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Welcome to Moon Arkestra, a series of podcasts created by students of the charity University of the Underground’s Moon Arkestra Whistleblowing Residency. This tuition free programme was led by Artist Head of Programme Dr. Aditi Jaganathan from April 2022 to June 2022, as an investigation into whistleblowing as a political action but also an instrument and language.
This podcast was created by King Ali and Zoë as a part of this practice-based residency. Students unraveled the relationships between nation-states, music, political action and displacement. Moon Arkestra was composed of unique multidisciplinary creatives and musicians. Who joined Moon Convoy and toured with Tour de Moon around England, during May and June of 2022. Moon Arkestra members put together a series of experiences, and creative interventions involving political theory and musical practice with this podcast being one of them.
In 'Reflections from A to Z', Ali and Zoë discuss a range of topics that have inspired them over the years.
Ali talks about coaching in relation to sports and music, how imposter syndrome affects confidence, mental well-being and ultimately team working abilities.
Whilst Zoë talks about how species are categorised in the western science and fantasy realms, mermaids and the impact that classical musical education can have on in beating out creativity.
Both understand the importance of listening, believing in yourself, re-learning how to be fluid and entering collaborative situations with an open mind-set.
They use percussive and melodic looping extracts from Vee's sound archive, recorded during Tour De Moon's Moon Convoy to illustrate how improvision and collaboration are used in music, sports, fantasy and daily life.
"Hi, I’m Zoe, I’m a mermaid. I like to introduce myself like this because it’s telling a story about the human connection with mermaids and other otherworldly creatures out there. Saxophone and Cello are my on-land instruments – I haven’t yet learnt to play them underwater – which is why I’m here to jam in space with the one and only Tour de Moon Arkestra." Zoe
"My name is Ali, also known in Barking as King. Growing up in Barking I found it hard to connect with the over achievers in my area, which lead me to a life of trouble. I’m the oldest son of a family of five kids, so weight has always been on my shoulders to be a man and an achiever. Since the age of 14 I used to miss my lunch break to go to the gym in Barking Abbey School, something I’ve always enjoyed. My family has never seen my passion in fitness and has always try to steer me towards the University route which deep down I hate, but try saying no to a family in my community? It never ends well.
My ambition is to create a league for young people through boxing which can later become an international success. When I started fighting with my friends it helped me battle my own inner demons. At first, I didn’t see it as a business potential, but when a number of people on social media started reaching out, I knew this could become something. In my research, I found that a man in Jamaica started something similar, and it was a success. I believe this would have good potential in the UK, and I would love to start it of in Barking. I’ve also reached out to the man in Jamaica and if this project works in the UK, I’m looking forward to working with him to globalize this project. My plan is to build a platform for young boxers just like in music with likes of GRM daily and Link Up TV." King Ali
Welcome to Moon Arkestra, a series of podcasts created by students of the charity University of the Underground’s Moon Arkestra Whistleblowing Residency. This tuition free programme was led by Artist Head of Programme Dr. Aditi Jaganathan from April 2022 to June 2022, as an investigation into whistleblowing as a political action but also an instrument and language.
This podcast was created by Eeshar & Chris as a part of this practice-based residency. Students unraveled the relationships between nation-states, music, political action and displacement. Moon Arkestra was composed of unique multidisciplinary creatives and musicians. Who joined Moon Convoy and toured with Tour de Moon around England, during May and June of 2022. Moon Arkestra members put together a series of experiences, and creative interventions involving political theory and musical practice with this podcast being one of them.
Christopher & Eeshar contemplate the deep meaning that music can convey. They relive some of their most pivotal moments while on the Moon Arkestra Convoy for Tour de Moon. Music in general is understood as an expression of the divine for both of them, and they recant the processes of crafting two songs while on the English roads. They discuss the structure of the pieces, the cyclical nature of life, and how silence is an important part of music making; both auditory silence and the internal silence that comes out of spiritual exploration.
