Sun 14 Jun, 3 - 5pm
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| Tuesday | 11am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
| Thursday | 11am–9pm |
| Friday | 11am–6pm |
| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
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About This Event
The walk will start from Whitechapel Gallery, where we will meet at 3pm in the foyer.
We warmly invite you to a walk as part of our newly commissioned project with artist Aliaskar Abarkas, exploring sound, music, and listening through faith and collective experience.
Starting at Whitechapel Gallery, we will walk through the surrounding neighbourhood, listening for the ways that sound shapes everyday life. Together, we will encounter places where sacred recitations emerge in public space and reflect on how sound moves through memory, language, architecture, and acts of transmission across generations, communities, and places.
The walk will start from Whitechapel Gallery, where we will meet at 3pm in the foyer.
‘To Re-Cite’ explores how sonic practices — from recitation and prayer to breath, rhythm, and silence — shape spiritual, emotional, and communal life. The starting point of the project is the Quranic verse Ayat al-Kursi, whispered across generations, transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection.
This walk is linked to series of workshops – you can book onto these sessions via the link here.
To Re-Cite is co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery for Backyard Biennial.
Aliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London.
Rooted in alternative and communal art education, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music, exhibition, and performance-making.
He is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity, in partnership with All Change, London, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London), as well as Rupert (Lithuania), the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid), Castro (Rome), Open School East, and Syllabus V (UK), among others.
His interventions and collaborations have been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre, ICA, Mosaic Rooms, TACO!, Pushkin House, LUX and YDP (London), Arts Catalyst (Sheffield), CAPC (Bordeaux), LOCALES (Rome) Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice), and CIRCA.
