kimya
Email:
soundbykimya@gmail.com
Instagram:
@kimya_sound
(it means peace)
A series of deep sonic and textual experiments inspired by the music of the black diaspora.
kimya is a softly curated space for reading, gathering, and listening. Drop in to immerse yourself in a selection of music and books inspired by the warmth and refusal expressed through Congolese rumba.
I turn toward sound because this is where my connection to my family’s homeland began: in my grandmother’s steady voice. Long before I learned she sang in the choir, her prayers and our brief conversations held me through the telephone, a sonic presence despite the barriers of language and the Atlantic Ocean. Toni Morrison writes, “all water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” Like the water that both separates and connects our lives, I am often searching for an origin point. Books and music have become way-finding tools as these things hold memory, too. Though it is an archival project, kimya is uninterested in lingering in nostalgia. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ theory of deep listening, it is an invitation enlivened by community engagement, dialogue and experimentation
Visit us at Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto from Mar 7 to Mar 29:
Listening session: Friday, March 7 / 6-8 pm
Visting hours: Friday + Saturday / 3-7 pm
Closing reception: Saturday, March 29 / 6-8 pm
kimya is a softly curated space for reading, gathering, and listening. Drop in to immerse yourself in a selection of music and books inspired by the warmth and refusal expressed through Congolese rumba.
I turn toward sound because this is where my connection to my family’s homeland began: in my grandmother’s steady voice. Long before I learned she sang in the choir, her prayers and our brief conversations held me through the telephone, a sonic presence despite the barriers of language and the Atlantic Ocean. Toni Morrison writes, “all water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” Like the water that both separates and connects our lives, I am often searching for an origin point. Books and music have become way-finding tools as these things hold memory, too. Though it is an archival project, kimya is uninterested in lingering in nostalgia. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ theory of deep listening, it is an invitation enlivened by community engagement, dialogue and experimentation
Visit us at Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto from Mar 7 to Mar 29:
Listening session: Friday, March 7 / 6-8 pm
Visting hours: Friday + Saturday / 3-7 pm
Closing reception: Saturday, March 29 / 6-8 pm
Closing Reception