Welcome to Moon Arkestra, a series of podcasts created by students of the charity University of the Underground’s Moon Arkestra Whistleblowing Residency. This tuition free programme was led by Artist Head of Programme Dr. Aditi Jaganathan from April 2022 to June 2022, as an investigation into whistleblowing as a political action but also an instrument and language.
This podcast was created by Vee as a part of this practice-based residency. Students unraveled the relationships between nation-states, music, political action and displacement. Moon Arkestra was composed of unique multidisciplinary creatives and musicians. Who joined Moon Convoy and toured with Tour de Moon around England, during May and June of 2022. Moon Arkestra members put together a series of experiences, and creative interventions involving political theory and musical practice with this podcast being one of them.
'I had questions for the Moon Arkestra - about our instruments. These are questions I asked myself during this experience.
We all went to the park, after one of our live performances at the moon convoy. It was a sunny day. Together, we sat in the grass and reflected on what we consider our instrument(s) to be, what we feel we can communicate through our instruments and what we are able to actualise for ourselves." Vee
Acknowledgments
Produced/edited by Vee
In conversation with: Mango (Mirrored Fatality) Samar (Mirrored Fatality) Kingali MayaLae Zoe Eeshar Christopher Fraz
Audio recordings Moon Arkestra archive Location(s) : Southampton, Newcastle
Welcome to Moon Arkestra, a series of podcasts created by students of the charity University of the Underground’s Moon Arkestra Whistleblowing Residency. This tuition free programme was led by Artist Head of Programme Dr. Aditi Jaganathan from April 2022 to June 2022, as an investigation into whistleblowing as a political action but also an instrument and language.
This podcast was created by mirrored fatality as a part of this practice-based residency. Students unraveled the relationships between nation-states, music, political action and displacement. Moon Arkestra was composed of unique multidisciplinary creatives and musicians. Who joined Moon Convoy and toured with Tour de Moon around England, during May and June of 2022. Moon Arkestra members put together a series of experiences, and creative interventions involving political theory and musical practice with this podcast being one of them.
mirrored fatality is an underground and interdependent Kapampangan and South Asian xenotrans experimental and healing noise punk duo. From May 11 to June 16, 2022, mirrored fatality completed a national United Kingdom tour with Tour de Moon’s Moon Arkestra: a collective of 9 multidisciplinary musicians aged 23-27 and performed “COCOON WEBS”, screened their short film, EARTHBODY(S)_BIOME(TRICS) featuring their Tour de Moon Moon Bounce single “BIOME(TRICS)” on Tour de Moon’s programmes: Moon Cinema and Moon Experiences in Bletchley, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Grimsby, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Barrow-in-Furness, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Farnborough, Crawley, and London.
In this podcast, mirrored fatality storytells their comunity altar, performances of UTOPIA, the Moon Arkestra Song, and REINCARNAGE. At Tour de Moon, mirrored fatality utilized radical imagination and truth seeking to cross-pollinate their DIT (Do-It-Together) framework “cocoon webs.” mirrored fatality’s “cocoon webs” combines care work, rituals, altars, holistic medicine, dance, performance art, music, spoken word, film, photography, painting, drawing, upcycled garments and fashion, anti-imperialist education, healing justice counter-spaces, and decolonial and trans queer of color collective ethos. mirrored fatality’s intention for “cocoon webs” is for QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) to embody their rage and holistic healing to disrupt the isolation from existing in a white supremacist capitalistic apocalyptic world to fight towards QTBIPOC-centered liberation. At Tour De Moon, mirrored fatality’s “cocoon webs” whisteblow against white supremacy, transphobia, and fascist imperialism in the United Kingdom, United States of America, South Asia, and Philippines to mobilize an international warrior network responding to transnational calls-to-action for mutual aid, land sovereignty, and prison abolition.
