Part of a growing and evolving set of nomadic performances and events. Commissioned by Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, here in its third iteration as part of Quoz Arts Fest 2024. Bringing [im]migrant workers from the neighbourhood outside of Alserkal Avenue as well as Bur Dubai into the festival space to interact with visitors through sonic representation; reclaiming and commenting on themes of inclusion, visibility, voice, social structures and cultural aesthetics.

Stories, languages, sounds, songs and names gathered from my research in and around Al Quoz Industrial Area 1 where Alserkal Avenue is located, were used to create matter feeding into this latest version of the work. Using conversational and site specific processes, this work presents possibilities to expand exponentially as it responds to the people and cultures of neighbourhoods in each separate location where it is situated; forming a composite sonic geography which connects migratory journeys and slips across histories and identities of towns and cities beyond international borders from Margate (2018) to Nottingham (2023) to Dubai (2024) and onwards.

For further documentation and details see Let The Record Show and Let The Record Show II, the first two versions of these performances.

Originally conceived and performed as a part of There Goes The Neighbourhood (2018), a composite work I created in the form of an experiential ‘drive by’ listening tour in a customised taxi, a three hour collaborative mixtape, an installation and large scale street posters featuring texts derived from conversations with habitants of my neighbourhood in Cliftonville, Margate.

Video documentation by Hyku D Photography. Photos by Hyku D Photography, Sharmeela Pandya and Driss Sadni Assaoui. All music and samples are used for artistic purposes and in no way intended to harm, prejudice or attempt to own copyrights of the original.