Adventures of Noorie

Over the years, we have made humble efforts at hosting performances, raising support for musicians, recording, writing and translating, pushing ourselves to go deeper into the journeys of music. We have had the pleasure of meeting various friends across the country- musicians, poets, translators, writers who are similarly preoccupied with questions of history, politics, imagination, and memory, in relation to various musical practices.

Given that at present, we are uncomfortably surviving inside an enforced nation, amidst censorships and coercions, we felt the need to start afresh. We wished to imagine life outside the rigidity of state boundaries and in defiance of cultural homogeneity. This spirit is embodied in Noorie, a girl who wakes up one morning and finds she can no longer remember anything. All she is left with are the memories in her body: sounds, tastes, smells. She finds herself in a world that has grown cold, monochromatic and hostile. anything. In search of a language, a yearning for home, a desire to discover herself, she sets off on a journey amidst various landscapes.

She meets musicians and storytellers who tell her different versions of history, of memory and community. From time to time, she stops for water and rest under the shade of giant trees, as she enjoys the night breeze and moonlight. She is unsure of how long her search will be, but she is determined to discover different worlds through music…As she travels, she uncovers missing notes, hidden languages, censored imaginations, and unrecorded histories… listening closely, she re-collects, remembers and experiences her senses afresh.