In the third session of the live Archival Frequencies series, artist Ayesha Hameed and musician Tom Hirst perform their new work ‘We are in flood’ (2024), exploring subaquatic bodies of water as sites of grief, suffering, and kinship. Through these water ecosystems and adjacent worlds, the piece weaves together echoes of voices from past works ‘Black Atlantis: The End of Eating Everything’ and ‘Brown Atlantis Radio’ as Hameed and Hirst continue their explorations of the Atlantic and Indian oceans and the imagined Kumari Kandam, a lost Tamil continent that was the cradle of all human civilisation. An Atlantis before Atlantis. This piece includes music from Bi Kidude, Rabindranath Tagore, Pearl Divers from the Arabian Peninsula, and the voices of Rachel Baker, Lizzie Homersham, Bijan Moosavi, Christian Nyampeta, and Theodor Ringborg.
Credits:
Introduction podcast version: Yahia Saleh
Technician live version: Kristian Eliasson
Technician live radio: Jonatan Bergsman
Postproduction producer: Daniel Säfström
Graphic Designer: Linda Hallstan
Additional recording: Kristian Eliasson
Concept: Black Archives Sweden
Learn more about Ayesha Hameed here:
https://www.instagram.com/sayeshahameed/
Learn more about Tom Hirst here:
https://www.instagram.com/tomhirstmusic/
Learn more about Black Archives Sweden here:
https://www.blackarchivessweden.com/
https://www.instagram.com/blackarchivessweden/
Learn more about Retreat Radio here:
https://www.retreatradio.net/
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The episode is done by Black Archives Sweden in collaboration with Retreat Radio with support from the Swedish Arts Council and Region Skåne.
