Haroon Mirza | Art Travelogue to Focal Point Gallery, Performance Art, Sound and Voice

ART TRAVELOGUE is your audio/video journey with contemporary art as a destination. Embark on this trip with your host, curator and art writer Joana P. R. Neves. Ft. Haroon Mirza, Yates Norton, Inês Costa. I travel by train to see British artist Haroon Mirza's commissioned performance and sound installation for the exhibition at Focal Point Gallery Other Worlds: Acts of Translation . The people, the seascapes, the urban areas, the histories of Essex's estuary are seen through the scope of a trip to Mirza's work: a translation of electric sounds into human voices. This journey is sprinkled with impressions of the artist, the two curators, Inês Costa and Yates Norton. The arrival is epic: on site, to experience the performance Adam, Eve, Others and a UFO for Choral Octet. ⁠SIGN UP: https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas Donate: ⁠ https://exhibitionistaspodcast.com/support-us With works from The David and Indrē Roberts Collection . Focal Point Gallery is South Essex’s only public contemporary art gallery, open to all. The David and Indrē Roberts Collection features nearly 2,500 works by over 900 artists, dating from the mid-20th century to today. Curated by Inês Costa ( Focal Point Gallery ) and Yates Norton ( The Roberts Institute of Art ). Instagram: @focalpointgallery @therobertsinstituteofart To know more about Haroon Mirza: https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/haroon-mirzahttps://www.youtube.com/@outputs_av Key themes: Sound; light; sound art; translation; performance art; music and sound; the singing voice; translating sound to voice; knowledge; wisdom; contemporary art; new technologies; generative technologies; AI; Essex county, communication; shamanism; non-verbal communication; history as myth; faith, myth and science. Joana's essays on Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com⁠⁠⁠ For behind the scenes clips, links to the artists and guests we cover, and visuals of the exhibitions we discuss follow us on Instagram: @exhibitionistas_podcast Bluesky: @exhibitionistas.bsky.social exhibitionistaspod@gmail.com #contemporaryart #immersive #artexhibitions #soundart #haroonmirza #exhibitionistas #exhibitionistaspodcast #joanaprneves #focalpointgallery #soundandlightart #performance #performanceart #choral #choirsinging #voice #translation #ai #aiandart #aiart #experimentalart Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message. Support the show Created & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency