Shakeeb Abu Hamdan, NÂR, and Omar Itani

Thursday, 18 September, 2025
8:00 pm
Rooftop

Shakeeb Abu Hamdan is a Lebanese/British musician and visual artist based in Paris. He performs with an unorthodox setup of drums, bells and cymbals which he augments and amplifies with surface transducers, microphones, pitch and rhythmic modulation effects, modified megaphones and other electronic devices. His performances unfold along loose structures that leave space for generative accidents and improvisation, responding to the instabilities of feedback manipulation and other unpredictable interactions built into his instrumental system.

NÂR is a Lebanese multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer based in Beirut. Constantly in metamorphosis, she crafts raw, immersive experiences using analog gear, voice, and found objects. Abrasive and hypnotic, her performances are live experiments constructed from scratch—anchored in repetition and trance.
Her sound draws from a vast spectrum of influences: Middle Eastern microtonality, North African trance traditions, industrial music, and avant-garde electronic forms. In 2021, NÂR created a custom instrument from repurposed clocks and bells, which injected even more grit and physicality into her sonic rituals.
She describes her practice as: “A succession of sacred mistakes and a cult to the unknown.”

Omar Itani is a noise artist and sound designer based in Beirut, Lebanon. His work ranges across various activities, including sound design for film, sound art, installations, field recordings and live performance.

Entrance fees:
$5 students
$10 regular
$15 support