Photographs by Jon C. Archdeacon
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With the experience of cultural dysphoria in our communities as a result of increasing globalisation and hybridity; often in our lives, our struggles with loss, displacement and memory are overlooked.
Exploring themes of cultural dysphoria, belonging and loss, we try to understand ourselves in the wake of inherited generational trauma, imposed cultural and collective identity, ‘inherited history’ and our contemporary self.
Together, we share our personal perspectives on the growing sense of displacement in our global community through new visual art, spoken word, live music as a means to find intimacy, connection and a meaningful understanding of each other.
Performed on 3rd July 2024 as a special event in the Read Theatre in conjunction with my solo exhibition Take-away at the Blyth Gallery, Sherfield Building, Imperial College London.
Meet the creatives
HANNAH LEE is a Glasgow-based music teacher graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2016 studying music teaching, engaging and collaborating in various art-forms and practices. As a student, they developed their passion for teaching, community music, and Kodaly methodology. They now works as a freelance performer, music teacher, composer and collaborating artist.
Passionate about inclusive music-making, they have directed mental health choirs for NHS Lothian and See Me Scotland, sat on panels for anti-racist events supporting ESA Scotland, Racial Justice Network and RCS Cultural Diversity and have been involved in multiple performances with the Glasgow Women’s Library as a performer and composer.
NAFISSATOU BATU DARAMY is a classically trained operatic mezzo-soprano of African, Asian and Levantine descent. As an intersectional artist, she is passionate about creating experiences of meaning and social value by bringing together different genres and disciplines of artistic expression. In recent engagements, she performed in the Sanskrit language opera Ganga by Jataneel Banerjee, later joining the creative team in further developing the piece as a vocal writing consultant.
Her background in Opera has brought her much experience, particularly with English National Opera and Welsh National Opera. She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, concluding her studies as a member of the 2018 cohort of the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio. She is currently a Pegasus Talent artist.
