Deli Radio Presents: Architecting Archives For Liberation + Dj Zarina

Deli Radio aims to foster connection and shared experiences at a time when communal spaces feel essential. Over the course of two months, Deli Radio will host live recording sessions and broadcast a series of programs most Thursdays-Saturdays that vary from podcasts, live music and dj sessions, to intimate interviews with artists and activists. Check out Deli Radio website for updated programming, to listen to live radio transmissions or archived programs, and to submit your programming proposal to record in studio! Today Deli Radio invites Sound artist Kafilah M, and filmmakers Serene Murad and Helen-Klass Warch of the Palestine Before Project who will host an interdisciplinary event examining architecture, archives, and Palestinian resilience. The program features Kafilah M will curate a screening of a documentary by Murad, Dina Amin, Warch, and Tamara Hazou, exploring Palestinian narrative history, alongside music by DJ and multidisciplinary artist Zarina from 6-8pm. The event highlights cultural heritage and archival practices as vital to preserving collective memory. About the Presenters Kafilah M, from Brooklyn, NYC, holds interest in research, science and sound. She is fascinated with organic rhythms and the interconnectedness of the systems we reside in. Whether crafting sound or weaving songs together through the art of Djing, she is an enthusiastic collector of audio. Her sound pieces and other works are inspired by abstractions and the beautiful equilibrium of daily life. @kfeelzzz Serene Murad is a Palestinian researcher, activist, and creative, raised between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Her work looks at the intersection of trauma, community, and culture. She has experience in community-based research, strategy work, and advocacy including with organizations in the Middle East, working in Human Rights and direct service provision within refugee communities. She is deeply involved in artistic and cultural communities in Palestine including those focused on Dabka/modern dance, and storytelling. She is currently working on a documentary that aims to capture the experiences and stories of Palestinian elders before the Israeli occupation through intergenerational conversations about home, resistance and identity. @serenemurad Helen Klass-Warch, originally from Saint Paul, MN, is a researcher and co-producer for the Palestine Before Project. Her work is centered on advancing humanitarian relief through the improvement of urban and regional systems, particularly in resource distribution, mobility, and environmental justice. Helen is currently pursuing a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on transportation and natural hazard planning in Mérida, Mexico. Zarina is a South Asian multidisciplinary artist and DJ working in bookbinding, printmaking, and sound. With a background in neuroscience and Islamic studies, she explores how sonic and linguistic repetition (in known and unknown languages) impacts memory formation and consolidation. Sarah is interested in the space between repeated actions and how it contextualizes, morphs, illuminates, invalidates, hides underneath, or towers over what comes before and after it. She leans into the rhythmic, itinerant, and playful possibility of pattern recognition and the resulting projective nature of truth and non-truth, alike. @kfeelzzz @zariiina000 About Deli Radio The experience begins at the deli located in the lobby of Recess, where visitors can peruse and purchase a curated selection of goods from small-scale producers such as Live Loud Foods, East Branch Farms, Gus & Grey, Canaan, and Root Elixir. As visitors enter the listening/recording room located within the main Session space, they are immersed in a sonic environment designed by Daniel Santos, featuring sound from Booker Mitchell of Bridge Street Sound. The spatial and acoustic design encourages thoughtful listening, creating an experience that invites a deep engagement with the present moment. More Info below.