Jana Saleh is a performer, music producer, composer, sound artist and DJ from Beirut, Lebanon currently residing in London.
Her work has seen her collaborate with artists from a wide range of artistic disciplines on stage and visual art projects in Lebanon and abroad.
Saleh’s current practice focuses on the exploration, adaptation, and promotion of sounds and music from the SWANA region.
Artistic Performances and Collaborations
Trapped In Three Movements
Trapped in Three Movements (RethinkingTarab), is a sound performance by artist Jana Saleh, comprising of three movements. Each movement take place on a different evening, the third one culminating into a party.
The Tubes:
As a deconstructive element, 3 construction tubes are used to project the divided sound:
-The Musicians and the Taqsim (improvisational element needed to create Tarab)
-The Singer and the “Saltaneh” (the space the singer goes to, to transcend)
-The Audience and the Tarab (the space created when all elements, especially the audience, become one)
The Live Performance:
A 45 minutes (length of a usual Tarab recording) improvised Live set playing with the music remixed for the tubes in an attempt to liberate the trapped sounds and create a further connection with the audience, in quest of Tarab.
The Party:
It's only after being part of an experience that a state of euphoria can take place. And in that state it's a celebration, a party.
Produced by Beirut Art Center, 2019
Excerpt from Trapped In Three Movements
Mounira Al Solh – Lackadaisical Sunset to Sunset
