Relay
Performance by Hannan Jones & Samir Kennedy
February 6, at 6 pm
February 6, at 10 pm
GMEM - Le Module, Friche la Belle de Mai
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In collaboration with GMEM - Centre national de création musicale and Triangle-Astérides, national contemporary art center
In association with La Friche la Belle de Mai as part of the Festival Parallèle 2026
Relay is the second iteration of a new performance by Hannan Jones and Samir Kennedy, combining movement, sound, and improvisation. Developed during recent residencies at Triangle-Astérides and Wysing Arts Centre, Relay explores notions of edge and absence, continuity and exhaustion through sound looping, sound collage, and a combination of improvised and choreographed movements.
The performance meditates on the artists’ shared Algerian-British identities, experimenting with different ways of articulating and embodying multiplicity and intersecting psychological states. Through movement and sound, Jones and Kennedy map temporal, sonic, and geographical spaces, connecting Marseille and Glasgow (twin cities), as well as shared histories that transcend the present. Through recurring gestures and choreographic abstraction, he composes bodily narratives and an emotional progression that gradually leads to exhaustion. Together, the duo develops a cyclical exchange between sound and choreography, referring to each other within the sound space.
Concept and performance: Hannan Jones et Samir Kennedy
Support and coproduction: Triangle-Astérides, national contemporary art center; The Common Guild and Wysing Arts Centre