهمّ_أداء مُعاد عن يسرى الهوّاري

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=p3NZn0mA_XI
Look on down from the bridge
There's still fountains down there
Look on down from the bridge
It's still raining, up here
Everybody seems so far away from me
Everybody just wants to be free
Look away from the sky
It's no different when you're leaving home
I can't be the same thing to you now
I'm just gone, just gone
How could I say goodbye
How could I say goodbye
Goodbye
Maybe I'll just place my hands over you
And close my eyes real tight
There's a light in your eyes
And you know, yeah, you know
Look on down from the bridge
I'm still waiting for you

Look On Down From The Bridge_Mazzy Star Cover

Atmospheric Resistance

This conversation explores acoustic imagination in times of war, with a focus on the geographies addressed in Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Mhamad Safa’s works, including Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. It begins by highlighting the architecture of ambient violence and its psycho-social and cultural dimensions within the context of aggression and armed conflict. In addition to the striking effects of loudness and its use as a military tactic, sounds that are repetitive, delayed, and subdued form the core of the conversation. The artists also discuss how the human ear, even during moments of extreme duress, can hear, detect, and resist specific forms of acoustic violence. The conversation foregrounds how sonic force is capable of reshaping the definitions of acoustic conditioning, political discourse, legal accountability and sound as resistance.

This conversation was commissioned as part of the digital publication Dignified Life: Outliving Impossible Ecologies. You can view the publication here: https://mosaicrooms.org/pdf-dignified-life-outliving-impossible-ecologies/

Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a ‘Private Ear’. In 2023 he founded Earshot, the world's first organisation to use sound in defence of human and environmental rights. His projects that reflect on the politics of sound and listening have been presented all over the world and received multiple awards including the 2019 Turner Prize. 

Mhamad Safa is an architect, sound producer and researcher based in London. His work focuses on multi-scalar spatial conditions and their sonic make-ups. He is an Associate Lecturer in Architecture and Media Studies at the Royal College of Art in London.

Atmospheric Resistance - Lawrence Abu Hamdan & Mhamad Safa

.أصوات لبيروت في أزمة الكهرباء

Soundscapes of Beirut during July's electricity crisis.

ّبلا مي

Omar Itani

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