Diasporas Now by Anna-Lena Krause
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Sounding Futures marks the first live collaborative performance by Diasporas Now co-founders – RIEKO, Lulu Wang and Paola Estrella – alongside special guest artists.
Join us for an evening of alchemy and ritual – a sensorial entanglement of cross-diasporic lineages, imagined through the contemporary gaze and grounded in bodies, timelines and collective resistance.
The night features an immersive performance followed by a panel discussion exploring the future of live art, the role of community archives, and the evolving praxis of Diasporas Now.
Presented as part of their yearlong residency at the ICA, this event is the live instalment of the Speaking Futures x Diasporas Now programme. Diasporas Now have collaborated with ICA on the first edition of Speaking Futures – our new annual flagship programme of talks, performances and workshops celebrating artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
"To reclaim diaspora is to embody a hope that is at once ancestral and propositional: to plant seeds in the terrain of catalytic political and ecological transformation. This performance meditates on the meaning of diaspora itself – a polychronic remixing of origin stories and future mythologies – through the medium of live art to ground and gather in the present." – Diasporas Now
Speaking Futures x Diasporas Now is a cross-cultural programme of exchange and knowledge production, gathering artists together, sharing urgent discussions and inviting audiences to shape the journey.
To explore the full programme, click here.
Join us for an evening of alchemy and ritual – a sensorial entanglement of cross-diasporic lineages, imagined through the contemporary gaze and grounded in bodies, timelines and collective resistance.
The night features an immersive performance followed by a panel discussion exploring the future of live art, the role of community archives, and the evolving praxis of Diasporas Now.
Presented as part of their yearlong residency at the ICA, this event is the live instalment of the Speaking Futures x Diasporas Now programme. Diasporas Now have collaborated with ICA on the first edition of Speaking Futures – our new annual flagship programme of talks, performances and workshops celebrating artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
"To reclaim diaspora is to embody a hope that is at once ancestral and propositional: to plant seeds in the terrain of catalytic political and ecological transformation. This performance meditates on the meaning of diaspora itself – a polychronic remixing of origin stories and future mythologies – through the medium of live art to ground and gather in the present." – Diasporas Now
Speaking Futures x Diasporas Now is a cross-cultural programme of exchange and knowledge production, gathering artists together, sharing urgent discussions and inviting audiences to shape the journey.
To explore the full programme, click here.
Bios
Diasporas Now is a live art platform founded by RIEKO, Lulu Wang, and Paola Estrella in 2021 at the Royal College of Art. As the ICA’s current collective in residence, they are collaborating on the Speaking Futures programme – a yearlong series of talks, workshops and performances exploring artists as catalysts for imagining and shaping the future.
RIEKO is a Japanese-born artist and composer whose multidisciplinary practice is part of an ongoing mythological world-building project. Weaving ritual performance, experimental music, and collective healing workshops with curation and community building, her work prototypes alternative futures and cultural systems through oracular, artist-led intuition.
Lulu Wang is a Chinese interdisciplinary artist drawing inspiration from her heritage and digital subcultures to explore hybrid identities and connections across humanity and social relationships. Through sculpture making, installation, and immersive choreography, her practice revolves around visual work in collaboration with technology, fashion, and music.
Paola Estrella is a Mexican multimedia artist whose work spans painting, video, installation, performance, and new technologies. Through speculative fiction, she explores how imagination shapes identity, social norms, and personal experience. Her practice examines the tension between belief, perception, and transcendence.
In partnership with AnOther Magazine.
Book tickets
07:00 pm
Wed, 09 Jul 2025
Stage
Wednesday 9 July, 7pm
£12 full price, plus concessions
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