Rumbles from
the Gut: Harvest
'don't worry i won't forget you' and the accompanying programme 'echoes in my memory, you will hear them' was supported by an Arts Council England project grant, the Swiss Cultural Fund UK, and Forma.
'Rumbles from the gut' is curated by Elisha Fall and Priscilla Lo as part of the MFA Curating course at Goldsmiths College.
Rumbles from the Gut
with Êvar Hussayni, Sarah Hamed, Elisha Fall, Priscilla Lo, Alia Hamaoui, Riwa Saab, Bint Mbareh, Shamiran Istifan and Meriem Bennani
10 August, 14:00 - 21:00
Free Tickets
Rumbles from the Gut is a series of sonic and food interventions, devised in response to WANAWAL by curators Elisha Fall and Priscilla Lo, MFA Curating Students at Goldsmiths, University London.
On Saturday 10 August 2024, the exhibition will be open for the last time with the final happenings of the public programme, including the project Rumbles from the gut devised by Priscilla lo and Elisha Fall.
The day will start with a reading group working with don't worry i won't forget you curators Êvar and Sarah Hamed, alongside Rumbles from the Gut curators Elisha and Priscilla, as well as exhibiting artist Shamiran Istifan. Join us for a relaxed session sitting in where we will spend time exploring selected texts from the WANAWAL. This is a space to spew, digest and voice the archive and related works. Following two months of growing in Peveril Gardens, artists Alia Hamaoui, Riwa Saab and Bint Mbareh will collaboratively harvest and activate the “qabqab” installation, recalling practices of oral history and embodied knowledge. Then, a workshop conducted by archivist Êvar Hussayni on the origins of WANAWAL will exploring archival boxes and reading materials, and engaging in an informal discussion to create a collaborative reading list and scan resources to take home.We will end the day with a screening of Life on the CAPS, Meriem Bennani’s highly acclaimed science-fiction trilogy.
Reading group with Shamiran Istifan, Sarah Hamed, Elisha Fall, Priscilla Lo and Êvar Hussayni
13:30 - 15:00
Join us for a relaxed session sitting in where we will spend time exploring selected texts from the WANAWAL. This is a space to spew, digest and voice the archive and related works.
Performances by Alia Hamaoui, Riwa Saab and Bint Mbareh
15:30 - 17:30
Upstairs in the Peveril Gardens, following two months of growing with Alia Hamaoui’s “qabqab” planters, the artists will collaboratively harvest and activate the installation, transforming it into a platform for performances of oral history dedicated to WANA women. The interactive performances will critically reflect on the value, history, and culture of gossiping among women.
Archive workshop led by Êvar Hussayni, Elisha Fall and Priscilla Lo
17:45 - 18:45
Join archivist Êvar Hussayni, Elisha Fall, and Priscilla Lo for a workshop on the origins of the WANAWAL, exploring archival boxes and reading materials, followed by an informal discussion and scan resources to take home. This session will focus on tactile knowledge of the archive, departing from the collection of artists’ personal boxes central to the WANAWAL and within which highlights elements of sound and food.
Screening of Life on the CAPS by Meriem Bennani
19:30 - 20:30
Closing drinks
20:30
'echoes in my memory, you will hear them' is a series of interventions that will allow space for exhibiting artists and other invited practitioners to activate the library and exhibition format of ‘don't worry i won't forget you’, which is open until 10 August at FormaHQ.
'don't worry i won't forget you' and the accompanying programme 'echoes in my memory, you will hear them' was supported by an Arts Council England project grant, the Swiss Cultural Fund UK, and Forma.
'Rumbles from the gut' is curated by Elisha Fall and Priscilla Lo as part of the MFA Curating course at Goldsmiths College.