Christine AYO (Artist Talk)
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Sat May 30 | de Brakke Grond
In this talk, artist Christine AYO will dive deeper into her practice and her project SO(N)R, also on view during FIBER 2026. SO(N)R is a multifaceted project that explores sound's materiality in remembering history. Moved by the illegibility of language and the potency of wails as agents of empathy and transformation in moments of grief, the artis delves into the ceremonial practice of keening, drawing connections to her ancestry. This talk is part of a bigger conversation on artists working with sound to remember and record histories that might otherwise be lost.
About the artist
Christine AYO is a Kampala-raised, Rotterdam-based multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, sound, performance, and film. She approaches artist-hood as a daily process of plural world-building. Through time-based and collaborative works, AYO researches how intangible cultural heritage – including language and Indigenous knowledge systems – comes into dialogue with material forms, shaping sites where histories are enlivened, shared, and, at times, misunderstood. AYO is a current resident at Rijksakademie.
All artist portraits shot by Christijn Groeneveld.
