Zemi is a pressure-based carpet instrument that listens to gesture, weight, and memory. Named after the Taíno spirit-object, it reimagines the domestic surface as a living archive of diasporic stories, overlooked labours, and cultural traces. Designed as an adaptable instrument it transforms based on its settings and has since appeared in installation at the Fak’ugesi Festival (SA), with Drake Music (UK) as an accessible instrument for and diverse bodies, and at Maker World (UK) for children and families. Zemi transforms the act of stepping or leaning into an encounter with archives that speak through bodies, technologies, and the more-than-human.
Commissioned by hcmf// and Perempuan Komponis, Zemi premiered in Jakarta in 2024 as an interactive installation. |
