Bursting the Last Bubble by Tamer Elshabrawy
As part of the Afropean Intelligence Residency Program.
Challenge “Psychogeography and the Influence of AI”
The selected project
Bursting the Last Bubble
Bursting the Last Bubble is my new interactive sound art project – a mobile app that guides you on a walk through Alexandria’s historic center, where sound and memory intertwine. As you move, the app generates a live, evolving soundscape shaped by your path and the city’s real-time atmosphere. It’s a sensory exploration of how urban life, noise, and technology intersect. This project invites you to listen differently, reflect deeply, and experience the city in unexpected ways.
Host institution
B’sarya for Arts, Alexandria (EG)
European partner
CHRONIQUES, Marseille (FR)
The artists
Tamer Elshabrawy
Tamer Elshabrawy is an Egyptian electronic and ambient music composer and sound artist. Rooted in Alexandria’s sonic memory, his work blends field recordings, storytelling, and immersive soundscapes. He creates collaborative experiences exploring emotion, memory, and the relationship between sound and mental states.
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& Check-out the other selected projects for the Afropean Intelligence Residency Program:
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+ Challenge 1bis: “Decoding Egwu: reclaiming indigenous intelligence through AI, dance and Igbo” – Emmanuel Ndefo & Dan Xu
+ Challenge 3: Plural Computation | “The Affogbolo’s Home” – Pierre-Christophe Gam
+ Challenge 5: Archives & Memory | “Adorned memory: Reimagining Egyptian Indigenous Archives Through Jewellery” – Khanya Mthethwa
+ Challenge 6: ZaZi: An African Educational AI Model | “LORAS AS AN ARCHIVE – A LIVING ARCHIVE” – Evans Akanyijuka
+ Challenge 7: Beyond Borders: AI, Climate, and Resource Justice in Africa | “Cry To The Water” – Chipo Mapondera
+ Challenge 8: Digital Lukasa: An Intelligent Archival Tablet | “The Memory Performer: digital reincarnation of Luba wisdom” – Mahoutondji Kinmagbo
+ Challenge 9: Provenance and Social Memory | “TERRITOIRE TISSé: Art Royal Kuba entre tradition et (R)évolution” – Melisa Kayowa
+ Challenge 10: Futurism and Geolocation | “Mobility as Memory: a decolonial AI cartography of Kinshasa” – Chinedum Muotto
+ Afropean Intelligence is bringing together 11 cultural organizations across Africa and Europe:
