CTM 2021: Sote & Tarik Barri – Forced Absence Share this: CTM 2021: Sote & Tarik Barri – Forced Absence A reflection on involuntary separation, showing as part of CTM’s Cyberia programme. Iranian producer Sote and Dutch audiovisual artist Tarik Barri are no strangers to collaboration, having worked together on Sacred Horror In Design, an A/V project developed from a commission by CTM Festival in 2017. On their latest project, Forced Absence, showing as part of CTM 2021’s virtual space Cyberia, the duo reflect on various forms of involuntary human separation – from families, loved ones and countries, because of either domestic or global tyranny, and the pandemic.