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My fathers left.
2023-24
Research project, workshops, text, sound.

Sound piece comission for Borealis Festival for Experimental Music, Bergen. 2023.
Exhibition comission, Borealis Festival for Experimental Music, Bergen. 2024.
Reclaiming Narrratives workshop held with Touki as part of Borealis 2024.
Shown at Atelier Nord, April-May 2025.
Workshop with Miki Gebrelul, April 2025 at Atelier Nord.

Said Warya - synth composition
Conrad Parris – voice over
Isak Wingsternes – installation audio engineer, mixed in Duper Studio
Edison Hango - research assistance







My Fathers Left is a sound and video installation in the form of a poetic sonic essay, housed within a wooden listening structure whose shape is based on the stands used to hold boats on dry land. The work explores narratives of Black fatherhood from the perspective of children of the African diaspora.

2,40 minute excerpt: https://vimeo.com/1125855614 or see below.



Image from Atelier Nord, April 2025.
Image from Atelier Nord, April 2025.


Image from workshop with Miki Gebrelul, Atelier Nord, April 2025.







Image from Borealis, 2024.


Image from Borealis, 2024.


Image from workshop at Borealis Festival co-hosted with Touki, 2024.