We Met in the Channel
Listening Session with Esra Canoğulları (8ULENTINA)
A Grammar Built with Rocks Convening
8ULENTINA, Nana XOXO, and Rohana performing live together at SURPASSING DISASTER (SILLAGE, 2025) album release. Courtesy of the artist
About the event
Free with RSVP.
This listening session at Wendy's Subway, facilitated by Esra Canoğulları (8ULENTINA), attunes participants to improvisation and collaboration in sonic practices beyond the Western canon. Through collective listening to selected performances from Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey, alongside excerpts from Esra's own collaborative work, the session explores how these methods reshape our understanding of sound and experimentation.
This program is organized as part of a weekend-long, multi-venue convening that engages the edited anthology A Grammar Built with Rocks. Additional events include The Trace of Land, a screening of short films at Anthology Film Archives on Friday, January 23; a reading group, conversation, and performances at the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) on Saturday, January 24; and an After Hours Film School workshop with Wendy's Subway on Sunday, January 25.
About the artist
Esra Canoğulları aka 8ULENTINA is a New York-based electronic composer, artist, and DJ. Known for his dynamic performances and compositions, 8ULENTINA’s projects are characterized by his use of sound design, storytelling, and theatricality. His research-oriented practice engages with non-Western regional folk traditions and performance techniques such as improvisation and collaboration through the reimagining of ensemble performances. 8ULENTINA’s 2025 album SURPASSING DISASTER was the first release on his project SILLAGE, a collaborative event series and record label focused on experimentation, improvisation, and archival sonic practices.