Lafawndah in conversation with Christelle Oyiri

Musician Lafawndah delves into the themes, processes and influences behind her new audio work Antinomy, a radiophonic play composed in residency at Somerset House Studios for this year’s ASSEMBLY series.

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Dates	Sat 26 Sep
Times	From 18.00
Space	Online

Tune in live ahead of Saturday night's premiere Antinomy with DJ, producer, artist and writer Christelle Oyiri (aka CRYSTALLMESS) who talks to Lafawndah to gain an insight into the conception of her new work.

A companion piece to her newly released album The Fifth Season, Lafawndah's Antinomy adopts a composition approach that cites inspiration from Mark Fisher & Justin Barton's expansive audio-essay On Vanishing Land, revolutionary radio documentary The Idea of North by pianist Glenn Gould, and the dramatic tradition of the Greek chorus, to explore sonics as a tool for vivid world-building. Enhanced through spatialised arrangement in collaboration with immersive sound studio Call & Response, Antinomy’s use of space and movement suggests a physicality; organic and alive.

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Assembly 2020's artist residency programme Sonic Terrains is supported by Jerwood Arts' Development Programme Fund.

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