Timezones: Recent Episodes
Norient + Goethe-Institut
The Timezones podcast series plunges into the world of artists and their practices, asking: What does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities and contexts today? The artists’ thoughts on their moods, their social, political and intellectual realities and their philosophies (of life) have been worked up into experimental audio collages.
The podcast’s episodes run the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art and improvisation. The Timezones series endeavours to create new artistic forms of storytelling, listening and exchange across the boundaries of geography, time zones, genres and practices.
The Timezones podcast series is co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut.
www.goethe.de/timezones | https://norient.com/timezones
This episode features four testimonials from Ukrainian artists. They were recorded during the summer of 2022, a few months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The statements are candid monologues about music, dignity, and life during the darkest of times. The four artists speak about their visions of freedom and fear, their feelings about the future, and the influence of this war on their lives and their music; the situations they are facing and the choices they are making. What happened to their art and how do they perceive the role of the artist in this war? A podcast by Dmytro Fedorenko Featuring: Burning Woman, Symonenko, Ujif_notfound, Igor Yalivec Bonus Talk by Peter Kirn feat. Sophia Bulgakova Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Music or Weapon: Four Monologues from Ukraine - Duration: 29:20 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 12:21 - Start: (29:24)
This episode examines how practices among friends help build networks to strengthen the explorations and works of artists while collectively building survival skills. The backdrop for this episode is the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, a very rich and complex city where mainstream spaces, venues, and cultural centers are playing a less than helpful role in the artistic scenes. It’s all about profit and not about culture, as producer Ailin Grad aka Aylu explains. A podcast by Ailin Grad aka Aylu Featuring: Elsa Justel, Miguel Garutti, Cecilia Castro, Rosa Nolly Bustos, Victoria Barca Bonus Talk by Lola Granillo Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Buenos Aires: Relations Condensed in Practice - Duration: 23:42 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 11:11 - Start: (23:47)
This episode explores the creation of art during the political struggle that has shaped Sri Lanka and its capital Colombo since the start of 2022. The episode shares the perspective of artists and musicians who either lived permanently or temporarily around the Gota Go Gama camp, one of the central sites of the protest. A podcast by Isuru Kumarasinghe and Devana Senanayake Featuring: King Ratnam, Anu Madhubhashinie, Dinupa Kodagoda, Ajith Kumarasiri, and Namini Panchala Bonus Talk by Janik Sittampalam and Zainamb Wahid Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Photography: Aaqill Nooramith Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Aragalaya: Inside the People’s Struggle in Colombo - Duration: 23:00 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 10:56 - Start: (23:00)
Conceived in the wake of Hungary’s latest parliamentary elections in April 2022 which reinforced the Orbán government’s grip on power for an unknown number of years, this episode aims to delve into the city’s independent (i.e. non-government funded) arts and music scene. A podcast by Lucia Udvardyová, sound design by Máté Elod Janky Featuring: Gáspár Miklós Tamás, Marci Bíró, Nándor Hevesi aka Ivan Buharov, Andi Soós, Gábor Kovács aka Új Bála, and Lilla Lőrinc Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface - Duration: 25:00 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 11:36 - Start: (25:00)
This episode features a group of artists from the Gaza Strip, a territory suffering from the Israeli blockade established in 2007. This podcast episode reflects the digital reality of being together as a people and thus sheds light on the enormous challenges of working as a Palestinian artist today.
Featuring: Rehaf Al Batniji, Salman Nawati, Mahmoud Al Shaer A podcast by Alia Rayyan and Alaa Barghouthi
Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere Photography: Rehaf Al Batniji
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – When Beyond the Norm Becomes the Norm - Duration: 25:18 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 17:50 - Start: (25:18)
This episode explores the stories and sounds of Mount Makiling, located 80 kilometres South of the Philippine capital of Manila. Makiling is the sacred site of local legends, the setting for numerous classical works of literature, and a pilgrimage destination for many mystics. And it is the home of many artists and arts students.
