Frequencies | Culture Action Europe Podcast Platform

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Culture Action Europe’s podcast platform hosts a growing range of series that explore culture as a force for connection, transformation, and political imagination.  Currently, the platform hosts Frequencies and Trust the Process. Each podcast finds its own way to reflect on the plurality of voices and approaches that make up our shared cultural and creative ecosystem. Frequencies lives at the intersection of culture and politics by focusing on the power of cultural practises and agents in nurturing inclusive, open, diverse, fair, and democratic societies.

  1. Trust the Process | Ep.1 - Chloé Malcotti

    MAR 25

    Trust the Process | Ep.1 - Chloé Malcotti

    Trust the Process is a podcast about socially engaged arts that invites you to trust the unconventional nature of artistic processes and, more importantly, the impact they can have over time. This project is part of the Ask, Pay, Trust the Artist campaign and is supported by the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts. The guest of this first episode is the French artist Chloé Malcotti, director of Medusa, a film that explores the case of Rosignano Solvay, a small Italian coastal town where industrial capitalism has deeply affected both the natural ecosystem and the collective identity of its residents. What happens when residents’ mindsets are challenged and sparked into imagining alternative scenarios that question the unfairness of a given situation? And where does change begin? Chloé’s words will help you understand what makes Medusa an exemplary case of how socially engaged artistic practices can challenge social issues by emphasising process, dialogue, and collective action — fostering local ownership, social cohesion, and active citizenship through art. Special guest: Chloé Malcotti Music credits: Original music by Kerem Çelikoğlu Episode produced and hosted by: Sara Bandinu, Culture Action Europe This podcast aims to spark an ongoing conversation around socially engaged arts — one we hope to nurture by collecting grounded stories of change-making. If you are a socially engaged practitioner and would like to share your experience, feel free to get in touch at sara@cultureactioneurope.org — I would love to hear from you!

    18 min

  2. 09/08/2023

    Elefsinian Mystery | Handle with Care

    Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a special episode, "Elefsinian Mystery | Handle with Care", which  focuses on  the 2023 Beyond the Obvious conference, "Handle with Care | Culture for Social Well-being", co-organized by  Culture Action Europe, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, and the CultureForHealth project. This international get-together invited practitioners, organisations and institutions, policy-makers, thinkers, researchers, activists and artivists from the cultural, social and health sectors working on topics related to care, well-being, health and culture. This episode focuses on the significance of care as an ethical and political obligation for our societies and the role culture and cultural professionals can play in this. How can culture and participation in the cultural life of communities nourish the sense of social and individual well-being? Special guests and contributions from: Maja Kuzmanović, co-founder of FoAM, a transdisciplinary network working across art, science, nature and everyday lifePhilsan Omar Osman, co-author of Dare to Care: Ecofeminism as a Source of InspirationAngeliki Lampiri, Director of Cultural Training, 2023 Eleusis | European Capital of CultureLars Ebert, Secretary General, Culture Action EuropeValeryia Urbanovich,  Club SilencioCarmen Valero, Red Noses InternationalGeorgia Georgiou, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, MuseIT project Music Credits: Funk Saviour - Ketsa, Can’t Stop We - Ketsa Episode produced and hosted by: Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe *Correction: In the intro of the podcast, it is stated that the 2023 Beyond the Obvious conference took place in May 2023.  The conference took place from 6 - 10 June, 2023.

    40 min

  3. 03/20/2023

    Tales from Culturopolis | Ep.4 – Digital Environments

    Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a four-part collaboration exploring the current discourse and practice around cultural rights in our communities across Europe. The series focuses on the four focus areas of the 2022 conference Culturopolis, co-organized by the Culture Institute of Barcelona and Culture Action Europe, which brought together researchers, cultural workers, artists and policymakers to exchange ideas and work around cultural rights. This episode focuses on digital environments. What is the relationship between cultural rights and digital rights? How can digitalising culture on the one hand create new possibilities for access and participation,  but on the other create new inequalities? Special guests: Fieke Jansen, Researcher at the Data Justice Lab Núria Guiu, Dancer and choreographer - Cyberexorcismo La Fera, Fàbrica Digital Music Credits: Intro: Funk Saviour - Ketsa Intermediary: Memories in Color - Daniel Birch, Solace Sighting - Ketsa, Ramen - HoliznaCC0, Vast Possibilities - Daniel Birch, Path to a New World - Lobe Loco Outro: Can’t Stop We - Ketsa Episode produced and hosted by: Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe

