SOUND UK 2021
A panel of judges, including leading figures across contemporary music, chose six artists at the forefront of sound and music.:
Chisara Agor's project will raise awareness of UK air pollution and the affect it has on people and the planet, while bringing attention to the intersections of class, race and politics. Sound Generator will give her the opportunity to develop ideas around where music, film, performance and activism can connect.
MSTY_EXPO LDF
A sound piece for Elsie Owusu's Gallery Of Returning Treasures in Kumasi, Ghana. An architectural/activist project which deals with questions which touch on notions of dis-settlement and re-settlement of artefacts, taken from their original use-in-culture. Presented as part of the London Design Festival 2020.
HELP MUSICIANS
In 2020 Chisara Agor was awarded the Help Musicians’ Do It Differently Fund to support her creation of new music with the creation of a virtual choir.
VISUAL ART
Chisara Agor's work moves between many practices, from using her own body as a subject in self portraits, to elaborate collages mixing photography and mixed media. See more here.
JOY- MAIA GROUP
A visual art and audio project by Chisara Agor commissioned by MAIA Group Joy explores how our connection with nature and being can bring hope and light into our lives, if only for a moment.
THE GARDEN
A new musical in development based in inner city London that uses magical realism and an afro-folk-electronic soundscape to shed light on the necessity of social housing through the eyes of a young girl and her maternal relationships.
EXHIBITION NEWS
20/21 Spitalfields Music Open Call Artist. Chisara's installation will centre around people’s stories of being/feeling unseen and seen in daily life. It asks us to explore what we experience when we sit between two states of being. This will culminate in an interdisciplinary installation of visual art. music and performance at the Rich Mix London July 2021
THEATRE
A composer, actor and writer in her own right Chisara Agor has collaborated with theatre companies, directors and organisations. Chisara also facilitates creative workshops such as drama, music and dance with local communities including Theatre Peckham, Mountview Academy and others.
