BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26924@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Living Room Session DTSTAMP:20260901T201032Z DTSTART:20261002T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Fragmented Resonance\n\nLiving Room Session is a curatorial fra mework and recurring live program set in\na metaphorical living room where different artistic practices meet. Curated and\nhosted by Shaquille Shani qua Joy\, each edition brings together artists who\nexplore a shared subje ct through their own medium.\n\nThis edition centers on Fragmented Resonan ce\, a subject that considers how\nunderstanding emerges through fragments \, echoes\, and relationships rather than\nfixed meanings. Memories\, soun ds\, objects\, movements\, and encounters carry\ntraces that repeat and re verberate across time\, creating connections between\nplaces\, histories\, and lived experiences. Like an echo\, resonance is never an\nexact repeti tion\, it shifts\, returns\, and transforms. Meaning lies not in\ncertaint y but in what continues to resonate between people\, bodies\, and places.\ n\nJoin us on October 2 for an evening with a reading by interdisciplinary artist\nand poet(ic learner) senakirfa A. alongside a meditative soundsca pe by\nstoryteller and sound artist Marine Magdalene\, and the screening o f two short\nfilms by artist and photographer Bernice Mulenga\, followed b y a conversation\nwith Shaquille Shainqua Joy exploring the music and soun ds that influence their\npractice.\nProgramimage made by senakirfa A.\n\n\ nLINE-UP\n\nBERNICE MULENGA\n\nBernice Mulenga (b. 1996) is a British-Cong olese artist and photographer based\nin London. Mulenga’s practice seeks t o archive\, document and interrogate the\nworld around them\, primarily fo cusing on themselves\, Black queer global and\nlocal communities\, and the experiences found within them. Their work centres on\nbonds\, kinship and the search for intimacy. This is exemplified in their ongoing\nphoto seri es #friendsonfilm\, a living archive that has been growing since 2015\nand continues to evolve with time.\n\nMulenga’s recent exhibitions include th eir first institutional solo show\, LMK\nWHEN U REACH at Auto Italia\, Lon don (2025)\; Malembe\, Malembe\, Goswell Road\,\nParis (2025)\; Sending My Love To You\, Baby\, Haricot Gallery\, London (2024)\;\nConversations\, W alker Art Gallery\, Liverpool (2024)\; Pictures of Us\, Gathering\,\nLondo n\; The Makings of You\, Modern Art Oxford (Photo Oxford)\; and Beautiful\ nExperiments at Photo50 London Art Fair (all 2023)\, among many others. Mo st\nrecently\, Mulenga was awarded the Circa Prize 2024\, and their film L et’s Move On\nwas featured on Piccadilly Lights in London and other intern ational screens\nthroughout September 2024.\n\nLees meer\n\nSENAKIRFA A.\n \nsenakirfa A. is an Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary artist and poet(ic\ nlearner)\, her work across installation\, sculpture\, writing\, sound\, a nd\nzine-making\, is an extension of her poetry practice\, through which s he centers\nwhat she terms poetic in(ter)ventions: an amalgam signifying w hat\nAfrican-Diasporic worldmaking ushers in. A. deeply fosters the thinki ng that she\nhas been able to share\, and simultaneously the continuous co llaborative making\nthat unfolds together with Bobbie Müller\, Jung Yeon K im\, Phantom Wizard\, and\nS*an D. Henry-Smith.\n\nFor the Living Room Ses sion\, senakirfa A. will read and work with sound informed\nby her study o f the traditionally female-led Nnwonkoro song tradition of the\nAshanti pe ople in Ghana.\n\nMARINE MAGDALENE\n\nMarine is a storyteller and sound ar tist whose work explores how sound can\ncreate space for remembrance\, hea ling\, and (re)connection with diasporic\nhistories while opening pathways toward new cultural futures and practices.\nGuided by her Afro and Caribb ean heritage\, she creates meditative sonic\nlandscapes that invite listen ers to reflect and feel inward.\n\nSHAQUILLE SHANIQUA JOY\n\nShaquille Sha niqua Joy is a moderator and cultural curator whose practice\ncenters on s torytelling. Working across conversations\, programs\, and\nexhibitions\, Shaquille explores how subjectivity and lived experience can serve\nas vit al forms of knowledge. Their curatorial and conversational practice\nempha sizes exchange over extraction: as a moderator\, they prioritize\nconversa tions rather than interviews\, cultivating environments where complexity\, \nnuance\, and vulnerability can be explored. Through this approach\, Shaq uille\ncollaborates with cultural institutions\, museums\, platforms\, and brands to\ncreate encounters where listening\, resonance\, and embodied p resence become\ncentral methods of inquiry\, including formats such as Liv ing Room Session.\n\nWould you like to attend this program\, but don’t hav e the means to pay for a\nticket? Send an email to info@felixmeritis.nl\, we can work something out.\n\nNote: By booking this ticket\, you agree to potentially be photographed during\nthe event. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/living-room-session-1 GEO:52.3699902;4.884254 LOCATION:Felix Meritis - Keizersgracht 324\, 1016 EZ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:afro,amsterdam-centrum,community,exhibition,film,keizersgracht,l ive,music,opening,poetry,queer,sculpture X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Fragmented Resonance

