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I Am Not Just Passing By…

June 2021

Article written by curator Harriet Zhang.

I am not just passing by…

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𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙭 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙬 artist talk series closed with a rare first-time conversation between artists and filmmakers John Akomfrah (@smoking_dogs_films) and Julianknxx (@julianknxx) at the ICA (@icalondon).

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Look back to Diasporas Now artist takeover in March, a finale of our yearlong collective residency at the ICA (@icalondon). We brought together our community and artist peers from across the year to celebrate this wonderful journey. Thank you all for

Introducing @youthmusicuk NextGen artist @diamond.sound for @diasporas_now x @prsfoundation MIXER at @icalondon on 29/3

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦

Introducing @hinakoomori for @diasporas_now x @prsfoundation MIXER at @icalondon on 29/3

Hinako Omori is a Japanese artist offering immersive sonic architectures and environments in which to process and access emotional states through binaural reco

Introducing @gaikasees for @diasporas_now x @prsfoundation MIXER at @icalondon on 29/3

GAIKA is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, installation, performance, sculpture, and text. Emerging from London’s electronic underground, hi

@diasporas_now x @prsfoundation present MIXER at @icalondon on 29/3 

This event is an opportunity to gain insight into resourcing cultural movements between art and experimental music  – featuring a panel of artists @gaikasees @hinak

Taking over decks and percussion is @blackobsidian_soundsystem and @softchaosssss for @diasporas_now’s @icalondon takeover

Berlin-based, Ecuadorian-American DJ and post-discipline research artist softchaos will collaborate with @riekowhitfiel

@diasporas_now’s @riekowhitfield offers a special edition of @soundandmusicuk’s Sampler Mixtape on @resonancefm for their @icalondon collective residency takeover

Featuring live recordings and unreleased tracks by and for Diasporas Now&

Dancer, artist and body-focused researcher SERAFINE1369 (@serafine1369) will present ‘Chorus (a fragment)’ for @diasporas_now’s artist takeover on 7/3 at @icalondon.

A dancer’s art is built on an attitude of listening, with

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