A late afternoon of ambient, noise, visuals, and electronic exploration with Bahar Khazei & XEL and Mauricio Pauly. This unique festival performance features one of the first shows of Bahar Khazei’s new solo project, her first time performing with XEL, and a rare solo set from Mauricio Pauly. Field recordings, electronics, and live visuals merge in a layered, immersive sound world. Presented by Barking Sphinx as part of the Unwritten Weekend festival. The Hargrove (150 E 3rd Ave, enter through the back alley) Sunday, March 29 Music: 5:00 pm BAHAR KHAZEI & XEL Bahar Khazei, is a first-generation immigrant artist and educator living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. Her musical background includes free improvisation, classical piano, Iranian traditional music and synthesis. In her solo ambient project, she explores the concept of the space-in-between and (un)familiarity through ambient sound and blends collected field recordings with original compositions. With a visual peformance by XEL Hadis Fard aka XEL is an Iranian/Canadian human being from Lur ancestral lineage, based in ancestral land of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Shíshálh nations. She is a sound and vision composer and multi-disciplinary artist. Hadis uses sound, visual art, data, code, and poetry to bridge art x tech x eco and creates multi-sensory & immersive performances and installations. Hadis’ muses and explorations are rooted in eco-feminine, mythology, decolonization, geo-psychology, interspecies dialogue, and collective consciousness. Her works have been recognized locally and internationally, she has performed and exhibited in National Music Centre(Calgary), Mutek. JP x Touchdesigner(Tokyo), Vancouver New Music, Times Square (NYC), etc. Hadis’ purpose and community service is to live by the earth oriented practices within communities and bring the integrated authentic voice in areas less heard, she finds community in diversity. www.fard.io