Sonic Interventions Season 1 (English)
S1E1 Lower Frequencies
In this first episode of the podcast fellow artists-scholars Mendi and Keith Obadike, an Igbo Nigerian American couple, who create music, writing, and art, 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. Find out more about S1E1 on Podigee.
S1E2 Sounds of Rest
Recorded on the historical site of the Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC), this episode welcomes Najee_ (interdisciplinary artist and yogi) and Erica Harper (VP of Learning and Engagement of WHC). The conversation with Dr. Layla Zami addresses restful practices and restorative sounds, African-American liberation history and the meaning of community. Find out more about S1E2 on Podigee.
S1E3 Music as Retroactive Reparations
This episode presents BRICKS (A 20-YEAR MUSIC TOUR OF REPARATIONS), and features playwright Charlene Jean, and performer Mercy Kelly. A conversation about decolonial spirituality, matriarchs, gentrification, Black time, and queer performance strategies, enriched with lively audio samples from the performance. Find out more about S1E3 on Podigee.
S1E4 Stimmbezirke (in German)
In this episode in German language, musician Natalia Kiës and photographer Elias Wessel discuss the project It’s Complicated - Ist möglicherweise Kunst. The conversation addresses information overflow, photography as painting, and the possibility for sound art to intervene into social media algorithms. Find out more about S1E4 on Podigee.
S1E5 Chicago Field Trip
This episode discusses Nick Cave's exhibition Forothermore and features a conversation with scholar-artist Dr. Meida Teresa McNeal and curator-artist Danny Dunson. A timely meditation on listening, Black bodies, house culture and visual arts, enriched with sound excerpts from Layla Zami's research field trip to Chicago. Find out more about S1E5 on Podigee.
Concept and moderation: Dr. Layla Zami
Producer: Eufoniker Audioproduktion