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Both Sides Now with Fatima Al Qadiri

Original music and art with a focus on femme-ism and resisting through the body.

Two artists stood back to back between white monoliths. Behind them warm colours of orange and yellow are projected onto the wall.
Date
11 July 2023
Category
Past Projects

In July 2018 eight sound artists, visual artists, music producers and DJs came together to create new music and art.

Their work took inspiration from the People’s History Museum’s exhibition Represent! Voices 100 Years On, with a focus on femme-ism and resisting through the body.

Directed by composer, producer and conceptual artist Fatima Al Qadiri, developed in collaboration with curator and researcher Amal Khalaf.

One artist said the residency "allowed me to see the beauty of running with your ideas." Another reflected that taking part "allowed me to be braver about creating music."

  • Residency artists dressed in dark green boiler suits holding one another in a group hug.

  • Fatima Al Qadiri from behind looking on at two blurred residency artists in front stood back to back between two white monoliths.

  • Residency artists in the Engine Hall in People's History Museum rehearsing. In the centre are two artists stood back to back between two white monoliths. Surrounding them artists sit at tables working on laptops.

  • A residency artist dressed in a dark green boiler suit holding a sheet of paper and speaking into a microphone.

  • A residency artist dressed in a dark green boiler suit and black boots lay on a quilt on the floor and smiling.

  • Amal Khalaf with her hands in the air.

  • Residency artists lay in a row under an elongated quilt with their eyes shut.

  • Three white monoliths joined together in a row, on which is projected animation of colourful silhouetted birds in an orange sky.

Have a listen

Want to relive the event? Press play on the desk recording.

Residency artists, Fatima Al Qadiri and Amal Khalaf stood in a row together for a photo. They're all dressed in dark green boiler suits.

Credits

A huge thanks and congratulations to the artists:
Alia Pathan, Hannah Bitowski, Hayley Suviste, Ieva Vaiti, Marlene Ribeiro, Shamica Ruddock, Yewande Adeniran and Yoojin Lee.

With thanks to:
Fatima Al Qadiri and Amal Khalaf

Photos by Rachel Bywater.

This residency was part of Both Sides Now, an ambitious three-year initiative to support and sustain gender equality in music.

Kindly supported by People's History Museum and Arts Council England.

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