synonyms: communal, community, collective, group, general, popular, civil, public, societal To be anti any of the above is to be antisocial, recognized as a social problem. Refusing to be social is refusing to relate to human society and its members. Someone with social issues. Sociopaths are often described as antisocial - “dangerous, unprincipled, distasteful, disruptive, rebellious, …
To Clarify My Intentions on Khal
This was written on September 15, 2015 (revised January 7, 2020) as an attempt and conscious effort to clarify my intentions on Khal - a project I began in September 2014 while residing in Tabriz, Iran. I wanted to make clear that as an American of Persian and Azeri decent, my experience as a woman with freedom in America …
One Song Two Sides Bold Breathing – MISSING
a living score - a language used to tell a story, communicate a process, and provide instructions while remaining transient and undefined One Song Two Sides Bold Breathing went forever missing to an unknown admirer thief, to a fourth interpreter, to the sea of lost mail, to the piccolo player in the clouds, to albert ayler, to its …
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Khal at the Viewfinder
November 11 - 24, 2015 Viewfinder Auckland Central Library, 46 Lorne Street, Auckland 8 Pillars - A Free Score (video installation) film features Suki Dewey, Nazanin Daneshvar, Yasi Alipour, Julia Santoli, Gabie Strong, Laura Sofia, and Helga Fassonaki Watch video on Vimeo About Khal project
Khal Scores performed around the globe
In September 2014, Helga Fassonaki sent scores in the form of sculptures from Tabriz, Iran to sixteen female artists and musicians living abroad to perform in public in lieu of her ability to do so legally in Iran. Artists who received Fassonaki's scores include Rachel Shearer & Beth Ducklingmonster (Auckland, NZ), Kali Z Fasteau (NYC, NY), Kelly …
Khal at Nga Taonga Sound And Vision
November 17 – December 11, 2015 Khal at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision 300 Karangahape Rd Newton, Auckland NZ Khal continues to document a living score as a language used to tell a story, communicate a vocal process, and provide instructions for a poetic movement that grows strength from the transformation of solo into group resonance. Presented alongside Fassonaki’s …
Khal at the Audio Foundation gallery
November 5 – 28, 2015 The Audio Foundation Gallery 4 Poynton Terrace Auckland, NZ Audio Foundation gallery presented the fifth iteration of Helga Fassonaki's ongoing project Khal, which she began in Tabriz, Iran in September 2014. Fassonaki had sent sixteen sculptural scores she made in Iran abroad for sixteen female artists to interpret and perform publicly …
Celestial at the Audacious Festival of Sonic Arts
October 24-26, 2015 Audacious Festival presented by The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery Christchurch, New Zealand When asked to present a sound piece for the Audacious Festival, which began as a way consider the vacant lots in Christchurch’s central city as fading gaps in the collective memory of those who know the city, the idea of …
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Khal at The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery
8 October – 31 October 2015 The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery 35 New Regent St Christchurch New Zealand 8011 The Auricle Sonic Arts Gallery presented the fourth iteration of Helga Fassonaki's ongoing project Khal, which she began in Tabriz, Iran in September 2014. Fassonaki had sent sixteen sculptural scores she made in Iran abroad for sixteen …
Khal in Book of Scores at Disjecta
September 26 - November 1, 2015 Disjecta 8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland, Oregon 8 Pillars - A Free Score (live) composed by Helga Fassonaki performed by Julia Santoli & Helga Fassonaki for the Book of Scores opening - September 26, 2015 Watch video on Vimeo 8 Pillars - A Free Score (film projection) film features …
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