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mebrat / መብራት
Adrasha’s project mebrat / መብራት explores the figure of the lighthouse as a symbol of guidance and border, translating its pulses of light into rhythms. Through field recordings, visual poetry, and personal archives, she articulates soundscapes that address displacement, communication, and belonging from a political and sensory perspective.
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mebrat / መብራት
Adrasha’s project mebrat / መብራት explores the figure of the lighthouse as a symbol of guidance and border, translating its pulses of light into rhythms. Through field recordings, visual poetry, and personal archives, she articulates soundscapes that address displacement, communication, and belonging from a political and sensory perspective.
mebrat / መብራት is articulated around the figure of the lighthouse as a symbolic and material device of orientation, surveillance and limit. The lighthouse appears not only as a source of guiding light, but also as a marker of borders—geographical, political, and emotional—that separate and connect territories, bodies, and memories. Starting from this image, the project investigates how its light pulses can be translated and reimagined as sound rhythms, establishing a dialogue between light, time and listening. Through the use of field recordings, visual poetry, and personal archives, she constructs soundscapes that function as spaces of resonance where experiences of displacement, migration, and transit converge. These materials, both documentary and intimate, allow her to explore communication not only as a transmission of information, but as a sensitive gesture loaded with silences, interferences and affects.
The project addresses the notion of belonging from a political and sensory perspective, questioning who is guided, who is left out of the light, and what narratives are activated at the margins. mebrat / መብራት thus proposes an attentive listening to the territories and their stories, where sound becomes a tool to think about borders, links and the possibilities of orientation in contexts of instability and continuous movement.
Adrasha
Adrasha is an Ethiopian multidisciplinary artist based in Barcelona. Her career began as a dancer in Addis Ababa, immersed in the traditional sounds of East Africa and the urban music heard in the different neighborhoods of the city. This experience fueled his curiosity to work on this sonic fusion through an experimental lens. This, in turn, paved the way to musical curation, where Adrasha began mixing club genres such as Gqom and Singeli and creating listening spaces with Ethio-Jazz selections. Focused on exploring underground sounds - particularly contemporary club music from the African continent and its diaspora - Adrasha's work seeks to create a dialogue between hybrid sound expressions such as Afro-punk, Gqom and Future Dancehall and current experimental electronic music. In his performances, this translates into a rhythm kinetic and a constant dynamic energy. His approach is also based on his training in International Relations, which investigates how different cultures, through creative initiatives, can legitimize and stabilize political systems. Last year, Adrasha performed in Addis Ababa, Milan, Brussels and Paris. She is a regular artist at Jokkoo Collective events in Barcelona and debuted at Primavera Sound BCN 2024. The Barcelona artist also presents a bi-monthly show called No Address on Oroko Radio and has been invited to do mixes on Rinse FM, Radio Raheem and Radio Alhara.
Practical information
Address
Moll de Barcelona, Port Vell (Port of Barcelona). Scene.
Accessibility
Dates and times
Thursday, April 2, 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Safety
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition Presents
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilisation, thanks to the digitisation and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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The artists
Frequently asked questions
Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.