7 suspended brass discs, surface transducers, live electronics, performance, 45′, 2023

Kayīb is a sound performance built on forbidden songs, the entangled methods of oil and voice extraction, and histories of charlatanism. It follows chance encounters between historical and musical figures, from G. I. Gurdjieff among the mystics of Paris to the Armenian musicians at the court of Haile Selassie. All sound passes through seven suspended brass discs mounted with surface transducers, which amplify, distort, and break the signals down; during the performance the discs are set into oscillating motion.