Stas Shärifullá, also known as HMOT, is an artist-researcher based in Basel, working with sound and decoloniality. Born and raised in East Siberia, Russia, with Başqort (Bashqort) roots, Stas takes this dual heritage as a starting point to study the politics of indigeneity, reflecting on both personal and global perspectives. As a self-taught computer musician and quraysı, Stas designs live performances around the idea of how musical traditions mutate and evolve when approached by someone with a remote, secondhand perspective.

Stas is currently an Associate Researcher at Critical Media Lab in Basel, a Gastdozent at the Institute Art Gender Nature HGK FHNW (Basel) and Sound Studies and Sonic Arts UdK (Berlin), and is pursuing a doctoral degree at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Basel. Along with their appearances at CTM Festival and transmediale, their works have been showcased at Manifesta 10, Kaserne Basel, Rhythmic Music Conservatory (Copenhagen), Rote Fabrik (Zürich), MaerzMusik (Berlin), Kunsthalle Basel, Biennale for Sound and Listening (Struer), Copernicus Science Centre (Warsaw), Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall (Yerevan), and many others.

• There Will Come Gentle Rain, by HMOT

• There Will Come Gentle Rain, by HMOT