AJJIT

What can the function of the performing arts be in today’s collapse of democracy, beyond just the reflection of the times we live in? Can the notion of togetherness during a performance, build, contribute to actively speculate and remake the human body – the body as a mass – in our collapsing societies?

For AJJIT (Let it go), performance artist Khadija El Kharraz and producer Reda Senhaji – aka Cheb Runner – shine light on the importance of coming together, commemoration, moving, music and the sharing and expressing of emotions. Khadija and Reda practice different disciplines, but share a rich and complex cultural identity – this performance evokes their mutual love for it. 

For the duo, this love manifests itself in the polyrhythms which can be found in among others different North African music genres. Khadija invited Reda to delve into the different musical genres in Morocco, in search of stories, rhythms and movements that celebrate their complexities. Transforming and adapting these spiritual sounds and rhythms through his modular synths, we encounter their definition of polyrhythms in electronic music.

AJJIT shows and celebrates the beauty of carrying a complex identity, coming from a desire to make complexity more tangible. The performance is an invitation to collectively re-animate our pre-capitalist bodies, reflecting on and honouring the lives that were lost.

 “The performance can never be fully grasped – Ensemble Piece must be felt. El Kharraz Alami has a uniquely artistic mind, that much is clear. She takes us to other possibilities, to worlds beyond our own, where the metaphysical and the wisdom of our ancestors are stored.” — de Volkskrant on Ensemble Piece ★★★★