Likon'yor - decolonising knowledge production through the unseen

A sonic intervention based on decolonial theory, and african-centered & indigenous epistemologies. We explore the idea of ephemeral memorials with sonic interventions using living archives.

The experience allows participants to contribute to an open-source sound environment, proposed as a knowledge garden, where memory is planted, echoed, and continuously reshaped. The project uses an interactive MaxMSP patch with spoken word poetry and sound art elements.

Participants are invited to add their own recordings, contributing to a living library that continues as a sound installation. The project reimagines this archive as a living, collaborative practice by guiding participants to reflect on their personal and collective memories through their interests and storytelling.

Drawing from the work of thinkers such as Achille Mbembe and Chimurenga, the project explores colonial temporalities and knowledge hierarchies by transforming the ephemeral and oral into a shared, audible commons.

The project has been developed and presented as part of Artist and Scientist in residence 2025 programme at the Ligeti Zentrum, a joint project founded by the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, the Technical University of Hamburg, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.

At the moment there is ongoing research as part of the 2025 cohort of the prestigious School of Commons programme. An intervention is scheduled for the Reeperbahn festival 2026, Hamburg.