Fire Museum Presents: Checkpoint 303 and Jad Atoui
Presented in co-operation with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture.
Checkpoint 303 is an activist sonic project that creates experimental & electronic music, by combining field recordings performed mainly in Palestine, Tunisia & Egypt with electronic beats, audio archives, oud & piano. Led by sound designer SC MoCha. the electronic experiment initially kicked off in 2004 when sound cutter SC MoCha teamed up with Bethlehem-based Palestinian sound catcher SC Yosh. the idea is to cut, track, fragment and reconstruct the audio soundscape from daily lives in the middle east and across the Arab world. new audio reporting on injustice. an ode to resistance in the face of oppression.
Jad Atoui is a NY-based sound artist and improviser whose work spans through live performance, compositions, installations, and workshops. He composes and performs electronic and electro-acoustic music. Atoui has performed with musicians like John Zorn, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Anderson, Chuck Bettis, Tarek Atoui & Anthony Sahyoun. He has also given and co-directed workshops at Marfa Sounding, Ashkal Alwan & Beirut Synth Center. Commissioned work folio includes residencies at The Stone (NYC), The National Sawdust (NYC), Beirut Art Center, Arab Image foundation & The Sharjah art foundation.
During his formative years in New York, Atoui found interest in the New York avant-garde scene while working closely with NYC downtown musicians, learning improvised music techniques. In 2015, he spearheaded the “Biosonics” project in collaboration with scientist Ivan Marazzi in order to incorporate bio-sonification of behaviors as compositional tools. The project was later published in John Zorn’s Arcana Book Vol. XVIII and premiered at The National Sawdust as part of The Stone’s commissioning series. He is currently working with artist and musician Anthony Sahyoun on their duo NP. They released their first album "Lattices” under Ruptured Label. Recent musical ventures also include joining Kinematik's Ensemble 1 release Al ~Jadi.
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