Authentically Plastic @ VIVÊNCIAS

Art as Vessel to Conjure Space of Softness

28.06.2024, 19:00 - 21:00
Volkskundemuseum, Laudongasse 15-19, 1080 Wien

It’s Vivências-time again! Let us introduce you to the next artist and at the same time the last artist of this edition.  On June 28, the last Vivências event of this year’s series will take place and we can’t wait to see you all at the @volkskundemuseumwien!

But now let’s get to this wonderful artist: Tayo Alemi aka @authenticallyplastic, artist in residence at @kultureninbewegung
As a DJ, Producer & Artist from Kampala, Uganda, Authentically Plastic’s sound is necessarily political. Between 2018-2023, they ran a roving, riotous, club night called ANTI-MASS; which opened up space for femme & queer artists in Uganda’s increasingly repressive social climate.
Risk-taking in this political environment has shaped Authentically Plastic’s sound, which has an accelerated, densely layered, improvisational feel. Their fiery debut album, Raw Space, was released in September 2022, receiving critical acclaim for its fresh urgency and prismatic unpredictability. Authentically Plastic’s sets, at once dark & playful, harbor this same propulsive energy, using Gqom, Noise & Techno as a base for exploring other unknown sounds. Their music is influenced by Northern Ugandan (acholi electronic) rhythms, early acid/industrial experiments, and Afro-futurism.

Vivências aims to prioritize QTBIPoC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) bodies while remaining inclusive to all. Due to limited space, our admission policy for the event operates on a first-come, first-served basis.
Vivências is an annual series of events that artistically negotiates a critical politics of care. It is a project that focuses on care and affection as forms of resistance. In doing so, we address the problem of the lack of care in the cultural sector, which is characterized by power relations.