You cannot delete yourself

This year’s What Is festival is a disruption: we’re testing noncompliance and are asking you to join us in practice. Or refuse: the only rule is that there are no rules.

On our first night of What Is: noncompliance, artist-facilitator Aliyah Aziz guides a WORKSHOP using tape loops as an exploration of what it means to take big tech out of our perceived experiences and re-engage with our senses.

The taped loops will become a meditation on unravelling sounds, an artefact of our collective static through time, and an exercise of mutual transformation.

This is a low capacity workshop, tickets buyers are encouraged to not wait. 

• Participants are encouraged to bring their own recordings and a set of recordings will also be provided.
• The workshop ends in a collaborative, improvisatory jam as we create an irreproducible moment that alters the past and the future. 
• Workshop participants are invited to perform as artists with Aliyah Aziz on Night 3 (Friday, May 8th).* Participants joining the Friday performance will have access to the full show. 
• If participants needs extra support with hand mobility, as this is a physically detailed workshop, please reach out to sanjeet@musicgallery.org.

*By participating in the workshop, you are signing on as an artistic partner. You should ideally feel comfortable joining the performance.

NOTE: This is not a typical workshop and is not free to MG members. However, the usual membership discounts still apply.

Are you a Music Gallery Member? Members receive an automatic discount (25%, 50%, or 100%) based on member levels. Learn more. 

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