Sessions Block Universe Festival
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Podcast by Block Universe Festival
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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.