Sukitoa o Namau

Sukitoa o Namau is a Moroccan experimental sound artist and researcher. Her background is rooted in contemporary dance, performing and visual arts. On her academic path in Performing Arts and Thereat Studies, she centred her research on the subject of Choreographical Thresholds and on a possible dance below and beyond the dancing body. She has been using sound as a medium to deepen her reflection about Thresholds through field recordings, processed sounds and electronics. In 2016, she joined the UPA – Underground Producers Alliance in NY and released her debut EP Nari on Urubu Tapes (Lisbon). She collaborated with François Quillacq (visual artist) and Vassili Glezos (interactive designer) to create the VR experience, Nari, released as the official music video of her album and premiered at Porto virtual reality showcase, 360° Master Collection. Nari VR explores fascination, hypnosis, aura, trance and has been designed to embody her sound research and experience it on other levels. In 2017, she was chosen as a featured artist for Taqsim, a platform that enables musicians and producers from the MENA region to communicate through sound, improvisation and collaboration, in cooperation with Mideast Tunes & UPA.