Kumi James, aka BAE BAE, is a multidisciplinary artist who works with sound, music, and video. She is an organizer of innovative spaces for collaboration and community. Through a historical materialist lens, James' work critiques capitalist exploitation, imperialism, and human alienation. Her uncanny sonic assemblages and mixes evoke memory through the senses, stirring embodied reflection. She creates spaces that challenge conventional ideas of gathering and community, emphasizing a solidarity expansive enough to radically hold difference.
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As the dj/producer BAE BAE she has performed internationally, including at Horst Festival (Vilvoorde), Transit Festival (Antwerp), and CTM (Berlin),. Her music has been reviewed on Dazed Magazine and featured on DJ Mag and Apple Playlists. She hosts a monthly radio show on NTS and Dublab.