ABOUT LABOUR:
LABOUR is the Berlin-based artist duo of Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander who create works based on sound. The name LABOUR is inspired in part by an early definition by Marx that gives ontological significance to the realm of work, as articulated by the philosopher Christopher J. Arthurs, defining labour as “the ontologically fundamental productive activity in and through which one becomes what one is.”
Farahnaz Hatam is a composer and artist with a background in molecular biology. She works primarily with SuperCollider, a sound synthesis programming environment.
Colin Hacklander is a composer, artist and drummer with a background in post-tonal theory.
studio LABOUR is the duo’s collaborative studio, extending their artistic practice into special projects involving artistic direction, curation, coordination, releases, and more. It includes such close collaborators as Fredrik Olofsson and others.
photo by Evelyn Bencicova, in collaboration with Enes Güç and Zeynep Schilling; styling by Marcelo Alcaide; wearing Back2Back & Innerraum.
PRESS / INTERVIEWS:
- Viscose 08: SOUND
- die Presse Austria
- Tagesspiegel
- Flash Art
- Berlin Art Link
- Tagesspiegel
- studio LABOUR in Metal Magazine
- studio LABOUR & GmbH in Show Studio
- Wallpaper*
- Numéro Magazine presents LABOUR
- LABOUR & Outer interview NR World
- ExBerliner Interview
- Kaput Magazin interview
- Clot Magazine interview
- Resident Advisor, LABOUR for GmbH
- Crack Magazine, High Concept Club Sounds and Challenging Electronics
- The Quietus, Constructs Of Sanity: LABOUR Interviewed
- Speaking Sabar on BBC4
- FACT Residency: LABOUR
- self-titled mag, on the sublime: from stockhausen to sophie
- LABOUR Interviewed by Ondarock (Italian)
- zweikommasieben, LABOUR: Layers of Complexity
- 15 Questions Interview
- Year Zero
RESIDENCIES:
- Callie’s Berlin current
- NTS Radio residency current
- Ormside Projects residency 2024
- Kuboraum digital sound residency 2023
- Villa Aurora 2021
- Fact Magazine online residency 2020
- EMS 2015