Sonica Double Bill: The Moving Tides // Ireti

Inspired by Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us, a revolutionary book finding a new audience in the age of climate crisis, SHHE’s The Moving Tides is an immersive multivocal audio work. Her breathy, plangent siren’s song blends with melodies on modular synthesiser, evoking the rolling of the seas.

Composer, musician and turntablist NikNak presents a live performance around Ireti, a new album informed by Afrofuturism and classic sci-fi. From its bleak, dystopian opening tracks, evoking such doomy visions of the future as Blade Runner, Ireti takes the listener on a journey where seeds of hope bloom and humanity ultimately emerges from darkness into a shining future, symbolised by blissful jungle and shimmering mutant trip-hop. We need not fear what’s to come, NikNak argues: the technology we’re so suspicious of, could turn out to be our salvation. 

ACCESS

This is a standing performance
Limited seating can be provided – please request when booking
Suitable for Subpacs  
The Moving Tides is Highly Visual / No or Little Text
Ireti: Lyrics available on request

Audience notes
Ireti contains flashing and flickering lights

Running time 85 mins (intervals included)(35mins/15mins interval/35mins)

The Moving Tides is a Cryptic Commission 2024, developed at Cove Park and ArtHouse Jersey.