H A U T

Tifawen, واضح, Klar

Exploration of cultural heritage in parallel to contemporary artforms.

Format: WORKSHARING
Genre: Experimental sound, installation and performance

Date: January 29th 2025
Time: 15:00-17:00
Place: Black Box,
Thoravej 29
2400 København NV

Participation in the event is FREE, but please reserve your spot as seats are limited – you can book a ticket right here:

The artistic research

During this residency the artists will research the intersection of their practices as North African diaspora, exploring various moods of celebration and adapting it to the contemporary frame of their individual practices; working on storytelling both in performance and in scenography. They will celebrate their culture, and expand the possibilities of their representation, creating a visually stimulating installation which sets the scene for a powerful and intimate storytelling. They immerse themselves in an examination and a creation of collective understandings and new meanings that are valuable to the artistic work in their community.

Their shared intention is to discover new ways to communicate the essence of celebration - its fluidity, its contrasts, and its capacity to unite. They aim to learn from each other’s distinct methodologies and find innovative intersections between sound, light, poetry and movement. 

About the artists

Leïla, Mia and Siham collaboration stems from a shared desire to explore themes of universality and individuality through celebration. By combining their artistic practices - Leïla’s focus on sound and technology with Siham emphasis on physical and vocal expression - they aim to craft a performance that embodies the multifaceted nature of human connection and ritual.

Leïla Bélangeon Bouaziz (Fatäk) is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, and artistic director who blends analog, digital, and acoustic mediums to create immersive sensory experiences. Known for her innovative explorations of soundscapes through DIY synthesizers, voice, and noise elements, Leïla's practice bridges performance, music, and visual storytelling. Her work investigates the boundaries between abstraction and narrative, evoking atmospheres that are at once visceral and thought-provoking.

Zahna Siham Benamor is an artist working across performance, sound, text, and installation, recently focusing on transforming poetry into tangible forms - returning it to the images that inspired it. As a woman of Algerian descent, her poetry is deeply tied to invocation, a spiritual act of summoning desires. Her work reflects this heritage while engaging with European influences, colonial history, and feminism. With a background in social sciences and language studies, she explores fragmented identities, creating art that bridges the personal and political, inviting open interpretations of meaning and form.

Mia Ghabarou (Pamela Angela) is a Tunisian-Danish electronic composer, performer, singer, and visual artist based in Copenhagen. Her work integrates audiovisual composition, site-specific installations, classical strings, and performance to create immersive, multi-media experiences. Ghabarou’s pieces have been exhibited and performed at venues such as Ásmundarsalur Modern Art Gallery in Reykjavik, Simian Contemporary Art Center and Inter Pblc. in Copenhagen, Galeria Ze de Bois (ZDB) in Lisbon, and in group exhibitions in London and Reykjavik.

Website: https://miaghabarou.cargo.site/ 

About IN PROCESS

IN PROCESS is HAUT’s 1-2 week long residency format that makes space for physical brainstorms supporting the investigation and the development of new ideas for the stage.

This group of artists have been invited into residency through the open call IN PROCESS - CELEBRATION, which focuses on giving space to a visual and performative exploration of what celebration can be. The open call was curated in collaboration with artist and scenographer Julian Juhlin.

The residency is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, The Bikuben Foundation and The Municipality of Copenhagen.