Featuring: Datu Arellano, Donna Cher dela Cruz, Dennis Gupa, Karlene Moreno Hayworth, Reagan Romero Maiquez A podcast by meLê yamomo and Nono Pardalis
Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Ears on/of Makiling - Duration: 30:30 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 11:41 - Start: (30:30)
This episode is produced by the Bangladeshi artist duo BLKBX and delves into Dhaka’s arts scenes. It features the city’s transformation towards digitization and the ramifications for artists living and working in the metropole.
Featuring: Sounak Das, Shadwaan Chowdhury, Nazifa Raidah, Muttaki Mahmud A podcast by BLKBX
Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
This episode portrays the diverse music scenes of Montreal. Producer Esther Bourdages traces their global connections and historical roots and explores the effects of gentrification on the city’s cultural life.
Featuring: Adam Basanta, Mili Hong, Silvano mercado Vilches, Joseph Sannicandro, Kimihiro Yasaka A podcast by Esther Bourdages
Bonus Talk: Stefan Christoff Artistic Editor: Svetlana Maraš Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Montreal, Your Ears Are My Island - Duration: 31:09 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 10:42 - Start: (31:10)
This episode reflects on the current uncertainties experienced in Beirut and how they have influenced creative processes. The city of Beirut is a space that is constantly transforming. From the violent conflicts of the recent past to the social uncertainty of the present, Beirut has become synonymous with precariousness.
Featuring: Chaza Charafeddine, Muriel N. Kahwagi, Sharif Sehnaoui, Rana Eid A podcast by Rana Eid and Nadim Mishlawi
Bonus Talk: Nesrine Khodr, featuring Mhamad Safa Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones – Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem - Duration: 23:40 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 13:56 - Start: (23:40)
Behind the picture-postcard landscapes and the stereotypical images of carnival, beaches, and beautiful women lies an enigmatic and broken city: Rio de Janeiro. Rio’s musical and creative identity, such as samba and carnival, seems to be ever transforming and flirting with traditional forms, yet at the same time, those forms have a history of struggle, intimately connected to Afro-Brazilian musical and religious expressions. In a challenging historical moment of crisis, a pandemic and political ruthlessness, artists in Rio are integrating those identities with the most immediate needs and perceptions of reality. The goal is to stay alive, sane and, most of all, creative.
Featuring: Thiago Lanis, Domingos Guimaraens and Ynaiê Dawson (Opavivará), Cabelo Cobral Coral, Thaís Delgado, Bruno Carvalho, Sabrina Fidalgo A podcast by Vivian Caccuri
Music: Vivian Caccuri, Thiago Lanis Additional Samples: Opavivará, MC Bruna Alves, MC Don Juan Editing: Vivian Caccuri Artistic Editor: Svetlana Maraš Project Management: Hannes Liechti Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro - Duration: 26:48 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 20:37 - Start: (26:48)
There is an unspoken blueprint in the Bay Area arts and music communities allowing artists an organic crossover between practices and languages. A hybridizing of mediums that arises from spaces of deep experimentation. From the Bay Area’s openness and curiosity to the limitations of physical spaces to work and gather in – leading to the creation of multipurpose spaces that host artists across visual art, performance, and music, thus resulting in crossovers. A podcast featuring 8ulentina, Nadia Shihab, Sofia Córdova, Khatchadour Khatchaourian, and Greekor Greg Nemet.
A podcast by Lara Sarkissian Co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut
Featuring: 8ulentina / Esra Canoğulları, Nadia Shihab, Sofia Córdova, Khatchadour Khatchaourian, Greekor Greg Nemet
Direction and Production: Lara Sarkissian Music: Lara Sarkissian Artistic Editor: Suvani Suri Project Management: Hannes Liechti Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Trailer Mix: Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Artwork: Šejma Fere
Chapter 1: Podcast Timeszones: Bay Area’s Interdisciplinary Artistic Blueprint - Duration: 33:27 (00:00) Chapter 2: Bonus Talk - Duration: 10:54 - Start: (33:27)
In the third episode of Timezones four contemporary artists with a connection to the city of Delhi reflect upon their diverse and evolving practices. Heeding into the COVID pandemic, they share observations and open spaces of thought where new meanings and speculative realities are constantly being formed, un-formed and re-formed. The composition interweaves these conversations into fragments of found sound, musical renditions and sonic textures, contemplating the ever-shifting edges of truth.
