What can the voice carry when speech is restricted, and how can silence become an active political condition when language turns into terrain for struggle?

In connection with the exhibition The sound of, the Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde, together with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/Action Aid Denmark, invites you to a conversation between multidisciplinary artist Hajra Waheed and writer and literary critic Athena Farrokhzad. The conversation is moderated by journalist and author Jakob Sheikh.

About the exhibition

The Sound of focuses on the poetic, political and social potentials of sound in contemporary art, presenting works by an array of international and Danish artists including Hajra Waheed, Hanne Lippard, Clara Mosconi, Julian Abraham ‘Togar’, Emeka Ogboh, Cally Spooner, Francesco Fonassis, Arendse Krabbe and Annika Kahrs.

Through voices, rhythms, language and vibrations, the exhibition opens experiences that move between the intimate and the collective, between body and space, between listening and action. The exhibition presents several newly produced works together with a programme of performances, talks and activities. Explore the programme here.

The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Moderna Museet Malmö.

The exhibition is supported by:

Danish Arts Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation, New Carlsberg Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond, OCA, Italian Council, Det Obelske Familiefond, Sound Environment Center (Lund University), Art Music Denmark, Danish Composers’ Society, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Ernst B Sund Fonden

A speciel thanks to: Roskilde Municipality, To Øl, AIAIAI, Mellemfolkelig Samvirke/ActionAid Denmark, Politiken Plus