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Dania Shihab (Baghdad, 1982) is a transnational artist, musician, curator and emergency doctor based in Barcelona. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Tasmania (Australia) . As a sound artist, her practice focuses on identity, borders and displacement based on her experience as a forced migrant. Using samples and field recordings and employing her voice as a tool of cultural and gender agency, she composes long-form electroacoustic pieces. Since 2014 she has headed the Paralaxe Editions platform, where she releases experimental music and curates performances across Europe. In 2023, Paralaxe Editions became an orbiting resident at Hangar, Barcelona. She has performed at festivals and venues such as Sonic Acts, Sónar, Mira, She Makes Noise and Cafe Oto. Shihab has published several musical works related to her experience as a migrant and her cultural identity in transition, including Voz (2022) and Foreign Body (2023). In 2024 she completed five-week residency in Providenza, Communities Between Islands (Sardinia/Corsica and Syros), where she mapped the land-sea interface and explored its impact on the concept of border within migrant communities. She has been selected as an artist of SHAPE+ platform for innvovative audiovisual art ‘24/25.
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ESP:
Dania Shihab (Baghdad, 1982) es una artista transnacional, música, comisaria y médica de urgencias afincada en Barcelona. Se licenció en medicina y cirugía de la Universidad de Tasmania (Australia) en 2006. Como artista sonora su producción se centra en la identidad, las fronteras y los desplazamientos a partir de su experiencia entre transiciones como migrante forzada. Utilizando samplers y técnicas de grabación de campo y empleando su voz como un instrumento sonoro con agencia cultural y de género compone piezas electroacústicas de largo duración. Desde 2014 dirige la plataforma Paralaxe Editions, a través de la cual publica trabajos sonoros experimentales de artistas que traspasan fronteras y comisaría conciertos y eventos en vivo. En 2023, Paralaxe Editions orbita en Hangar, Barcelona. Ha actuado en festivales y salas como Sonic Acts, Sónar, Mira, She Makes Noise y Cafe Oto. Shihab ha publicado varios trabajos musicales relacionados con su experiencia como migrante y su identidad cultural en transición, entre ellos Voz (2022) y Foreign Body (2023). En mayo de 2024 participará en una residencia de cinco semanas en Providenza , Communities Between Islands (Sardinia/Corsica and Syros), donde cartografiará la interfaz tierra-mar y explorará su impacto en el concepto de frontera dentro de las comunidades de migrantes.
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