| Leonardo/ISASTwith Arizona State University

Sharmi Basu

Operations and Developmentat Southern Exposure
Oakland, CA,
United States
Focus area: Experimental Music

SHARMI BASU
SOUND, ART, STRUGGLE
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SHARMI BASU (they/she) is a multi-media performance artist, curator, and composer. They create work that addresses vulnerability, accountability, and experiences of millenial diaspora through creating narratives of decolonial thinking toward individual and collective liberation. Her performances and sound pieces show us that the abstract and immaterial experiences of trauma and pain can be liberated through our abstract creations in art and sound. They believe that transcending the emotional landscape is the key to accessing the multidimensionality, and works with these ideas in her Decolonizing Sound workshops and her improvisation group, the Mara Performance Collective. They host a number of workshops that center on sound healing and self-accountability, as well as technical skill-shares. She is also a certified mediator focused on interpersonal healing within Queer and Trans BIPOC communities.

Journal Articles:
LMJ 30 Audio Companion

Sonic Commentary: Who The Hell Do You Think You Are? Contributors' Notes

December 2020