Mar 06 2025 30 mins
Zeynep Öz speaks with artist, composer and educator Joe Namy about his sound installations that use samples from loud sound systems in cars, glitchy computer-generated noises and sounds converted from the molecular data of plants. His work for SB16 titled Dub Plants is inspired by Egyptian-American agricultural engineer and pioneer of electronic music, Halim El Dabh. Discover his unique process that blends radio culture and experimental agricultural practices, allowing the grit, uncertainty and chance in nature, urban and public spaces to infiltrate his works.
Dub Plants is on view at Al Dhaid from 6 February until 15 June 2025.
CREDITS
Host
Zeynep Öz
Guest
Joe Namy
Editorial and Content Strategy Team
Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei
Podcast Producer
Kamayani Sharma
Sound Producer
Basil Kisswani
Shownotes
Rajwant Sandhu and Suguna Sridhar
Music and Sound
Excerpt from Ta’abir al-Zar (1944) by Halim El-Dabh and field recordings by Joe Namy (2024-2025).
Special Thanks
Nawar Al Qassimi, Jiwon Lee, May Rashid and Meera Madhu
© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2025
This episode was recorded on 15 October 2024.
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