DANIA
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Although decolonisation has become a cause célèbre throughout the Western cultural sphere, Replica - Relic questions institutions’ commitment to rectifying historical injustice. Focusing on the British Museum and its collection of antiquities—many of them “acquired” via colonial violence—the work not only rejects the museum’s custodial authority, but forcefully repatrates these objects.
Without consent from the museum, Dania visited the premises and surreptitiously took 3D scans of several Mesopotamian artefacts. Those scans then became the building blocks for a series of 5 custom-built musical instruments which will be at the core of the Replica - Relic performance. Working in conjunction with Morgó’s immersive visuals, Dania will tap into the sonic memories embedded within these objects, reanimating voices and invoking the landscapes from which they came.