Brighton Festival 2022
Nikki Bedi speaks to artists and creators involved in this year's Brighton Festival
This week, The Arts Hour is at the Brighton Festival, on the south coast of England.
Nikki Bedi speaks to Syrian architect and festival guest co-director, Marwa Al-Sabouni about her specially designed performance structure, The Riwaq.
We meet writer Akila M Richards from the site-specific sound installation project, Witness Stand.
We hear from Syrian American visual artist Mohamed Hafez about why he recreates Damascus in miniature.
The theatre and festival guest co-director Tristan Sharps tells us about his immersive show Unchain Me.
Nikki experiences Maf鈥橨 Alvarez鈥檚 virtual reality art piece, Eva Quantica.
Vidya Thirunarayan tells us how she combines Bharatanatyam Indian dance with ceramics in Lives of Clay.
And we hear from vocalist Hamsa Mounif from the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians.
Producers: Lucy Collingwood and Oliver Jones.
(Photo: The Riwaq at Brighton Festival. Credit: Jim Stephenson)
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