VOZ RARA was a season of public programming curated by Valerio Del Baglivo and Anna Santomauro, 2017 curators-in-residence at Grand Union. Responding to Grand Union’s 2017 public programming theme ‘Voice and Communication’ the two curators put in place a series of workshops, screenings, performances and public talks looking at the use of voice as a cultural and political agent.
The programme featured work by Hamish MacPherson, Sabel Gavaldon, Alex Martinis Roe, Jaume Ferrete Vázquez, Mikhail Karikis and Katarina Zdjelar.
The title VOZ RARA was inspired by the work of Catalan artist Jaume Ferrete Vázquez (in English “rare, unusual voice”) and it refers to exceptional uses of voice as metaphor and practice of collective participation.
For more detailed information about the programme, curators and residency click here.
The programme run from Autumn 2017 – Spring 2018 included the following events:
September 28, 2pm
HAMISH MACPHERSON
Improvising Politics: Out of Touch
Workshop at Grand Union
3pm, 21 October 2017
SABEL GAVALDON
To strike a pose is to pose a threat
talk at Grand Union
18–19 November 2017
ALEX MARTINIS ROE
Our Future Network: Workshop on Practices of Alliance
Saturday 18 November
Sunday 19 November
30 November – 2 December 2017
JAUME FERRETE VÁZQUEZ
Voz Rara Rara Rara
workshop – venue tbc
7pm, 1 December 2017
JAUME FERRETE VÁZQUEZ
There are none so deaf
performance in Minerva Works
6pm, 27 February 2018
MIKHAIL KARIKIS
Vocal Terrains: sound, collectivity and labour
a screening of Karikis’s films and a performance lecture at Birmingham University
May 2018
KATARINA ZDJELAR
Between the sounds
a screening of Zdjelar’s films at Birmingham City University