As part of Houbara – Resonanzen Iran 2026, Korsi Collective hosts a panel that looks at music not only as sound, but as a force that shapes how we gather, relate, and build community. Moderated by Monita Wagma, the conversation brings together artists and cultural workers whose practices move between music, curation, and collective space-making.
Joining the panel are Parissa Charghi, founder of Heavy Feelings, whose work connects creative direction with community-driven cultural production, and Guy Dermosessian, whose platform CCR centers migrant and diasporic music cultures. Together, they share perspectives on how resonance spaces emerge—what they require, how they are sustained, and what they make possible for both audiences and organizers.
Korsi Collective approaches this conversation from within its own evolving practice. As a community-rooted, artist-led collective, Korsi creates spaces where SWANA identities, music, and artistic expression meet in ways that prioritize proximity, care, and shared presence. What began as intimate gatherings has grown into a platform that actively reshapes how cultural spaces are imagined and experienced.
This panel asks what it means to create environments that hold people—not just temporarily, but with intention. In this sense, resonance becomes more than an aesthetic quality; it becomes a condition for connection, continuity, and resilience.
Free entry. Part of the Houbara – Resonanzen Iran 2026 program.
