Made in Easterhouse, Platform's multi-artform festival day returns this September for it's second outing of the year. Produced in collaboration with Ashanti Harris, an artist working with sculpture and installation to create artworks which celebrate who we are and where we have come from.
Live performance and music from Paix, Mele Broomes, PAQUE and Ranjana Thapalyal has been programmed around Ashanti’s newest artwork A Carnival of Overlapping Histories, to create an immersive experience that celebrates community and art.
Running alongside the live programme will be a series of films curated by Joanne Lee, in our Studio Theatre Space – providing a quieter relaxed breakout area. And we’ll have a special dinner option on offer at our (licensed) café bar - which will be serving drinks and refreshments throughout the event.
The day will kick off with a special soundbath led by PAIX entitled music as medicine. Audience will be invited to sit, lie down and relax amongst the installation and immersive soundscape. This will be followed by an artist talk from Ashanti Harris giving insight into the process and ideas involved in making the installation. Following this will be a spoken word performance by Ranjana Thapalyal with sound by Paul Hyland, Sound Seed II. There will be a short break for food and drink for Platform’s café bar with DJ ButhoTheWarrior playing tunes in the installation. One of Scotland’s leading hip hop artists PAQUE will perform live along with some special guests and the event will close with a new performance by Mele Broomes, Seasonal.
Join us for food, drinks and a fun day out!
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Ashanti Harris | A Carnival of Overlapping Histories | Auditorium | Installation running throughout the day - Artist Talk at 3pm
Ashanti's latest and new work, A Carnival of Overlapping Histories, will be presented for the first time at the festival and will remain at Platform until December 23 2023. It has been made with residents of North East Glasgow and celebrates the cultures and family histories of the Caribbean, Africa and Asia - and explores how these have entangled with Scotland's own. The work launches at Made in Easterhouse and Ashanti will host a talk around the project.
Paix | Music as Medicine | Auditorium | 2pm
Paix is an artist, session musician, performer, visual artist and director based in Glasgow. She creates under the moniker Paix, which means peace. Paix experiments with new forms of expression and moves in the spaces between established artforms. Paix is at her happiest when collaborating and co-creating. Alongside creatively producing and leading on projects, Paix collaborates with local, national, and international artists to make records, live performance, film and digital performance.
Films Curated by Joanne Lee | Studio Theatre | from 4pm
Ranjana Thapalyal with sound by Paul Hyland | Sound Seed 2 'The Seedling's Tale' | Auditorium | 4.15pm
This performance playfully evokes Vak, the seed source of speech and language in Indian philosophy. Dialogue between articulated speech and concept-forming sound is presented, utilising an abstracted version of a traditional storytelling box. Part of a series, first commissioned by Cooper Gallery, Dundee for The Ignorant Art School 2022.
ButhoTheWarrior DJ Set | Auditorium | 4.45pm
A special set from founder of Sub Club’s JAIVA party, ButhoTheWarrior effortlessly blends jazz to African electronic music infusing high life.
ButhoTheWarrior is a staple name in the music scene in Glasgow. Known for their eclectic music collection which they blend effortlessly from jazz to African electronic music infusing high life and all sorts from around the globe. Running the JAIVA party in Sub Club and pushing sounds of the diaspora mainly focusing on giving black and people of colour a space to express their musical creativity.
PAQUE | Auditorium | 5.30pm
Glasgow East End based Paque is one of Scotland’s leading hip hop artists, having released dozens of singles and projects, as well as performing across the country, over his 10-year career. His love for 90’s Rap, 2000’s Hip Hop, modern Trap music, along with R’n’B, Pop and Alternative Rock, create and drive the influences on his music. PAQUE has supported many names in the Hip Hop world from; A$AP Nast, The Game, Hopsin, AJ Tracey, Lil Tjay, 67 and more.
Mele Broomes | Seasonal | Auditorium | 6.30pm
A brand new piece of work debuting at Made in Easterhouse, Seasonal is a demonstration of embodying sound, making sound and sharing through reconnection and disconnection of senses. Reflecting on the journeys made to form shared spaces, to prepare and share food and be in conversation.