    31 min

  4. 02/27/2023

    Tales from Culturopolis | Ep.3 – Cultural Work

    Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a four-part collaboration exploring the current discourse and practice around cultural rights in our communities across Europe. The series focuses on the four focus areas of the 2022 conference Culturopolis, co-organized by the Culture Institute of Barcelona and Culture Action Europe, which brought together researchers, cultural workers, artists and policymakers to exchange ideas and work around cultural rights. Today’s episode focuses on cultural work, with an important focus on the right to work in the cultural sector under decent conditions. How is the work of artists and cultural workers valued and recognised? What inequalities continue to occur in cultural work? How can we ensure cultural work and workers' economic, social and environmental sustainability? In this episode we have an up-close look at the realities of artists and cultural workers across Europe and how they and their allies are fighting for their rights. Special guests: Catherine Magnant - Head of the cultural policies department in the European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture Noel Kelly - Director of Visual Artists Ireland Katharina Weinert - Policy Adviser, European Music Council - SHIFT Project Julia Pagel - Secretary General of the Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO) Music Credits: Intro: Funk Saviour - Ketsa Intermediary: HoliznaCC0 - Ramen, Johnny Ripper - Typing, Daniel Birch - Birds Eye View, Daniel Birch - Memories in Color, Daniel Birch - Vast Possibilities  Outro: Can’t Stop We - Ketsa Episode produced and hosted by: Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe

    38 min

  5. 02/13/2023

    Tales from Culturopolis | Ep.2 – Participation and Communities

    Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a four-part collaboration exploring the current discourse and practice around cultural rights in our communities across Europe. The series focuses on the four focus areas of the 2022 conference Culturopolis, co-organized by the Culture Institute of Barcelona and Culture Action Europe, which brought together researchers, cultural workers, artists and policymakers to exchange ideas and work around cultural rights. This episode focuses on Participation and Communities. Who is being left out of the experience of culture? What is the cultural sector doing to improve the situation? We asked these and other crucial questions to the people from across the sector who are looking critically at the various conditions that affect the right to participate in the city’s cultural life, as well as the various forms of cultural participation.  Special guests: Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Gaia Raisoni from IED Istituto Europeo di Design S.p.A. – Società Benefit Luca Bergamo, Cultural professional, former Vice-Mayor and deputy Mayor for Cultural Development of Rome Maud Ntonga (MCA) and Ines Martorell (Dedale) from the MEMEX project Music Credits: Intro: Funk Saviour - Ketsa Intermediary: HoliznaCC0 - Ramen, Johnny Ripper - Typing, Daniel Birch - Birds Eye View, Daniel Birch - Memories in Color, Daniel Birch - Vast Possibilities Outro: Can’t Stop We - Ketsa Episode produced and hosted by: Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe

    37 min

  6. 01/26/2023

    Tales from Culturopolis | Ep.1 - Diversity

    Culture Action Europe’s podcast Frequencies and Michael Culture Association’s Eucropolis present a four-part collaboration exploring the current discourse and practice around cultural rights in our communities across Europe. The series focuses on the four focus areas of the 2022 conference Culturopolis, co-organized by the Culture Institute of Barcelona and Culture Action Europe, which brought together researchers, cultural workers, artists and policymakers to exchange ideas and work around cultural rights. This episode focuses on Diversity, on the difficulties around invisibility or lack of diversity and on the importance of participation and the decision-making capacity inherent in the design of cultural policies. This area tackles the diversity of identities included in cultural rights (gender, sex, ethnicity, language, origin, background, etc.) and the difficulties that may be encountered with regard to freely experiencing this diversity. There is a need to tackle the insufficient presence and visibility of diversities in cultural expressions and practices, as well as in participation and the decision-making capacity inherent in the design of cultural policies. Special guests: Creative Homeless - An initiative for combating the stigma of being homeless through artistic practice Jaslyn Reader - ​​Alumni Deakin University, Society of Gender Professionals Sara Brighenti - Deputy commissioner of the National Plan for the Arts – promoter and co-author of the Porto Santo Charter Joana Dark (Ariadna Rulló) Music Credits: Musical excerpts from Joana Dark Intro: Funk Saviour - Ketsa Intermediary: Typing - Johnny Ripper, Daniel Birch - Birds Eye View, Outro: Can’t Stop We - Ketsa Episode produced and hosted by: Marco Fiore, Michael Culture Association Maya Weisinger, Culture Action Europe Click here to listen on Youtube.