Living Room Session is a curatorial framework and recurring live program set in a metaphorical living room where different artistic practices meet. Curate d and hosted by Shaquille Shaniqua Joy, each edition brings together artis ts who explore a shared subject through their own medium.

This edition centers on Fragmented Resonance, a subject that considers how understanding emerges through fragments, echoes, and relationships rather than fixed meanings. Memories, sounds, objects, movements, and encounters carry traces that repeat and reverberate across time, creating connection s between places, histories, and lived experiences. Like an echo, resonanc e is never an exact repetition, it shifts, returns, and transforms. Meanin g lies not in certainty but in what continues to resonate between people, bodies, and places.

Join us on October 2 for an evening with a rea ding by interdisciplinary artist and poet(ic learner) senakirfa A. alongsi de a meditative soundscape by storyteller and sound artist Marine Magdalen e, and the screening of two short films by artist and photographer Bernice Mulenga, followed by a conversation with Shaquille Shainqua Joy exploring the music and sounds that influence their practice.
Programimage made by senakirfa A.

Line-up

BERNICE MULENGA

Bernice Mulenga (b. 1 996) is a British-Congolese artist and photographer based in London. Mulen ga’s practice seeks to archive, document and interrogate the world around them, primarily focusing on themselves, Black queer global and local commu nities, and the experiences found within them. Their work centres on bonds , kinship and the search for intimacy. This is exemplified in their ongoin g photo series #friendsonfilm, a living archive that has been gro wing since 2015 and continues to evolve with time.

Mulenga’s recent exhibitions include their first institutional solo show, LMK WHEN U REACH at Auto Italia, London (2025); Malembe, Malembe, Goswell Road, P aris (2025); Sending My Love To You, Baby, Haricot Gallery, Londo n (2024); Conversations, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2024); Pictures of Us, Gathering, London; The Makings of You, Mod ern Art Oxford (Photo Oxford); and Beautiful Experiments at Photo 50 London Art Fair (all 2023), among many others. Most recently, Mulenga w as awarded the Circa Prize 2024, and their film Let’s Move On was featured on Piccadilly Lights in London and other international screens t hroughout September 2024.

Lees meer

SENAKIRFA A.

senakirfa A. is an Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary artist and poet(ic learner), her work across installation, sculpture, writing, sound, and zine-making, is an extension of her poetry practice, through which sh e centers what she terms poetic in(ter)ventions: an amalgam signi fying what African-Diasporic worldmaking ushers in. A. deeply fosters the thinking that she has been able to share, and simultaneously the continuou s collaborative making that unfolds together with Bobbie Müller, Jung Yeon Kim, Phantom Wizard, and S*an D. Henry-Smith.

For the Living Room Session, senakirfa A. will read and work with sound informed by her study of the traditionally female-led Nnwonkoro song tradition of the Ashanti pe ople in Ghana.

MARINE MAGDALENE

Marine is a storyteller and sound artist whose work explores how s ound can create space for remembrance, healing, and (re)connection with di asporic histories while opening pathways toward new cultural futures and p ractices. Guided by her Afro and Caribbean heritage, she creates meditativ e sonic landscapes that invite listeners to reflect and feel inward.

SHAQUILLE SHANIQUA JOY

Shaqui lle Shaniqua Joy is a moderator and cultural curator whose practice center s on storytelling. Working across conversations, programs, and exhibitions , Shaquille explores how subjectivity and lived experience can serve as vi tal forms of knowledge. Their curatorial and conversational practice empha sizes exchange over extraction: as a moderator, they prioritize conversati ons rather than interviews, cultivating environments where complexity, nua nce, and vulnerability can be explored. Through this approach, Shaquille c ollaborates with cultural institutions, museums, platforms, and brands to create encounters where listening, resonance, and embodied presence become central methods of inquiry, including formats such as Living Room Ses sion.

Would you like to attend this program, but don’t h ave the means to pay for a ticket? Send an email to info@felixmeritis.nl, we can work something out.

Note: By booking this ticket, y ou agree to potentially be photographed during the event.

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