In response to Limbs of the Lunar Disc, Iranian sound artist Gisou Golshani will perform a sonic conjuration inspired by ancient methods of timekeeping native to Iran such as the water clock agrarian technology.

Blending the sonic, the spiritual and the celestial, this performance will present a collage of spatiotemporal realities speaking to water’s role as a timekeeper, while questioning the potential of temporal disruption via field recordings, liberation chants and ecological rhythms.

Gisou Golshani is a London-based artist from Iran. She performs rituals of belonging and resistance through sound art, performance, and poetic chants. Her work explores fictioning, hauntology and speculative world-building to reflect on issues related to land, liberation and collective healing.

Her recent exhibitions and performances include: MANIFEST:IO X IKLECTIK (London) Mimosa House (London) Bayt AlMamzar (Dubai), Deptford X festival (London), Emergency Live Art festival (Manchester) Diasporas Now UK tour (Hull) and New Art Exchange (Nottingham, UK). She is regularly invited to take over radio shows with experimental mixes, including Radio Alhara’s Sonic Liberation Front worldwide radio takeover (September 2022), to bring attention to the Jina revolution in Iran. She took part in Disturbance, an experimental residency for queer performance and video artists at Ugly Duck in London, first as an artist (November 2022) and then as a jury (April 2024). In July 2023, she was part of Lost and Found’s East African Soul Train residency, with showcases in London, Gaborone and Bangalore.

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Limbs of the Lunar Disc is co-commissioned by the Arab British Centre and Shubbak Festival, featuring works commissioned by the Mechatronic Library. Curated by Jessica El Mal as part of As We Are, Might Have Been and Could Be, and hosted at Mimosa House. Supported by Arts Council England and Freelands Foundation.

Limbs of the Lunar Disc runs from 23 May to 7 June 2025 at Mimosa House in central London. The gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday 12:00 PM-6:00 PM.

The exhibition, part of the Shubbak Festival 2025, will be free to visit and will also have an accompanying events programme. Watch out for more details!