LABOUR

LABOUR is the Berlin-based duo of Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander who create works based on sound. Collaborating as a duo since 2013, they founded LABOUR in 2018 with their work 'next time, die consciously (بیگانگی).' Coming from music yet thriving in a mixture of scenes, they have recently presented their own work all over the world, including at Martin Gropius Bau, Kraftwerk Berlin, Sharjah Biennial, Art Basel, Donaueschingen Musiktage, Julia Stoschek Foundation Berlin, Grand National Theatre Dakar, EMST National Contemporary Art Museum Athens, and Berghain. In 2020 they released their debut album nine-sum sorcery featuring Kurdish/Persian singer, Hani Mojtahedy. They regularly collaborate on works for theater, performance, video and fashion, and in 2022 premiered their new large-scale performance work 'sungazing' (2022) featuring string septet, bass clarinet, printed fabrics, dancers and a 30-person percussion ensemble. In 2022 they curated the X100 Festival together with Berlin Atonal, which celebrated the enduring legacy of Iannis Xenakis over three nights, and have a project in Dakar, Senegal which engages the sabar drumming tradition with focus on immaterial cultural heritage and musical exchange between electronic music and traditional percussion. This includes the Honest Jon's releases Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms by the family of Doudou N'Diaye Rose, and a special compilation featuring Holy Tongue, Lamin Fofana, Beatrice Dillon and LABOUR.