Lailaya
Lailaya 2022 Graphic score on textile
Sound Picture
Sound picture 2020 for three group or three solo wind instrument
Cello Story
DEQ #1
DEQ #1 2023 for String instrument
Cello #1
Cello #1 is a complex relationship between Khabat as a performer and the materiality of the instrument within a specific environment. in this work highlights the inherent unpredictability and independence of the cello, providing unique challenges and opportunities for the performer to push the limits of the instrument for new ways of playing and adapting new techniques for the instruments, through interdisciplinary sound-based practice. This work commissioned by ame CIC 2023 performed in Zero Parameter festival in Dai Hall huddersfield, uk ame CIC artistic director :Ryoko Akama sound and video & photo: Joe Christman & Ryoko Akama
Stringed Body
Stringed body In this work I use cello string on my body. I use my body as an instrument, but my body’s resonance is different. It directly communicates with the body that witnesses time and place, all through the vibration of sound, which over time has been absorbed.I cannot distance myself from political reality, and all the work is a manifestation of the social and political environment. this work was part of the Abandoned Space Project, a collaborative project between the Sonorities Festival in Belfast and the Space21 Festival in Kurdistan. The performance took place in (Amna Suraka) the Red Security Building in Sulaymaniyah city, Northern Iraq. it was a political prison constructed by Saddam Hussein for dissenters of his regime.
Kch = Daughter or Girl
Kch كج (Daughter or Girl ) 2022 for voice and string instrument
Bombshell cello
Bombshell cello is a new cello cut out of a bombshell I found in the bazaar of Sulaymaniyah city (Iraq) in December 2019. the transformation of the military object into an art object, especially the cello, shows the deconstruction of the symbols of culture and violence. And on the other hand, the form of the cello had a cultural power and indeed legalised a material that is illegal to transport. Through the form of a cello, the shell material has been transported from country to country, otherwise have not been possible; this demonstrates how society conforms to the power of the form of the cello without asking questions. The sound of the bombshell cello can represent the sound that affected our vision and taste through listening during war time and how we perceived sound and how it shaped both society and individuals.
The Lost Place
The Lost place 2022 for three Performa two instrument and voice or Audience
TAQAL
Sound installation for 4 sewing machines