Welcome to Moon Arkestra, a series of podcasts created by students of the charity University of the Underground’s Moon Arkestra Whistleblowing Residency. This tuition free programme was led by Artist Head of Programme Dr. Aditi Jaganathan from April 2022 to June 2022, as an investigation into whistleblowing as a political action but also an instrument and language.
This podcast was created by Lae as a part of this practice-based residency. Students unraveled the relationships between nation-states, music, political action and displacement. Moon Arkestra was composed of unique multidisciplinary creatives and musicians. Who joined Moon Convoy and toured with Tour de Moon around England, during May and June of 2022. Moon Arkestra members put together a series of experiences, and creative interventions involving political theory and musical practice with this podcast being one of them.
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
This is the final episode. During our audio journey, you heard many artists, theorists, and practitioners discussing dreadful aspects of our past, our present, and perhaps our future, challenging recommendations from Agi Haines and testimonies from otherworldly monsters. This time you are joining us for a round table. The voices of our researchers – Pauline Rip, Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista, James Nola, Katharine Cosgrove, Lyndsey Walsh, Laila Saber Rodriguez, Emilie Alstrup – try to provide not only an insight on our experiences within this programme, but also a collective space to discuss horror, and how it can be grasped as a tool for artistic practice, and as a lens to mediate otherwise unmediated situations and problems.
Featuring:
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Emilie Alstrup Ludovica Battista Katharine Cosgrove Veronika Hanáková James Nola Pauline Rip Laila Saber Rodriguez Lyndsey Walsh
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening, scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista, Veronika Hanáková Hosting: James Nola, Ludovica Battista, Veronika Hanáková
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Official Version) - Bauhaus Dance of the Dream Man - Angelo Badalamenti Bloody Shadows from Afar - Lena Platonos Not The News - Thom Yorke Midnight Radio Track 1 - Bohren & Der Club Of Gore No Tears - Tuxedomoon
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about cosmic horror and different temporalities. Our researcher Laila Saber Rodriguez sits down with Jo Voorst, who is a Dutch official tour guide for the Maastricht caves, and Mick Bönnen, the paleontologist, to talk about caves and new spaces and temporalities that could be found under the surface. The last segment of the episode is reportage on looking for Cavus Reptilia. Dark, distant creatures and verses populate our soundtrack for these encounters.
Featuring:
Laila Saber Rodriguez, Egyptian and Mexican artist who uses experimental video and film in the form of installation. In her film installations, she creates fictional worlds blended with real events to dissolve the legitimacy of linear time and truth, offering alternative visions of reality. Laila investigates themes related to genesis, mythology, and historical storytelling.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Jo Voorst, Dutch official tour guide for the Maastricht caves, which is a national monument of the Netherlands. He’s been a tour guide and official storyteller for 12 years now, guiding audiences through experiences in cities, caves, forts and casemates.
Mick Bönnen, Dutch paleontologist born near Den Haag, in The Netherlands. Mick is currently in the last year of his masters in Biological sciences, where he’s enrolled in the Ecology and Evolution track at the University of Amsterdam, writing his thesis on current forest fires in the Amazon, and how that information can be used to identify forest fires in the past.
Laila Saber Rodriguez also narrates the history of Cavus Reptilia, a monster living in caves; no one has yet been able to find the origin of this unearthly creature.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista, Laila Saber Rodriguez Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista, Laila Saber Rodriguez Hosting: James Nola, Laila Saber Rodriguez
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Approaching Darkness Fish - Nurse With Wound Antiform - Lucrecia Dalt Introducing - Jan Jelinek Intro - Gorillaz Oh My God (Sleepnet Remix) - Sevdaliza
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about plant horror and vegetal otherness. Our researcher Ludovica Battista sits down with the researcher Jye O’Sullivan and Elizabeth Parker, to talk about commodification of plants, interspecies ethics, and dive into the EcoGothic framework. Our host Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by Dr Mexia & Monstera Perspicua. Our tracklist complements this experience with songs about houseplants, nature and interspecies dark sides.
