Hassan Khan, A short story based on a distant memory with a long musical interlude, The Showroom, Lo

I had to stop the car but didn't know exactly why, so I just did, suddenly, in the middle of the road. But I was immediately interrupted by the loud aggressive honking of the microbus behind me. I felt an electric surge of anger. I wanted to step out, walk back, open the door, grab the driver by the head and snap his neck, but then immediately I was gripped by a deep and ancient exhaustion. So I started the car and drove home.

A short story based on a distant memory with a long musical interlude moves from a suspenseful narrative written in pulp literary Arabic for a cancelled exhibition to a long musical interlude in which Khan performs one of his latest compositions based on a syncopated shifting string progression, modulated percussive arrangements, dense reed horns and barely contained tonal scintillations. It is driven by the ongoing attempt to discover the workd; the direct and abstract power of musicd; childhood memoriesd; the relentless anger the artist depends upon when writingd; and the elusive search for a simplicity that remains complex.

Hassan Kahn's performance will launch the book Circular Facts, and will mark the culmination of The Showroom's participation in this two year collaborative endeavor between three European contemporary art organisations: Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, The Showroom, London in partnership with Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen and Electric Palm Tree.