Friday 16 May 2025, 7.30pm
Horn of Plenty presents Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist Jordan Deal, and artist & composer Allan Gilbert Balon.
Jordan Deal is a Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist whose work defies conventional boundaries. Using their body as a conduit, Deal navigates the intersections of performance, sound, and film to explore the forces that shape socio-political structures and mythologies. Through a unique blend of avant-theatrical and improvisational techniques, Deal delves into themes of anomalies and hauntings.
Their work stands as a bold critique of global colonialism and imperialism, challenging the frameworks that define borders and territories. Deal’s aurals traverse genres from blues to avant-garde, channeling a blend of soulful defiance and speculative futurism. Their latest album Seas of Triple Consciousness weaves field recordings, folk traditions, and experimental soundscapes—an immersive journey through collapsing worlds and imagined futures.
Deal’s work has been featured in prominent venues such as Radialsystem (Berlin) as part of CTM Festival, Judson Memorial Church, the Center for Performance Research, and Cafe OTO, among others. As a 2023-2024 Artistic Fellow at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art and a Fall 2022 research fellow at the Amant Foundation, their exploration of chaos force as a tool for artistic and socio-political intervention continues.
Artist & composer Allan Gilbert Balon was born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe in 1986 and is now based in Créteil (France).
His protean works combine sculpture, composition, sound installations and performance and explore themes of presence and intimacy.
Allan is the co-founder of **xyä édition©** with Uta Guan Hyë and has released music on Recital Program & Séance Centre.