Featuring:
Ludovica Battista, architect, writer and researcher with a transdisciplinary approach, based in Southern Italy. Her work explores the present territorial and urban condition, and their interspecies living flesh.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Jye O’Sullivan is a lecturer and researcher at the TUDublin School of Creative Arts specialized in History of Art and Visual Cultures. His research interests include Cybernetics, Queer Ecology, Post-Colonial Art and Art Historiography.
Elizabeth Parker, founder editor of Gothic Nature Journal: New Directions in Ecohorror and the EcoGothic and author of The Forest and the EcoGothic: The Deep Dark Woods in the Popular Imagination.
Ludovica Battista as Dr Mexia, a botanist who discovered a dreadful truth about Etsy’s coolest tropical plant Monstera Perspicua, that might lead you into a nightmarish interspecies tragedy.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening, scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola, Ludovica Battista
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Reverie for Fragile Houseplants - Tomaga Houseplants - Squid Vegetation Flesh - Nocturnal Emissions Intro - Gorillaz Nature - Tuxedomoon Back to Nature - Tuxedomoon Plant People - Ben Salisbury & Geoff barrow, from Annihilation soundtrack Nature is not created in the image of man's compassion - Tzusing
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about positive and negative sides of parasites, our researcher Nathalia Dutra Maciel sits down with the designer Juliette Pénélope Pépin, whose artistic practice explores the links between human and non-human perceptions, to talk about reframing our ideas of trauma and healing. Subtly more-than-human musical scenarios will creep into this episode, questioning care and other human practices.
Featuring:
Nathalia Dutra Maciel, artist/researcher whose work investigates the relationships between bodies, the real and the imagined. They bring together themes of speculative fiction, ecology, symbiosis & the uncanny - existing in a space in between.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Juliette Pénélope Pépin, transdisciplinary artist and researcher, currently at the ICA Kyoto. She explores the links between human and non-human perceptions; their phenomenology, mythology and technological frameworks.
Nathalia Dutra Maciel also gives us more information about The Parasitical Child: what unexpected consequences and reactions can your body have if you decide to swallow a more-than-human parasitic baby?
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Nathalia Dutra Maciel Production, editing: Ludovica Battista, Nathalia Dutra Maciel Music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola, Nathalia Dutra Maciel
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Slyly Child - Eartheater Invertebrate Drawings - David Toop Nature & Miracles - David Toop, Elaine Intro - Gorillaz Practice of Hygiene - Pan Daijing The Gate - Björk
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about teen horror, red pill community, and myth of chastity belt, our researcher Emilie Alstrup sits down with Maia Kahlke Lorentzen, whose research tangles subcultures, social media phenomena, hate-forums and digital harassment, to talk about the cultural and psychological context of online abuse. Our host Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by a young Troll. Beware, if you follow us into the dangers of the internet realm, digital glitches and voices could soon take over your speakers.
Featuring:
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Emilie Alstrup, artist based in Copenhagen, her work revolves around the notion of the’ Hybrid’. The human as an organic hybrid constructed of a soft, sexual, animalistic, queer system penetrated by technology.
Maia Kahlke Lorentzen is a trainer, facilitator and consultant in the areas of internet literacy, cybersecurity, online activism, and digital self-defense.
Emilie Alstrup as a young female identifying Troll, who loves to create confusion in chat rooms, to shock the sad humans and to provide trendy beauty tips.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Emilie Alstrup Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola, Emilie Alstrup
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Fz Pseudotimestretch+E+3 [138.85] - Aphex Twin Emotional Eater (Zaliva-D Remix) - Tzusing Intro - Gorillaz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBgHEFbrlg & feature=related - Lorenzo Senni The Internet is Handmade - Eartheater
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about abject and disgust. Our researcher Lyndsey Walsh sits down with a researcher scientist Andreas Mershin, whose work focuses on cytoskeletal memory encoding, machine olfaction to bioenergy harvesting, to talk about smells as taboo but also as opening new possibilities for science research of cancer and other illnesses. Our host Necro discovers more about the Leaky Body in an exclusive interview. Expect some fleshy, leaking, smelly and very human sounds to be surrounding us the whole time.
