The Boston Symphony Orchestra and ICA/Boston present Sudan Archives: Any Shape I Want

Sudan Archives presents *Any Shape I Want* at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in a co-production with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as part of the BSO’s Creation Festival. The performance explores freedom of movement between instruments, identities, and imagined selves through violin loops, voice, storytelling, and projected video.

Staged across six stations corresponding to four-hour sections of a single day, Sudan Archives moves through a complete 24-hour cycle in real time. As the projected imagery changes with each hour, she reworks songs from her catalog and constructs a private, evolving universe that audiences are invited to enter. The piece reflects the festival’s focus on origin and transformation, and has received praise for its inventive fusion of sound and narrative.

When: Sunday, November 8

Showtimes: 7 PM

Tickets: $25 for ICA members and students; $30 for nonmembers

Status: Tickets for this performance are sold out.

Performers: Sudan Archives

Format: A live performance featuring violin loops, vocals, projected video, and reimagined songs from Sudan Archives’s catalog

Run time: The work unfolds across a full 24-hour cycle in real time, divided into six four-hour sections

Venue: Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA)

Presented by: Boston Symphony Orchestra and ICA/Boston, as part of the BSO’s Creation Festival