The Sound, The Silence and the Séance

by Ashanti Harris (Researcher and Artist)

A séance. A call and response. A meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the departed, with the ancestors, with the spirits, with those who came before, with the presence felt in the present. [Excerpt]

Ashanti contributed to theatre production Sonic Séance with a reflective research piece on womxn’s voices and ancestry.