Featuring:
Lyndsey Walsh, American artist, designer, writer, and researcher based in Berlin. Their work explores the instability surrounding the cultural and social aspects of disease, identity, the body, disability, death, human and non-human relationships, and speculative narratives on the future.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Andreas Mershin, research scientist at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. He leads the Label Free Research Group working interdisciplinary between the fields of physics, biology, materials and information sciences.
Lyndsey Walsh as the Leaky Body, a monster who thrives in fumes, sweat, odor, and decay of a human body.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Lyndsey Walsh Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola, Lyndsey Walsh
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Meat Carpet - Lucrecia Dalt Growl - Tanya Tagaq Intro - Gorillaz You Could Smell It - µ-Ziq Human - Sevdaliza
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about body horror or animal-human hybrid, our researcher James Nola sits down with the designer Victoria Firth-Smith, whose work and research centers around queerness, to talk about the horror of being a rural queer. Our host Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by Boar Beast. Your musical accompaniement includes an uncanny country-inspired rhytm as well as dearly missed queer pioneer SOPHIE.
Featuring:
James Nola, performance artist and makeup artist based in New Zealand. Studying spfx in Auckland majoring in sculpture and design, and later training as a professional makeup artist, his practice plays on the relationship between horror and humor, referenced in the gender fluidity of his characters that questions how we perform and respond as people.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Victoria Firth-Smith, pākehā lesbian experience designer, autoethnographic researcher and doctoral educator.
Hamish McGregor as the Boar Beast, a demi god from ancient Greek, whose mission is to hunt the country destroying farm machinery and farmers
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, James Nola Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Thank God I’m a Country Girl - Oneohtrix Point Never Pulveris Fossa - Nocturnal Emissions Gorillaz - Intro Faceshopping - SOPHIE
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about natural horror and poisonous apples. Our researcher Bianca Schick brings us a conversation about commodification, extractivisms, the monster of museification, with Santiago Reyes Villaveces, whose work falls between art and environmental humanities and finally our host Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by Glottonius the 2022. Throughout this episode you can also hear some crunchy dreadful music in connection to apples and food.
Featuring:
Bianca Schick, multimedia artist and design researcher. Her work constructs jiggly-wiggly imagery, addressing metaphysical mundanity to trigger brainly embodiment. She works across time-based media, graphic design, performance, and text, to engage in questions of identity, affect, and language.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Santiago Reyes Villaveces, artist whose practice explores the many entanglements of culture, architecture, and politics through interdisciplinary research. He lives and works in Bogotà and Ambalema.
Bianca Schick as Glottonius the 2022, a legendary extractive monster who swallows the world with great pleasure, described by a certain Karl Marx as a vampire who lives only by sucking living labor.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista, Bianca Schick Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista Hosting: James Nola, Bianca Schick
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Apple, apple of my desires - gut++ (Bianca Schick, Alex Foradori, Eric Campanini), sound extract from Techno Apple Superstar Who Poisoned the Soup - Danshin, Arooj Aftab Arabidopsis Thaliana - Ilona Jurkonytė, Santiago Reyes Villaveces, excerpt of audiovisual installation Intro - Gorillaz The Raw and the Cooked - Jan Jelinek Apple - Cibo Matto
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about dark tourism or contrafactual history. Our researcher Pauline Rip sits down with Geneviève Pigeon, whose work circles around foundation stories and mythologies linked to popular culture, to talk about false knowledge and the creation of a romanticized vision of the past. In the final segment Bestarium Compendium, Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by Zombistoric. Your musical accompaniment for this adventure tangles history, Gauls and Celtic culture.
