An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered

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2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash.
Performed at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (April 2023), and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) (August 2023).

This experimental sound performance incorporates stainless steel vessels, water, salt, the body, and breath, creating space to connect with ancestors by reimagining and recreating an ocean space.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (April 2023).

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (April 2023).

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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Sancintya Mohini Simpson, 'An exhalation: communicating with my ancestors through DNA and an ocean re-remembered', 2023, sound performance, stainless steel vessels, salt, water, sugarcane ash. Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), August 2023. Photo: Daniel James Grant.

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