Join us for an evening of performance by Hashem El Kelech introducing the project “Cities and People”.

A collaboration between Hashem El Kelech and Aysha J.Nasser culminated in an experimental video installation that moves between Amman and Stuttgart in an attempt to portray the subtleties of two different cityscapes and the people that inhabit them. At the heart of this project - which focuses on day to day impressions and their accompanying soundscapes as experienced by the artists - lies the examination of the make-up of cities and how we experience them. What distinguishes one city life from another? Are perceived differences mainly a component of social and cultural life or are there possible similarities intrinsic to any particular cityscape?

The event is part of the first phase of our 2019 program At The Lab, bringing together artists and cultural practitioners exploring sound, listening and sonic practices in relation to forms of collective agency, alternative socialities and the emergence of milieus.