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In collaboration with SAFAR Film Festival, Another Sky – a new UK festival of SWANA experimental music – presents a joint commission between two early career artists.
Filmmaker Salam Shamki and musician Zeynap Ağcabay will present the world premiere of their collaborative project at SAFAR as a live performance, followed by a discussion on their process.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Zeynep Ağcabay's music explores the juxtaposition of Eastern and Western influences on their identity. Growing up with traditional Turkish music playing at home, Zeynep went on to discover new roots in London. Their experimental approach aims to discover a unique blend of these two sonic worlds by composing unusual structures of abstract percussions, ambiguous vocals, ambient soundscapes mixed in with instruments inspired by Turkish ney, kanun, davul and darbuka.
Salam Shamki is a London-based multidisciplinary artist who is driven by story and documentation. She works as a freelance filmmaker, artist, arts facilitator and will soon launch Heartnouveaux, an alternative jewellery and crochet boutique. Her works are inspired by her cultural identity as a British Iraqi as she seeks to create works that identify and interrogate British and Iraqi culture through a post-colonial lens – as in her to-be-released project ‘Do I need the National Gallery?’ Focusing on Iraqi culture and arts, Salam intends to use both fiction and documentary film – both live action and animation – to ask questions and archive pasts and presents.
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