HAM.MAM, a hyper-textual performance piece created and performed by Azad Namazie, reimagines the traditional Iranian bathhouse within the browser window, where the changing room is a chatroom and spiritual ablution is an ambient ritual. The artist navigates the bathhouse by clicking, typing, reciting, and gesturing, transforming their desktop into a site of intimacy without physical proximity. Blending poetry, archival practice, and internet art performance, this piece explores the protocols of the hammam and questions how one might create what Amiri Baraka called a “spirituallyoriented technology.
As part of their 2025 Residency Presentations, First Kiss Theatre Company will present a one-night-only live performance of HAM.MAM on Saturday, December 13th at 7:30pm at The Makers’ Space in Brooklyn, NY.
CREATED AND PERFORMED BY AZAD NAMAZIE
SOUND DESIGN BY JOIE MITCHELL
WITH TECHNICAL CONSULT FROM TONZ
POSTER ART BY @bird_of_paradigm
TICKETS CAN BE FOUND HERE, SEE YOU THERE!
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LIGHT STREAMS IN - A PLAYTEST PARTY (12/12/25-12/12/25)
JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY (12/13/25-12/13/25)
BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS: A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE (12/14/25-12/14/25)
The Makers' Ensemble is at N/A, Brooklyn, NY.
BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS: A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE (12/14/25-12/14/25)
JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY (12/13/25-12/13/25)
LIGHT STREAMS IN - A PLAYTEST PARTY (12/12/25-12/12/25)
NARCISSUS AS PLOT FORM: A TRANSSEXUAL RAGE(R) (12/8/25-12/8/25)
The Makers' Space is at N/A, Brooklyn, NY.
BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS: A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE (12/14/25-12/14/25)
JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY (12/13/25-12/13/25)
LIGHT STREAMS IN - A PLAYTEST PARTY (12/12/25-12/12/25)
NARCISSUS AS PLOT FORM: A TRANSSEXUAL RAGE(R) (12/8/25-12/8/25)
The Makers’ Space is at N/A, Brooklyn, NY.
BEING BETTER NEIGHBORS: A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE (12/14/25-12/14/25)
JERSEY SHORE FANTASIA, OR A PLAY ABOUT THE MAKING OF A PLAY ABOUT MTV’S JERSEY SHORE AND ALSO, A FALLOUT GUIDE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND A RECORD OF THE MESSIEST SENIOR THESIS SZN IN SUCK UNIVERSITY HISTORY (12/13/25-12/13/25)
LIGHT STREAMS IN - A PLAYTEST PARTY (12/12/25-12/12/25)
NARCISSUS AS PLOT FORM: A TRANSSEXUAL RAGE(R) (12/8/25-12/8/25)
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