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Aliaskar Abarkas is a London-based artist and writer. Committed to alternative and communal art education, he employs a choreographic and sonic approach to facilitate dynamic interactions between individuals, guiding a transition from isolated experiences to collective expressions. Engaging closely with institutional infrastructures, Aliaskar proposes and tests methodologies that reimagine open contexts within which his practice evolves and circulates, leading to contingent shifts in the dimensions of ideas and material forms. In the project All The Whistlers, Aliaskar collaborates with diverse creative networks and participants, documenting the process that leads to musical compositions, visuals, and performances.

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Aliaskar holds a fellowship at Sadler’s Wells/Rose Choreographic School (London, 2024-26). He is a resident artist at RTM.FM with a monthly radio show:

"On Alternative Education." He was an associate artist at Castro (Italy), Open School East (UK), the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Spain), Rupert (Lithuania), and Syllabus V (UK). Aliaskar holds a BFA and MA in Fine Arts and Theory of Art and Politics from the University of Tehran and Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Additionally, he has contributed to various programmes and institutions, including LUX Critical Forum, The Sonic and Somatic Transdisciplinary Research and Practice Programme, Advanced Practices, The Centre for Arts Design & Social Research, The New Centre for Research & Practice, and the Barbican Centre's Communities and Neighbourhoods. He is a recipient of an Arts Council England Project Grant. Most recently, his projects, performances, and other interventions have been supported and presented at The Mosaic Rooms, TACO!, Swiss Church (London), CAPC (Bordeaux), and LOCALES (Rome).

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Portfolio

CV

 

aliaskar.abarkas@gmail.com

​​Interviews & Reviews 

Sadler's Wells/ Rose, Martin Hargreaves

Nero Magazine, Giulia Crispiani

Zero 

Rupert, Tautvydas Urbelis

Bipolar Anthems, Mggie Matic

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Artist Talks

Auto Italia

University of Tehran

Autograph

Duke University​

 

Selected Projects

All The Whistlers:

Barbican Centre, The Conservatory

Cubitt

ICA

Sadler's Wells

Swiss Church 

TACO!

The Mosaic Rooms​

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By Whom It Was Heard, I Don't Know, Sound Installation: Short Theatre Festival, Rome​

LOCALES, Rome

Secret Sits in the Middle and Knows: The Pickle Bar, Berlin

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Performances

CAPC

Refugee Week

Barbican Centre ​​​​

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Facilitations, Guidance & Workshops

PAF

Apsara

Metroland Culture

SSTRAPP​​​​

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Mixcloud

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Radio

RTM.FM: On Alternative Education

Montez Radio

Radio Alhara

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Selected Texts

The 87 Press

Interjection Calendar 009: Montez Press

Bitter Sweet Review

Awham Magazine #6

Awham Magazine #5

Cthulhu Books

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Poems and Texts by The Whistlers

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Composers I Have Collaborated With

Neil Luck

Hannah Cathrin Jones

Robert Mitchell 

Hyelim Kim

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Previous Co-facilitators

​James Christopher Oldham

Eve Atkins 

Shenece Oretha

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​Thanks to My Radio Guests

Wassim Z. Alsindi

Amelia Martin 

Mohammad Salemy

Inigo Wilkins 

Maggie Matic

Benjamin Cook

Gabriel Alonso 

Gia Di Lorenzo

Anna Colin 

Dalida Maria Bendield

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Thanks for the Support of

Sean Elder

Chiara Sivaro

Cedric Fauq

Deniz Kirkali

Siegrun Salmanian

Mat Jenner

Hasti

Vania Gonzalvez

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Thanks for the Assistance of

Gisou Golshani

Niki Kohandel

Negar Yazdanpanah

Sheida Gorjidooz​​​

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