Abdessamad El Montassir
Abdessamad El Montassir (1989, Morocco) lives and works between Boujdour and Marseille. His research-based practice is anchored in a trilogy of concepts: the right to forget, visceral narratives, and the trauma of anticipation. In his body of work, El Montassir sets reflexive processes that invite us to rethink history through collective or fictional narratives and immaterial archives. He has participated in several national and international exhibitions, including Invisible curated by Alya Sebti for the 13th Biennale of Contemporary African Art of Dakar and for ifa-Galerie in Berlin, De liens et d’exils at La Villa Empain – Fondation Boghossian in Brussels, Al Amakine in the context of 11ème Rencontres de Bamako, Saout Africa(s) in the context of the documenta 14 at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin, among others. El Montassir also participated in various artist residencies such as the Art, Science and Society program at IMéRA in Marseille, La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the summer’s lab at Le Cube – independent art room in Rabat and the Résidence Méditerrannée at La Friche La Belle de Mai in Marseille.
Perennial BFMAF favourite DJ HTSHELL returns to spin global funky sounds: blistering hotwave, sloppy disco workouts, anarcho-house anthems and Soviet floor-fillers. Edinburgh’s all-female DJ collective, MISS WORLD bring their party to Berwick: a musical beauty pageant of all sounds and genres.
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Matt & Jess from Glasgow’s venerable bookshop Good Press play a healthy smorgasbord of sugary musical confections for your ears. Rabz—programmer of Sunday screening Windrush Legacies and Experimental Forms—provides a mix of bass-heavy afro-diasporic electronic music with decidedly queer inflections, including Afro-House, Gqom, Ballroom, Jersey Club, Grime and UK Funky.