“Breaks and Design” by Parasite Radio with Sophie Douala and Setareh Noorani. Hosted by Raziyah Heath on Sunday August 14 at 11:00h. Three manifestations, three geographies, three practices that complex and stretch our understanding of what modernism can be (other)wise. Here elaborated through a singular use of the notions of space, design, colour, abstraction, minimalism and the sonic, Abstracting Parables is not just an exhibition of works but it is also a spacial and cosmos experience, it is an exercise of listening with not only our ears but also our eyes. This experience has been made possible by architect, researcher and zinester Setareh Noorani, and artist and creative director Sophie Douala who were both invited to contribute to the making of this exhibition and translate the curatorial concept behind the project. For this radio broadcast, we invite Setareh Noorani, who designed the whole exhibition, as well as Sophie Douala who designed the readers and also intervened in the contextualisation room, the very space where @squishybvb hosts @parasite_radio. We aim to touch upon the questions of how the oeuvre of the Sedje Hémon, Abdias Nascimento and Imran Mir influenced and nourished their creative process. How have they been in conversation with those works and practices? Did it make them rethink the notions of abstraction, space, sonicity and design? And what does it mean to (create space) for such practices in institutions like @stedelijkmuseum? 📸 @jarmalmartis