Seeing Sounds is a series of events devoted to the playback of recorded music. Conceived for the Studio Marie-Claude Beaud, the project offers a moment dedicated to a physical and collective listening experience, through a sound system developed especially for the occasion.
This session of Seeing Sounds echoes the exhibition by Ibrahim Mahama, whose work focuses on the circulation of people, objects, materials and stories between Ghana and the rest of the world. Through a selection of rare and emblematic recordings, Brian Shimkovitz will offer an exploration of highlife, born in Ghana at the beginning of the 20th century.
This major genre blends rhythms and musical traditions of Ghana with Western instruments as well as influences from jazz, giving rise to a music that is at once festive, sophisticated and deeply rooted in local culture.