    37 min

  7. 05/06/2022

    Sonifying the Sector | Sweden

    Today we will be listening to a sound diary from three different cultural organisations based in Malmö and Lund in Sweden. The sound diary aims to “sonify” the daily operations of the people and organisations who make out the local culture sector there. It is an initiative from the European cultural network Trans Europe Halles in Lund, as a part of Culture Action Europe's project Amplify: make the future of Europe yours. In the podcast, you will hear three sound pieces in a row - three diary entries - from Stpln , a culture incubator and coworking space in Malmö; from NGBG, a hyper-local culture association and festival in Malmö; and from Krognoshuset, a member-driven art gallery in Lund. The recordings were collected on days in April 2022. If you have the possibility, we recommend that you listen with headphones in a quiet space. “Frequencies” is a podcast that explores arts and cultural initiatives that seek to impact and transform communities, near and far. Each episode features the work, voices, and experiences of artists and cultural workers across Europe and beyond. “Frequencies”, a production of Culture Action Europe, lives at the intersection of culture and politics by focusing on the power cultural practices and agents have in nurturing inclusive, open, diverse, fair and democratic societies. The Amplify Sweden hub will be part of the upcoming event #AmplifyinAction, a day full of debates, conversations, presentations, cultural and artistic programs and actions to put culture centerstage. We’ll see you on Europe Day, the 9th of May 2022, on our livestream at europeday.eu. Follow the hashtag #AmplifyinAction and find the full program on the Culture Action Europe website. Hosted by Maya Weisinger Music: "納骨堂 (johnny_ripper remix)" by Tide Jewel

    21 min

  8. 04/29/2022

    Rhythms of Memory | London // Syria

    In this episode, we spotlight Qisetna, a digital platform seeking to preserve the cultural heritage of communities affected by conflict and displacement. Qisetna was founded in London in 2013 in response to the conflict in Syria. The organisation originally sought to reframe the narrative of those being displaced through the practice of sharing stories. The organisation encouraged Syrians of all backgrounds and denominations to capture their memories, producing a rich archive of different stories. Today we get a glimpse into how Qisetna uses storytelling in its many forms in order to protect cultural heritage.  I spoke with Sarah Barker, who volunteers her time to write articles and manage Qisetna’s digital content. Qisetna acts as a platform for outreach, advocacy, community involvement and research. This means that they actively contribute to collaborations such as the UNESCO Unite4Heritage project and have also produced their own storytelling workshops. Throughout this episode, you hear music from Maya Youssef, Dima Orsho, The Nefes School and Nawa Band.  Qisetna has also written a contribution for “Amplify: Make the Future of Europe Yours,” Culture Action Europe’s project that brings underrepresented voices within the cultural sector to  EU decision-makers. “Frequencies” is a podcast that explores arts and cultural initiatives that seek to impact and transform communities, near and far. Each episode features the work, voices, and experiences of artists and cultural workers across Europe and beyond. “Frequencies”, a production of Culture Action Europe, lives at the intersection of culture and politics by focusing on the power cultural practices and agents have in nurturing inclusive, open, diverse, fair and democratic societies. Hosted by Maya Weisinger Music: "納骨堂 (johnny_ripper remix)" by Tide Jewel

    18 min
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Culture Action Europe’s podcast platform hosts a growing range of series that explore culture as a force for connection, transformation, and political imagination.  Currently, the platform hosts Frequencies and Trust the Process. Each podcast finds its own way to reflect on the plurality of voices and approaches that make up our shared cultural and creative ecosystem. Frequencies lives at the intersection of culture and politics by focusing on the power of cultural practises and agents in nurturing inclusive, open, diverse, fair, and democratic societies.

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