Gathering Future Ancestors

Gathering Future Ancestors are meditative experiences of immersive storytelling, participatory art, and sound, exploring water as an entryway to our shared humanity by One of Many Studio. Over the last two years, OoM gathered over 30 multidisciplinary creators to the Great Rift Valley to bear witness to one of the most acute water crises on the globe.

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  • A Future Ancestor weaves the wisdom of the past and present to shape collective futures.

  • These experiences are supported by For Freedoms.

  • Stay tuned for future gatherings in 2025.

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This episode of the podcast Five and Nine was recorded online and on location in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan.

Season 4 is a Five and Nine podcast co-presented with One of Many Studio (OoM). We listen to music recorded on location in the Wadi Rum Desert, and we talk about some of the major themes from the residency, including crisis, bearing witness, why sound and music hold us through difficult moments, and how to be present, whatever the circumstances.

Music is performed by Hashim Bin Muaitiq, Nour Batyne and Britt Pham, recorded live in Wadi Rum.