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Translating Oscillations: Activations is a series of sonic and performative responses to the curatorial project Translating Oscillations, conceived by Assembly member Jared Maxilom as part of the Youth Takeover 2025. Curated in collaboration with independent multidisciplinary artist collective Halo-Halo Experiment, these activations invite artists and musicians to reflect on sound’s capacity to translate, reverberate and transform across disciplines and identities.

Imagine a painter painting their self-portrait—now imagine a sound artist doing the same through frequencies, loops and layers. In each activation, participating artists respond to themes of resonance, compression, expansion and identity fragmentation through improvisation, live sampling and sonic reinterpretation. These performances are not static—they unfold as durational pieces, building new meaning through feedback, glitch and variation.

Visual multimedia studio memoryall will accompany the activations with live visuals and projection mapping, visually rendering the ephemeral energy of each sonic performance. This dialogue between sound and light transforms the performance area into an immersive node—alive, reactive and ever-changing.

Translating Oscillations: Activations also welcomes interdisciplinary collaborators—poets, performers and visual artists—to extend the sonic language into gesture, movement and metaphor—a responsive archive. Each activation serves as a speculative portrait, a fragment of memory rewritten through collective embodiment.

The space remains activated beyond the performance, looping excerpts of the sonic sets throughout the duration of the exhibition. These echoes continue to engage audiences long after the initial performance, inviting repeat encounters and deep listening.

Activation Schedule:
May 10 – Mckie Alvarez
May 17 – Madam Void
May 24 – Joe Najm
May 31 – PHO

This programme is organised by the Assembly 2024-2025 member Jared Maxilom as part of the 2025 Youth Takeover, with live artist line-up curated by Halo-Halo Experiment and visual direction by memoryall.

Jared Maxilom is a multidisciplinary artist and poet anda member of the 2024-2025 cohort of the Assembly. His work, inspired by the Filipino migrant experience, spans poetry, photography, tech, and product design. Jared’s creative projects explore themes of identity, memory, and culture, blending traditional and digital mediums to tell compelling narratives.

Halo-Halo Experiment is an emerging independent multidisciplinary artist collective based in Dubai, dedicated to innovative artistic exploration. Since 2024, they have been curating a series of forward-thinking events that challenge conventional boundaries. Inspired by the Filipino dessert ‘halo-halo’, the collective embodies a blend of contrasting elements, aiming to find comfort in discomfort through diverse and cutting-edge art forms.

Memoryall is a visual multimedia studio where art and technology meet to create captivating experiences. Through immersive performances that merge analog and digital mediums, Memoryall evokes deep emotional resonance, using vivid visuals and innovative technology to take viewers on a mesmerising journey through the intricate landscapes of human memory and imagination, inviting the audience to reflect on the fluid relationship between memory, time and experience.