Instructions For Living a Life

Instructions for Living a Life Podcast by Sarah Shin & M.J. Harding w/ Claire-Louise Bennett, Field Recordings, Bhanu Kapil, Nisha Ramayya, Tabita Rezaire, Himali Singh Soin, and Aura Satz “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” — Mary Oliver Instructions for Living a Life is a podcast journey by M.J. Harding and Sarah Shin through inner and outer space bringing together sound, poetry, and instructions. A proposal for inhabitation as a practice of freedom and beauty as a survival strategy, Instructions for Living a Life explores the coincidence of psychic, geometric, and embodied spaces through rituals and exercises of listening, dwelling and breath. Setlist: 1. Sammy Lee (narration) 2. Thich Nhat Hanh 3. Aura Satz 4. Bhanu Kapil 5. Pauline Oliveros 6. Himali Singh Soin 7. Claire-Louise Bennett 8. Tabita Rezaire 9. Nisha Ramayya & Sun Ra - Field Recordings The podcast Instructions for Living a Life was commissioned by Block Universe, London’s leading international performance art festival and commissioning body, on the occasion of Sessions, its first-ever virtual festival programme hosted from 25 to 30 May 2020. Sessions is generously sponsored with Art Fund support.