Upcoming and ongoing projects

PRICKS

PRICKS stands for Pandemics, Representation, Intimacy, Congregation and Knowledge Systems. An international recurrent conference series, curated by Adham Hafez, and is a partnership between HaRaKa Plaform, New York University’s department of Performance Studies, and Cairography Publication. The series invited guests including Syrian choreographer Mey Seifan, Belgian theorist Joachim Ben Yakoub, Moroccan Philosopher Arafat Sadallah, among others. Discussions revolve around urgent questions within an accelerationist reality, with the desire to carve out spaces for such urgent conversations within academic and curatorial institutions.

Of Songs and Fish

Adham Hafez was invited by Utrecht University’s “History of Knowledge” conference, to present a paper that investigates the connection between loss of biodiversity in the Red Sea, in relation to disappearance of popular dances and songs from that region. The paper entitled ‘Of Songs and Fish’, results from the multi-year research project ‘In 50 Years Or So’, directed by Adham Hafez, in partnership with HaRaKa Platform’s core members, Mona Gamil, Lamia Gouda, and Adam Kucharski. Currently, the research looks at ways of rethinking tools in art historiography, through addressing the Anthropocene.

Ouroboros

In ancient Egypt and Greece, the symbol of the serpent eating its own tail played an important role in magic, Gnosticism, and Alchemy. 4000 years later, the “Ouroboros” also became a founding notion in Cybernetics, making it all the way in blockchain infrastructures today. Created through conversations with the AI-powered responsive technology ChatGPT, Ourboros is part ritual, part lecture, investigating symbols of eternity within our digital futures. This multimedia performance is a production of HaRaKa Platform, Hebbel Am Ufer Theater, Powered by Wizara.