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Ahamefule J. Oluo looks to the audience, holding a mic

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Black Repetitions

Ahamefule J. Oluo (Unceded Twana lands, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA)

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Details

When?

Fri 24 Oct 2025
3–4pm

Where?

Bramall Studio, Opera North
32 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU

What?

Workshop, Lecture, Performance

Prices

Free, booking required

In this lecture-performance, Ahamefule J. Oluo weaves personal and familial narratives of race and music with live demonstrations of the constructions and technologies of sound, instrumentation, and electronic looping from their performance, The Things Around Us.

Through a hybrid artistic and educational experience, we are witness to an unexpected telling of the story of Black music and its political, social, and cultural reverberations.

Part of the Transform 25 workshops programme, this event is suitable for artists, students, anyone interested in the social significance of music or those looking for a deeper insight into The Things Around Us.

Your Experience

What to expect

This is a lecture-performance providing an insight into Ahamefule J. Oluo’s practice.

Duration

60 mins

Age guidance

18+

Access information

Step free access

There is step free access to the event and there are accessible toilets at the venue.

More information

Head to Transform’s Access page for more information.

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