Featuring:
Pauline Rip, French and Dutch, considering herself as a ‘hunter designer’ of ignored, mocked, marginalized, irrational and often false knowledge. In search of adventure and romance, she tracks down practices that explore alternative forms of truth
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Geneviève Pigeon, researcher with a master's degree in literary studies and a doctorate in religious studies on medieval literary objects. She is an associate researcher at the Breton and Celtic research center of the University of Rennes in France.
Pauline Rip as Zombistoric, an astonishing creature with the ability to transform itself into many different historical entities, mainly encountered at political rallies.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista, Pauline Rip Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista, Pauline Rip Hosting: James Nola, Pauline Rip
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet The Weight of History - Lisa Lerkenfeldt Faut rigoler (Nos ancêtres les Gaulois) - Henri Salvador Intro - Gorillaz Celtic edit - De Grandi
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about cinematic ghosts, Vivian Sobchack, and remixing of video-ruins. Our researcher Veronika Hanáková sits down with the film researcher Catherine Russell, whose work focuses on archive, found footage, and Walter Benjamin, to talk about the archival apocalypse, building on ruins, and cutting into films. Our host Necro is joined for an exclusive interview by Ectoplasmatic spiritus. As you will notice, these spectral conversations are matched by some quite ghostly tracks.
Featuring:
Veronika Hanáková, in the process of becoming film/visual theoretician, and part of post-planetary universal design’s program at the New Centre. She is a seeker and collector of forgotten artifacts of visual culture.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Catherine Russell, film researcher focusing on archives, Japanese cinematography and Hollywood cinema.
Veronika Hanáková as Ectoplasmatic spiritus, or “ghost”, is an invisible entity that is trying to find its lost historical links.
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening, scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista, Veronika Hanáková Hosting: James Nola, Veronika Hanáková
TRACKLIST
CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Mr. Ghost Goes to Town - The Five Jones Boys Intro - Gorillaz The Ghost Has No Home - Cocteau Twins, Harold Budd Ghosts IV-34 - Nine Inch Nails (famously sampled and revived by Lil Nas X for his record hit “Old Town Road”)
Welcome to “HORROR!”, a podcast by the researchers of the charity University of the Underground’s Horror Programme. This tuition free programme was led by speculative designer Agi Haines from November 2021 to March 2022, as a critical exploration into illicit societal fears and a dive into horror as a complex tool and genre. In every episode of this series we will explore research topics from our projects, with the help of experts, practitioners, artists, and much more. Our host throughout this podcast series will be Necro, our cheeky demonic guide on a nightly journey full of ghosts, shadows, and inexplicable monsters…but no need to worry, as all our guests, human and non-human, have promised to stay in the studio. Be prepared, though: these encounters might easily transport into your homes some uncanny perspectives on our present.
In this episode, Agi Haines gives us some suggestions about werewolves and ritual. Our researcher Katherine Cosgrove sits down with the practitioner of witchcraft Natalie Walls to talk about contemporary witchcraft and pagan spiritual practices. The last segment of the episode offers the possibility to listen to a special investigative report about the monstrous Soul Eater. Spirits, rituals and ancestors are also the main elements inhabiting our musical atmosphere for this journey.
Featuring:
Katharine Cosgrove, researcher, writer and part-time visual artist whose most recent work concerns the personal and societal interaction between experiences of gender, hormones, chronic mental health conditions and invisible disability.
Agi Haines, speculative designer. Her work is focused on the design of the human body as a malleable object through which she explores how far we can push our living flesh while still being accepted by society.
Natalie Walls, practitioner of witchcraft and freelance writer. She has a dual heritage of Colombian and Scottish which means her practice includes a blend of influences which she draws from.
Katherine Cosgrove also gives us more information about the investigation of a lost expedition for which it was probably a fatal meeting with the Soul Eater (voicing features Joe Cosgrove and Samuel Organ).
James Nola as Necromantique or Necro, our demonic host who pays homage to 80s cult horror, that will get your bones giggling.
