SPOR X TURKIS:

THE DIVINE LISTENING ROOM

13.05.2023

Doors: 19:00 // Concert: 19:30

An experimental audio/visual performance. With intoxicating music, scents and video, it aims to convey a sense of both our past and our future.

Sama: The Divine Listening Room is a call and response between Arshia Fatima Haq and Yara Mekawei and video work by Anum Awan and Amy Alexander.

Steeped in floral fragrance, the immersive experience invites us to participate in sama – an act which, through deep listening and meditation, creates a connection to the divine and is common in Sufi dargahs (shrines). Sama: The Divine Listening Room is a sonic sculpture, connecting and bridging cultural narratives and recreating the idea of homes and sacred spaces in the diaspora – in other words, among those population groups that voluntarily or involuntarily live outside their home countries.

Sama: The Divine Listening Room is series-in-progress of installations by Arshia Fatima Haq, which she started in 2015.

SPOR FESTIVAL TICKETS

• An early-bird partout ticket costs DKK 300 (+ fee) // After March 31, the partout tickets cost DKK 500 (+ fee)

• A day ticket costs DKK 100 (+ fee) for young people under 30 // DKK 150 (+ fee) for adults over 30.

Find more information about the program and tickets at: sporfestival.dk

ABOUT SPOR FESTIVAL

Anne Marqvardsen and Anna Berit Asp Christesen are behind SPOR festival. Together, they seek to present the festival's audience with the latest trends in sound and tone art. They want to ensure a broad diversity in the programme, and work closely with the respective artists in their curation.

SPOR Festival is an annual festival that since 2005 has filled Aarhus with a number of different musical universes, works and performances.

SPOR festival 2023 is supported by Aarhus Kommune, Koda Kultur, Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Statens Kunstfond, Art Music Denmark, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden, Creative Europe, Det Obelske Familiefond, Augustinus Fonden, William Demant Fonden, Europæisk Kulturregion, Hoffmann og Husmans Fond og NAPA – Nordens Institut i Grønland.

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