Merkayangan | Romila Barryman.

Thursday June 22nd | Doors at 7pm

Show at 7:10pm

Join us at Lobe for Merkayangan: A Study of the Realms, by Romila Barryman.

Merkayangan is a 4DSOUND simulation of the seven kejawen realms using traditional Javanese instruments, sounds in nature and archival recordings. Merkayangan consists of 5 pieces, with a few minutes of speaking in between.

This project uses modern technologies (leveraging Lobe's dedicated spatial sound studio) and spiritual technologies (kejawen mysticism and Javanese instruments, such as the gamelan and angklung) to reconstruct a pre-colonial recollection of these liminalities while also engaging in new ways in its depiction. These pieces are a reclamation project which blend archives, academic research and cultural knowledge to re-document these understandings into present-day discourse through auditory art as storytelling.

Tickets: Sliding Scale, PWYC Donation. Suggested $15-$30.