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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 art... more

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Elsa M'Bala

In the last episode of season 5, Jan Dammel is in conversation with musician and sound artist Elsa M’Bala. They talk about the 2021 performance parcours "Eigensinnige Leben" in Berlin's Treptower Park, Cameroonian anti-colonial organisers... more

Rehema Chachage

Artist and researcher Rehema Chachage is in conversation with Jan Dammel about mixed-media installations in Johannesburg, Leipzig and Stade. They discuss Rehema’s long-term engagement with her matriline, how songs can serve as “unlike... more

Joel Vogel und Vincent Bababoutilabo

Hörspielmacher:in Joel Vogel und Musiker Vincent Bababoutilabo sind im Gespräch mit Jan Dammel über ihre Arbeitsweise bei der research performance monostatosspiegel (2025) ) zu queeren Bewegungen im Berlin der 192... more

Percy Nii Nortey and Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard

Season 5, curated by Jan Dammel, focuses on artistic interventions in Germany that deal with colonialism and its ongoing legacies. This first episode features multi-disciplinary artist Percy Nii Nortey and c... more

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Elsa M'Bala
Cameroonian musician and sound artist, also known as Amet; focuses on sound installations, field recordings, and archives
Independent artist / Kribi Archives
Episode: Echoes between Cameroon and Germany
Rehema Chachage
Artist and researcher
Vienna-based, PhD candidate; collaboration on multiple works
Episode: Unlikely Witnesses to History
Joel Vogel
Diploma sociologist and audio producer, co-creator of the Hörspaziergang Zurückerzählt
Studio Lärm, Studio Lärm collective
Episode: Mit und gegen das Archiv (in German with English Intro)
Vincent Bababoutilabo
Author and musician, co-creator of the Hörspaziergang Zurückerzählt
Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland, Berlin Postkolonial
Episode: Mit und gegen das Archiv (in German with English Intro)
Percy Nii Nortey
Multidisciplinary artist focusing on textiles and sound; Ghana-based
Independent artist; works with secondhand fabrics
Episode: Fabrics of Change
Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard
Manager and artistic director of Each One Teach One (EOTO)
EOTO, Berlin
Episode: Fabrics of Change

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 12 ratings
  • Powerfully relevant

    Such a beautiful first conversation about the power of listening, quiet sounds, amplifying and stillness. Looking forward to hearing more!

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    sophie spiral
    Germany3 years ago
  • Innovative and interesting!

    This is a great new podcast with season 1 just on time for #blackhistorymonth!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Moving Memory
    Germany3 years ago

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Mit und gegen das Archiv (in German with English Intro)
Q: How do you handle the archive when telling these stories?
We work with and against the archive, aiming to question biased or racist representations and to unsettle the archive's authority by imagining alternative narratives and perspectives, sometimes using critical fabulation.
Mit und gegen das Archiv (in German with English Intro)
Q: What was important in your approach to sound when working on the Hörspaziergang Zurückerzählt?
Sound was essential to convey authenticity and to move beyond words; the team wanted the audio to mediate the audience's access to history by blending natural sounds (like frogs) with archival material to evoke the living environment of the 1896 exhibition.
Unlikely Witnesses to History
Q: Tell us about the Where the Ashes Rest installation and its sound design?
The sound sits between growth and destruction, incorporating field recordings, birds and environmental sounds, breath and heartbeat to convey a tension between displacement and renewal; collaboration with Jason Langheim shaped this acoustic landscape.
Unlikely Witnesses to History
Q: Can you describe how the Notes on Baking installation functions as a dialogue across generations?
The piece weaves memory, ritual, and intergenerational dialogue through fabrics, scent, text, and song, embodying a communal archive connected to the grandmother's recipes and family histories.
Unlikely Witnesses to History
Q: What is your interest in songs, and why do they matter in your work?
Songs arise from a Swahili culture rich in oral tradition; they function as holders of memory and as a way to access histories erased by colonialism, with a second layer seeing songs as inherently subversive and linked to family narratives that inform later works.

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