The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design, specialising in teaching and research across architecture, arts and humanities, design and communication. This showcase brings together artists from the RCA and beyond working at the intersection of sound, song, music, performance and research practice, foregrounding new forms of collaboration between art, music, voice and audiovisual culture.
Dr Adam Jovanović Kaasa is co-curator of the Royal College of Art showcase. They are a London-based artist, researcher and performer working with voice, song and archival materials to explore emotional geographies, queerness and the politics of becoming public. Their performances and sound works move between lecture, ritual and pop, often testing how intimacy travels through amplification and space. Under the name Bliss Carmxn, they write and produce indie/alt-pop with folk and electronic roots, combining confessional songwriting with experimental production. They are a Senior Research Tutor at the Royal College of Art and co-lead the MFA Arts & Humanities.