26.03.26
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Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Hannan Jones and Samir Kennedy are artists working across performance, sound, choreography, video, and more.

First developed during recent residencies at Triangle-Astérides, Wysing Arts Centre, and further iterated for this year’s Assembly, their new work, Relay, brings these elements together in a live setting. Moving between states of presence and depletion, the performance unfolds through layered loops, fragmented sound, and a shifting interplay of improvised and structured movement. Using extended tape loops stretched across the space, they construct a textured sonic environment that pulses, recedes, and returns, drawing in live audio from the surrounding atmosphere and the moving body to create an ongoing exchange between sound and choreography.

Presented as part of Somerset House Studios’ Assembly festival this weekend, Relay sits within a wider programme of experimental performance and live work. The piece traces connections across geographies and shared histories, mediating on the artists’ Algerian-British identities.

Ahead of the event, they have curated a playlist titled Desert Roses, offering a glimpse into their influences and references.

“Our playlist circles around music that we have sampled, and samples we would love to sample,” they explain. “There is an emphasis on Algerian music that we use within Relay.’

Listen below.

Hannan Jones and Samir Kennedy will perform at Somerset House Studios’ Assembly, which takes place in London from 26–28 March