AUDIO VISUAL ENSEMBLE — Open Rehearsal with Daniel Oduntan & Roxanne Tataei
Friday 4 July, 6–7:30pm | The Pits (Room G31), Somerset House Studios
Join Somerset House Assembly resident Daniel Oduntan with voice artist and composer Roxanne Tataei for a public open rehearsal, exploring a developing suite of movements for the evolving Audio Visual Ensemble.
This session isn’t a polished performance — but a space for thinking aloud. Using sound, voice, and image, the ensemble engages in fragments, improvisation, and real-time composition to reflect on everyday experiences, the architecture of Black memory, and spatial resonance.
Audiences are invited to witness the making — where collective experimentation becomes a live conversation.
Free, limited capacity.
Address: Somerset House, New Wing, Lancaster Place WC2R 1LA
Located off Waterloo Bridge.
Daniel Oduntan is an interdisciplinary artist working across sound, photography, moving image, performance, and installation — constructing inquiries into how we witness place, time, and the everyday. He uses storytelling to examine the structures we inhabit and how we interpret them. Daniel is currently a Somerset House Assembly resident, developing the Audio Visual Ensemble: a live framework for sound and moving image experimentation rooted in collaboration, material resonance, and unfinished thought. Recent commissions include projects with Tate Modern, The Bartlett School of Architecture, Camberwell Space, The Design Museum, and Warp Records.
Roxanne Tataei is a voice artist and composer from South London whose work blends non-linguistic vocal forms, neo-opera, and experimental sound. She has performed at the Venice Biennale, The National Portrait Gallery, The Lincoln Center, and the Royal Albert Hall. Recent projects include scoring WATA — a Gucci-commissioned film directed by Ronan Mckenzie and Joy Yamusangie — and collaborating with multidisciplinary artist Rebecca Bellantoni for the Brent Biennial. Her debut opera The Water Carrier — written, composed, and directed by Tataei — is currently in development with the Royal Opera House and Southbank Centre.
Note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be aware that a booked ticket does not guarantee entry. Wheelchair access is available via the Lancaster Place entrance (New Wing), located off Waterloo Bridge.
