Organised by Somerset House
Writer, artist and curator Tamar Clarke-Brown joins artist Zadie Xa in conversation ahead of the online showcase Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers, Xa’s new sound work for ASSEMBLY 2020.
Tune in here (Wed 23 Sep, 18:00)
Opening this year’s series, join the pair live for a discussion touching on the processes and themes behind the commission as they introduce Xa's six-part narrative composition, an audio piece that tells the story of animal kinship as a survival strategy to save an ailing planet.
Loosely based on the Korean shamanic story of Princess Bari, Moon Poetics 4 Courageous Earth Critters and Dangerous Day Dreamers takes the audience on a guided journey through parallel dimensions, led by a host of creatures. Produced in collaboration with immersive sound agency Call & Response, the new work furthers Xa’s ongoing engagement with the powerful complexities of interspecies communication, matriarchal social structures and ancestral homelands.