Word Sound Power - Indian sociocritical songs meeting Chris McGuinness..

Launch: Friday July 20, 7 p.m
Location: at Siddhartha Hall, Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan
Open: July 21 - July 28, 10 a.m to 7 p.m., all days except Sundays and public holidays

Word Sound Power's second project, Blood Earth, commenced in August 2011 in the Khonda tribal village of Kucheipadar in South Orissa. In the mid-1990s, large deposits of Bauxite, the mineral from which aluminum is made, were discovered in the area. Soon after, the district became a conflict zone where a vibrant people's movement blossomed with songs serving as a uniting force. With a mobile music studio, Word Sound Power joined local singers and musicians in Kucheipadar for a new type of collaboration.

The result is a cross genre mash up, combining revolutionary songs in Oriya and Kui tribal lan-guage with dub poetry by Delhi Sultanate and electronic music composed by Chris McGuinness. The exhibition is comprised of original music, soundscapes and video loops, as well as a film by Kush Badhwar which documents the collaborations. Blood Earth explores the relationship between music, struggle, and cultural responses to violence via word and sound.