5 episodes
Sonic Interventions Intervening Arts - Freie Universität Berlin
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A podcast about the poetics of sound and its power to disrupt norms and transform society. The first season features artists and thinkers based in New York and Chicago. On each episode, host Dr. Layla Zami is in conversation with musicians, sound artists, and theatre-makers, with a special ear for postcolonial and/or queer sonic possibilities. Listen to our first episode launched just on time for Black History Month 2023!
A project by the Collaborative Research Center on Intervening Arts (SFB 1512 Intervenierende Künste) and the Performance Studies Department (Institut für Theaterwissenschaft) at Freie Universität Berlin.
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Stimmbezirke
In this episode in German language, musician Natalia Kiës and photographer Elias Wessel discuss the project “It’s Complicated - Ist möglicherweise Kunst". The conversation facilitated by Dr. Layla Zami addresses information overflow, photography as painting, and the possibility for sound art to intervene into social media algorithms.
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Music as Retroactive Reparations
This episode presents BRICKS (A 20-YEAR MUSIC TOUR OF REPARATIONS), and features playwright Charlene Jean, performer Mercy Kelly, and host Dr. Layla Zami. A conversation about decolonial spirituality, matriarchs, gentrification, Black time, and queer performance strategies, enriched with lively audio samples from the performance.
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Sounds of Rest
Recorded on the historical site of the Weeksville Heritage Center, this episode welcomes Najee_ (interdisciplinary artist and yogi) and Erica Harper (VP of Learning and Engagement at WHC). The conversation with Dr. Layla Zami addresses restful practices and restorative sounds, African-American liberation history and the meaning of community. An episode full of emotions and information!
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Lower Frequencies
Dr. Layla Zami is in conversation with fellow artists-scholars Mendi and Keith Obadike, a married Igbo Nigerian American couple who create music, writing, and art. In this first episode, they discuss alternate ways of listening that allow us to perceive something beyond the surface. Learn more about their work, such as 'Frequency' and 'Timbre', which were inspired by a lively African-American literary legacy.
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#sonicinterventions is launching just on time for Black History Month 2023! In each episode, host Dr. Layla Zami interviews artists and scholars who create and think about sound art, performances, music, audio walks, and other artistic forms. The first season centers projects based in New York and Chicago. Listen to our conversations and field recordings, and learn more by subscribing to our podcast.