Join us for a performance by sound artist and researcher Mo H. Zareei (aka mHz). Cruise Missile Intersectionality is a blunt critique of performative allyship and the feel-good politics of neo-liberalism, exploring the dissonance between proclaimed values of equality and the material pursuit of dominance. Through audiovisual media and digital poetry, the work questions the self-congratulatory and complacent stance of Western cultural and academic institutions toward imperialism. The title, inspired by Clare Daly, former Member of the European Parliament from Ireland, references the intersection of militarism, identity, and power, underscoring the work’s central theme: imperialism is sustained by the ongoing erasure of Indigenous lives.

Mo H. Zareei (aka mHz) is a sound artist and researcher whose work spans electronic composition, kinetic sound-sculpture, and audiovisual installation. Zareei’s work often explores sound and light through reductionist aesthetics inspired by physical and architectural principles. He has presented projects internationally including at ACMI, Melbourne; Brisbane Powerhouse; PST ART, California; the Aesthetica Art Prize, York; and ISEA, Brisbane, Vancouver, Montréal, Dubai. Zareei was awarded 1st Prize for Sound Art at the Sonic Arts Award 2015, Italy, and shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2024. As mHz, he has collaborated with Zimoun, Matmos, Nicolas Bernier, Loscil, and Alba Triana, and has released music through Room40, Important Records, LINE, Leerraum, and Kasuga Records.