Featuring: Mochu, Pallavi Paul, Gagan Singh, Suhail Yusuf Khan A podcast by Suvani Suri and Abhishek Mathur
Conceptualisation, Interviews: Abhishek Mathur, Suvani Suri Arrangement, Editing, Sound Design: Abhishek Mathur, Suvani Suri Additional Mixing: Gaurav Chintamani, Quarter Note Studios Additional Samples, Recordings: Suhail, Mochu, Pallavi Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere
In the third episode of Timezones four contemporary artists with a connection to the city of Delhi reflect upon their diverse and evolving practices. Heeding into the COVID pandemic, they share observations and open spaces of thought where new meanings and speculative realities are constantly being formed, un-formed and re-formed. The composition interweaves these conversations into fragments of found sound, musical renditions and sonic textures, contemplating the ever-shifting edges of truth.
Featuring: Mochu, Pallavi Paul, Gagan Singh, Suhail Yusuf Khan A podcast by Suvani Suri and Abhishek Mathur
Conceptualisation, Interviews: Abhishek Mathur, Suvani Suri Arrangement, Editing, Sound Design: Abhishek Mathur, Suvani Suri Additional Mixing: Gaurav Chintamani, Quarter Note Studios Additional Samples, Recordings: Suhail, Mochu, Pallavi Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere
An electro-acoustic composition based on the interviews with the three artists Mara Micciche, Branko Džinović and Vukašin Đelić, my close friends and collaborators, who have never met each other. They live in three different cities - Šabac, Belgrade, Zurich. Their stories as well as their sounds, intertwine throughout the piece modified and accompanied by the sounds of my own, all of them creating an ensemble of voices, sounds and musical fragments deriving from diverse set of musical practices by each of us.
A podcast by Belgrade based composer and sound artist Svetlana Maraš.
Composition, montage: Svetlana Maraš Sounds and words by: Mara Micciche, Branko Džinović and Vukašin Đelić. Featuring: Mara Micciche, Branko Džinović and Vukašin Đelić. Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere
An electro-acoustic composition based on the interviews with the three artists Mara Micciche, Branko DžinoviÄ and VukaÅ¡in ÄeliÄ, my close friends and collaborators, who have never met each other. They live in three different cities - Å abac, Belgrade, Zurich. Their stories as well as their sounds, intertwine throughout the piece modified and accompanied by the sounds of my own, all of them creating an ensemble of voices, sounds and musical fragments deriving from diverse set of musical practices by each of us.
A podcast by Belgrade based composer and sound artist Svetlana Maraš.
Composition, montage: Svetlana MaraÅ¡ Sounds and words by: Mara Micciche, Branko DžinoviÄ and VukaÅ¡in ÄeliÄ. Featuring: Mara Micciche, Branko DžinoviÄ and VukaÅ¡in ÄeliÄ. Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Å ejma Fere
In recent years, small-scale studios in Nairobi have begun producing music locally, and some of their output reaches millions of listeners in Kenya, or create buzz and noise in international niche music scenes. Their producers and musicians are turning old hierarchies upside down, often calling for social and political reforms. But they’re also facing a lot of resistance.
Director, idea, interviews: Thomas Burkhalter Music: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob Additional Samples: Joseph Kamaru, Boutross + soundofnairobi.net Additional Voiceovers: Kacey Moore, Selasia A. Djameh Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Editing: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere
In recent years, small-scale studios in Nairobi have begun producing music locally, and some of their output reaches millions of listeners in Kenya, or create buzz and noise in international niche music scenes. Their producers and musicians are turning old hierarchies upside down, often calling for social and political reforms. But theyâre also facing a lot of resistance.
Director, idea, interviews: Thomas Burkhalter Music: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob Additional Samples: Joseph Kamaru, Boutross + soundofnairobi.net Additional Voiceovers: Kacey Moore, Selasia A. Djameh Trailer Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson Editing: Thomas Burkhalter, Daniel Jakob Mastering: Adi Flück, Centraldubs Graphics Cover: Šejma Fere