Sound Body (interactive talk, process sharing)
Kim Baraka
Sound Body is a multimedia performance project based on the speculative concept of “sono-archeology”, an exploration of the body as a sound archive. What happens when we unearth the sounds that live in us? What possibilities for action emerge when we voice the sounds rooted within?

Working with remembered and collected sounds on the spectrum of soothing to traumatizing, the artist explores our relationship to sound as a gateway to our identities and lived experiences. Based on an archive of sounds ranging from the 2020 Beirut blast, the sound of Israeli drones constantly occupying the Lebanese airspace, and gibberish poems composed by loved ones, “Sound Body” is a live
excavation of buried sounds experienced from afar through looped voice compositions and movement. The performance invites us to reflect on our individual and collective paths in relation to heritage, belonging, and memory.
In this showing, the artist will share their process of working on this piece in the form of an interactive talk, inviting the audience to engage with the work conceptually, physically, and sensorially.

About the artist:
Kim Baraka is a Lebanese-born dance artist and scientist based in Amsterdam. His artistic practice centers improvisation as a non-verbal language to connect to the current circumstance. He has recently been interested in exploring the frontier between dance and voice composition. Previously, he was a member of the Beirut Dance Company (Lebanon) and the Pillow Projects Company (Pittsburgh, USA). As a freelancer, he collaborated with artists and researchers in dance, theater, fashion design, photography, film, and philosophy. In 2024, he starred in short film Cobalt, which was awarded Best European Experimental Short and shown in several cultural and academic venues. He is also the founder of Impromptu Amsterdam, a platform dedicated to sharing cross-disciplinary improvisational knowledge to and from the community (www.kimbaraka.com/impromptu).
“Sound Body” is made possible thanks to the support of Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Ettijahat Independent Culture and rehearsal and development space from
Triplets and 4Bid Gallery.