All the Whistlers
Arts Catalyst & Aliaskar Abarkas
28 June | Time: 14:00 - 16:00 | Venue: City of Sanctuary Sheffield
ABOUT THE SHOW
Join Aliaskar Abarkas and All the Whistlers for a workshop exploring the power of non-verbal language. Through the simple yet resonant act of whistling, we’ll come together to listen, make sound, and co-compose a tune to carry with us — and to whistle, collectively or alone. As part of All The Whistlers, Aliaskar has collaborated with diverse creative networks and participants, documenting the process leading to musical compositions, visuals, and performance.
This event is part of Co-Hostings, a project by Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad developed with over 40 refugees and asylum seekers at City of Sanctuary Sheffield. Centred on issues around belonging, safety and rootedness in Sheffield, and the role that English language and its translations hold. Find out more about Co-Hostings via Arts Catalyst’s website.
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Arts Catalyst is a visual arts organisation and charity based in Sheffield, UK. Enabling people in South Yorkshire and beyond to engage in creative experiences that increase ecological awareness, encourage positive social action and open up new ways of learning about the world around us.
Aliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. Committed to alternative and communal art education, he employs a choreographic and sonic approach to facilitate dynamic interactions between individuals, guiding a transition from isolated experiences to collective expressions. Engaging closely with institutional infrastructures, Aliaskar proposes and tests methodologies that reimagine open contexts within which his practice evolves and circulates, leading to contingent shifts in the dimensions of ideas and material forms. In All The Whistlers, he collaborates with diverse creative networks and participants in a collective process that culminates in musical compositions, visual scores, and performances.
Aliaskar holds a fellowship at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London, 2024–26). Recent interventions have been supported and presented at The Barbican Centre, ICA, The Mosaic Rooms, TACO!, Pushkin House, Cubitt (London), CAPC (Bordeaux), and LOCALES (Rome). Aliaskar’s upcoming projects will be realised at Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice, Italy) and the Singapore Art Museum.
Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad designs across multiple scales, from public spaces to games, objects, and interiors. His work combines anthropology, aesthetics, and play, developing methodologies through real-life projects that actively engage the public in design processes. Hashemi-Nezhad has developed projects, and led masterclasses in the UK and internationally. His collaborations include the Serpentine Galleries, Greater London Authority, Victoria and Albert Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Shanghai Biennale, and Liverpool Biennial, among others.
EVENT INFO
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FREE ENTRY
Please purchase a free ticket via the available ticket links.
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Running Time: 14:00-16:00
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This event will take place at City of Sanctuary Sheffield, located on Chapel Walk in the City Centre. The workshop will be on the ground floor which has seating, level access and accessible toilets. Refreshments will be provided.
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All Ages
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All The Whistlers (2024) by Arthur Pequin