MYRIAM EL HAÏK & GOLNAR SHAHYAR
DATE & TIME
Monday, April 20, 2026 – 7pm
VENUE
philomena+
Heinestraße 40, 1020 Wien
philomena.plus
TICKETS
Free entry
Presented by philomena+ in cooperation with Salam Music
The day after her exhibition opening and performance continues her subversive play with language in an improvised session - this time together with the Iranian-Canadian singer and composer Golnar Shahyar. At the center are the theatricality, timbre, tempo and rhythm of words - their sequences, shifts and translations into image and music. Drawing on French and Moroccan-Arabic language fragments from Myriam El Haïk’s works OHrGrün / VerT d’OreiLLe (2025) and Egorythms (2026), a play of associations, combinations and transpositions unfolds.
Both artists resist the “yoke” of fixed meanings and question the power of linguistic rule systems. Golnar Shahyar’s practice - situated between improvisation, composition and transcultural reflection - meets Myriam El Haïk’s conceptual work with language and notation. “Collaborating with Golnar is an opportunity to open these two pieces to her remarkable voice and personality,” says Myriam El Haïk. What emerges is a dialogue that defends the right to imagination and hybrid worlds.
