Syma Tariq is an artist-researcher, writer, and supporter of the Save Brick Lane campaign. Her recent exhibit Delay Lines, shown as part of “Everything is different, nothing has changed” at the Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, works with archival sounds and contemporary field recordings to investigate the political, housing and social justice narratives that still resonate in east London. She has recently completed her PhD in Sound Studies at the University of the Arts London.