<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://dept-of-transformation.org/">Department of Transformation (DOT)</a> is launching Karaoke Practice!, a new series of experimental and participatory gatherings where collective voice, performance, and transformation take center stage. Founded by designer, author, and educator Prem Krishnamurthy, Department of Transformation is an artist-organized group that prototypes new formats for togetherness, learning, and collective healing. As part of DOT’s ongoing micro-residency at The Clemente, Karaoke Practice! sessions at The Kite invite the DOT community and the public to explore karaoke as a medium for expression, experimentation, connection, and community. As a readymade format, karaoke can generate varying levels of discomfort in people while also demonstrating a person’s virtuosic potential. Karaoke creates community through a shared sense of vulnerability and mutual support. Whether you are a pro or novice or simply love a good time, we invite you to our fun-filled karaoke gathering.&nbsp;To inaugurate the series, DOT teams up with artist Athena Kokoronis and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://domesticperformanceagency.com/">Domestic Performance Agency (DPA)</a> for Kitchen Act!, a parallel performance in which a menu of novel takeaway dishes emerges from DPA's repertory of choreographic meals and ongoing culinary research, created and served in real-time harmony with karaoke classics to create new flavors for new times.Through workshops, events, publications, and commissions (+ karaoke!), Department of Transformation&nbsp;supports others in their own processes of change. The&nbsp;artist-organized group believes that by transforming the arts, we can transform ourselves, our communities, and our world.Athena Kokoronis is an interdisciplinary artist working across art, food, dance, and design. She founded Domestic Performance Agency, a creative platform born from motherhood that focuses on process, hospitality, and experimentation. With collaborator Jasmine Hearn, she received the 2023 Rome Prize. Kokoronis has published two cookbooks and presented works at The Kitchen, Danspaceproject, Movement Research at Judson, and through DPA's signature 24-hour Diner performances.Department of Transformation and Karaoke Practice! are supported by The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural &amp; Educational Center.Images:&nbsp;Karaoke Practice! Part of The Night of Ideas Jersey City: Department of Transformation, March 1, 2024, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City. Organized by the Centre Pompidou and Villa Albertine. Photo: Jasmina Tomiç.