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. Each episode presents conversations with musicians, sound artists, visual artists and theatre-makers, with a special ear for postcolonial and/or queer sonic possibilities. Season 1 (Feb-April 2023) was launched for Black History Month with a focus on New York and Chicago. Season 2 (Sep-Oct 2023) features artists based in Berlin, Paris, and Yogyakarta. Season 3 showcased South African voices and sounds (Feb-March 2024) and Season 4 (May-July 2024) Polish artists, activists and curators. Our new season starting in January 2026 focuses on interventions in Germany by Black, African and Afro-diasporic artists. A project conceived by Dr. Layla Zami for the Collaborative Research Center Intervening Arts (SFB 1512 Intervenierende Künste) and the Performance Studies Department (Institut für Theaterwissenschaft) at Freie Universität Berlin. Special thanks: P&T Knitwear Bookstore and Podcast Studio, Blueprint Studio Johannesburg Co-produced by Eufoniker Audioproduktion

  1. Podcasting Oral history in the Kitchen

    07/19/2024

    Podcasting Oral history in the Kitchen

    In the last episode of this season, Adriana Raczykowski is in conversation with Polish artist and curator Patrycja Rozwora, who founded the Kitchen Conversations Podcast. Patrycja talks about her podcast practice and Eastern European and Central Asian narration in the arts.

    34 min
  2. Centering Eastern Peripheries

    06/28/2024

    Centering Eastern Peripheries

    Mala Herba and dogheadsurigeri from the Oramics collective meet with Adriana Raczykowski to talk about the politics of the dance floor and sonic spaces curation. Guided by the motto “Your periphery is our center”, they address Western hegemony in contemporary electronic subcultures.

    31 min
  3. From Private to Public: Entering the Polish Drag Scene (in Polish)

    06/14/2024

    From Private to Public: Entering the Polish Drag Scene (in Polish)

    In this episode in Polish language, Adriana Raczykowski is in conversation with Lulla La Polaca, who is widely recognised as the oldest Drag Queen of Poland. She traces back her roots as a performer in times of PPR, and talks about musical inspirations, the importance of friendship and community, and her hopes and wishes for younger generations of drag artists in Poland today.

    26 min
  4. Portraits of Queer Joy

    05/10/2024

    Portraits of Queer Joy

    Season 4 of Sonic Interventions (episodes 14-17) takes listeners to Poland, and is guest-curated by Adriana Raczykowski. She is in conversation with Polish artistists, activists and curators who intervene into society through curation, drag performance, visual arts, and podcasting. This episode features 100Lesb.com, a portrait cycle of one hundred Polish lesbians and non-binary people in Warsaw. Our guest host is in conversation with co-curators Ola Kamińka and Wojtek Zrałek-Kossakowski. They touch upon reclaiming representation and queer resourcefulness as forms of intervention.

    26 min
  5. From Ethnographic Colonialism to Sound Collages

    03/15/2024

    From Ethnographic Colonialism to Sound Collages

    This conversation with Zara Julius concludes our third podcast season dedicated to South African sound art and cultures. The artist shares thoughts on and samples from her exhibition “Whatever You Throw At The Sea” (Weltmuseum Vienna, Austria), and critically reflects on (post)colonial structures in museums and archives in relation to her artistic research.

    29 min

  6. 03/01/2024

    Song and Gender in Zulu Cultures

    In this episode recorded at the University of Pretoria, Prof. Nompumelelo Zondi, gives insights into her book on women’s song in rural Zulu culture. She presents an understanding of song as a medium of resistance and resilience, and uses her own voice to share examples.

    33 min
  7. Invoking South African Histories

    02/15/2024

    Invoking South African Histories

    This episode features cellist, composer, and scholar Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi, who talks about the role of radio, music traditions as cultural archives, and baroque cello in the context of South Africa. He discusses and shares excerpts of his “Zulu Song Cycle” and the production “Hail to the King” about Dingane kaSenzangakhona.

    28 min

  8. 02/01/2024

    Contemporary Vibrations of Xhosa Traditions

    Our third season centers South African Sound Cultures and is curated by our main host Dr. Layla Zami. In this episode, she is in conversation with multi-instrumentalist and composer Sky Dladla. Dladla speaks of her love for Indigenous Xhosa instruments, the intersection of traditional and contemporary performance culture, and her collaboration with artists such as Zolani Mahola. Recorded at Blueprint Studios in Johannesburg.

    34 min
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A podcast about the poetics of sound and its power to disrupt norms and transform society. Each episode presents conversations with musicians, sound artists, visual artists and theatre-makers, with a special ear for postcolonial and/or queer sonic possibilities. Season 1 (Feb-April 2023) was launched for Black History Month with a focus on New York and Chicago. Season 2 (Sep-Oct 2023) features artists based in Berlin, Paris, and Yogyakarta. Season 3 showcased South African voices and sounds (Feb-March 2024) and Season 4 (May-July 2024) Polish artists, activists and curators. Our new season starting in January 2026 focuses on interventions in Germany by Black, African and Afro-diasporic artists. A project conceived by Dr. Layla Zami for the Collaborative Research Center Intervening Arts (SFB 1512 Intervenierende Künste) and the Performance Studies Department (Institut für Theaterwissenschaft) at Freie Universität Berlin. Special thanks: P&T Knitwear Bookstore and Podcast Studio, Blueprint Studio Johannesburg Co-produced by Eufoniker Audioproduktion

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  • Creator
    Intervening Arts - Freie Universität Berlin
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Intervenierende Künste - SFB1512 - Freie Universität Berlin
  • Show Website
    Sonic Interventions