Improvisation Rites @southbermondseyfestival
Duration : 1hr 10mins
This long form durational performance was led by Mahika Gautam and Stefan Szczelkun alongside a troupe of improvising musicians meeting for the first time. Banded together to form a scratch orchestra sonically etching out a series or pre-scribed rites onto the industrial architecture of Bermondsey’s railway arches.
Photographs and edit by @0cean.bby
A little snippet! New to this way of sharing, but this was a performance I made at the end of last year (full videos in my bio) and Courtney made a beautiful video about it all.
🔊Music by @_nirmalchohan and @thatdosacat
Thank you so much to everyone involved ☀️
Producer: Raze Collective
For Raze Collective: Seyi Osi, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, Lucy Hayhoe & Fraser Buchanan
@razecollective@sey_osi@unembarrasable@lucyhayhoe@fraserfab
Director/Producer/Editor: Courtney Nettleford
@ratney.mxf
Studio DOP: Adam Pringle @adamprfilm
Location DOP: Courtney Nettleford @ratney.mxf
Location 1st AD, Producer : Conrad Pope @ctpope_
1st AC: Ruan Whyler @ruanisanerd
Gaffer: Casper-Dakota Nurse-Baker @cdnursebaker
Set design: Jemima Pike and Joanna Walker @pemimajike , @woannaj
Art department: Viola Furlan & Chelsea Pratley @_violetc._ , @chelseaspratley
Filmed at BalletBoyz Studio @balletboyz
2nd Camera: Kitty Voget @kittytegov
Special thanks to the trustees of the Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement for their generous support, making the production of these films possible. @accharitablesettlement
Raze Introducing is a project supported with funding from Arts Council England @aceagrams , and is delivered in partnership with @stanleyarts.uk
Altered snippets of performances over the past 6 months (01)
1-3 Improvisation with Fawas and Farabi at Forplay Society, Kochi
4-5 Performance with Violet at Conditions, Croydon
MAAH, a performance duo, will be performing on the first floor balcony of Forplay Society, Bazaar Road, rooted in the spirit of Holi.
Please come along to witness it!
05.03.26
1.20pm
Surveying the shows and initiatives unfolding around the Kochi Biennale, Mahika Gautam finds that the more incisive and urgent insights emerge from student practices and grassroots organizations committed to art as a communal practice.
Read at the link in bio.
#mahikagautam #kochi #kochimuzirisbiennale
@wwaysofseeing
Images: [1] Dima Srouji, Foundations, 2025. Image courtesy of Ishara Art Foundation. Photo by Anuj Daga. [2] Michelangelo Pistoletto, Divisione e moltiplicazione dello specchio (Division and multiplication of the mirror), 2025. Courtesy of Galleria Continua, San Gimignano. Photo by Biju Ibrahim. [3] View of Alkazi Theatre Archives’s Re: Public and Re: Staging 1990s (Delhi) at Jail of Freedom Struggle, Kochi, 2025. Image courtesy of Alkazi Theatre Archives.
![Surveying the shows and initiatives unfolding around the Kochi Biennale, Mahika Gautam finds that the more incisive and urgent insights emerge from student practices and grassroots organizations committed to art as a communal practice.Read at the link in bio.#mahikagautam #kochi #kochimuzirisbiennale@wwaysofseeingImages: [1] Dima Srouji, Foundations, 2025. Image courtesy of Ishara Art Foundation. Photo by Anuj Daga. [2] Michelangelo Pistoletto, Divisione e moltiplicazione dello specchio (Division and multiplication of the mirror), 2025. Courtesy of Galleria Continua, San Gimignano. Photo by Biju Ibrahim. [3] View of Alkazi Theatre Archives’s Re: Public and Re: Staging 1990s (Delhi) at Jail of Freedom Struggle, Kochi, 2025. Image courtesy of Alkazi Theatre Archives.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6735552431181867725168_0_486a15decbe2f2aea76c9b78d88ab7e0.jpg?o=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&h=2d5b221cac3a2349151dd99bebd59c38)
