*Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering:Workshop & Participatory Performance Series #1 เครือข่ายเสียงฆ้อง–On the networks&Khong Wong sound cultures* • with collaborators MORAKANA **| EFA Project Space

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Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering:Workshop & Participatory Performance Series **is a series of workshops, collaborative sound-making, and participatory performances inspired by a community gathering gong ensemble found throughout Southeast Asia. Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering is a collaborative platform for sharing, exchanging ideas, and collective conscious raising where elekhlekha invite guest artist collaborators MORAKANA, an_outskirt, Melissa Almaguer, and participants to collectively investigate, consciously reflect on, and unfold Southeast Asia's layers of political complexity through the continuity of oral and aural history and sound cultures' lineage. We'll dive into different roots and communities and learn their way of collaborative sound-making, ritual, history, and political complexity. We create our work out of the struggle of unlearning the current dominant system, relearning our histories, and looking to discover a common ground from Southeast Asia, the Global South, and beyond the nation-state and define decolonized possibilities.

Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering Workshop is unique in its approach, aiming to democratize interaction between participants. This is the first duo session in the series, featuring guest collaborator MORAKANA. The focus is on network technologies, which can be a tool for reclamation and democratization. The first week is a workshop session in which we will explore sound-making with a network connection, using MORAKANA’s Networked Hardware, UDP, MIDI, and open-source tools to create **and interact with sound cultures. The Networked Hardware is MORAKANA’s custom versatile board designed for performance and teaching, with a pack of inputs and output options connected through the NodeRed server. Participants will work in groups and interact with the board to create sounds. The session will also involve collective listening to curated tracks, reading texts, and discussing and analyzing that we’ll dive deep into our collective memories and sonic experiences.

The following week will be a collaborative performance between elekhlekha, MORAKANA, and participants using the know-how and tools from the first session.

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Special edition of MORAKANA’s Networked board for the workshop.

Collectable special zine. Printed at Spacetype

Special zine in blue/mint featuring interview with MORAKANA. Printed at Spacetype