Thank you for listening. We hope that this series will contribute to inspire, to communicate powerful messages, to expose enduring dynamics of the contemporary world and to challenge our understanding of its structures and taboos. If we didn't scare you enough, and you want to know more about our projects, join us for more episodes or visit https://universityoftheunderground.org!
Coordination, proof-listening: Veronika Hanáková, Ludovica Battista Scripting: Veronika Hanáková, Katharine Cosgrove Production, editing, music selection: Ludovica Battista, Katharine Cosgrove Hosting: James Nola, Katharine Cosgrove
TRACKLIST: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet Spirits Drifting - Brian Eno Ancestors - Björk Ritual Awakening - Cosey Fanni Tutti Wikka Man - Nocturnal Emissions Gorillaz - Intro soundtrack for Hunting the Soul Eater - Samuel Organ Ritual Spirit - Massive Attack
In this episode, we give ourselves permission to play and imagine what Play might look like 100 years into the future.
This Podcast emphasises new perspectives and new narratives in Play that include Black voices and new frames of reference alongside those that already exist.
Inspired by the question What would a world look like where people and the plants thrive?
I invited nine guests to open a dialogue and imagine play 100 years into the future
We speculate, discuss and conceive possibilities.
Through a series of prompts, I ask how they would want to frame this world. From personal imagining to a broader societal context.
Are we heading for utopia, dystopia or somewhere in-between.
‘Sounds from outer space’ by @kondukukonduku(Ruben Üvez).
THE MOON BAR, A CELEBRATION OF PLURALITY AND THE MULTIVERSE. As part of The University of the Undergrounds MOON BAR, we host a concoction of individuals from STEAM. For the occasion, Konduku makes a special hr long moon soundscape.
On Monday 7th Dec, from 10 - 7 pm, The University of the Underground will host a non-stop live stream, of all things multiverse, moon and everything in between extraterrestrial lands. A celebration of all multiverses, a celebration of plurality as we know it. In the symposium, you will meet with someone who climbed the Mount Everest and advocate for silence to someone who talks to wolf at night, drag queens and cult leaders and the usual NASA and SETI (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence), but also an explosives expert and as if that was not enough- we ALSO have a MOON CAKE, tarot reading and all. Basically absolute chaos in extraterrestrial lands. Christmas before Christmas.
About Konduku: -Konduku aka Ruben Üvez is a Berlin-based DJ and producer, originally from the Netherlands. Starting his career by releasing a well-received debut LP - "Kiran," on Nous'klaer Audio. Since then, Ruben has been a part of several impressive music projects. His work has been released on record labels such as Nous'Klaer, Delsin, Disk and Idle Hands. Producing is not the only thing that keeps Ruben busy. His DJ CV includes a variety of prominent European clubs beginning with De School and ending with Berlin's about blank- live from Berlin.
‘If I can’t dance, I do not want to be a part of your revolution’ research bureau: Soundscape Mixtape Workshop by Colette Aliman
As sound blurs the boundaries and is able to mediate the relationship between resistance and power, in the time of COVID-19, we will aspire to speculate and compose mixtapes about how we would sonically engineer our future cities.
Participants: Gaspar Cohen, Anjali Prashar-Savoie, Micaela Terk, Tuva Bjӧrk Mixtape Title: Work from home for the post-club generation Concept description: What sounds delineate the current moment, as the world outside our walls continues only for essential work? Radio listenership is spiking. Instead of in the club, we sit at home with the cat. What will we take along with us to the nightlife of the post-pandemic era? This piece is a speculation on the aural experiences of futuristic clubbing, and a soundtrack of dancing alone.
‘If I can’t dance, I do not want to be a part of your revolution’ research bureau: Soundscape Mixtape Workshop by Colette Aliman
As sound blurs the boundaries and is able to mediate the relationship between resistance and power, in the time of COVID-19, we will aspire to speculate about and compose mixtapes about how we would sonically engineer our future cities.
Participants: Antoine - Merve - Ana - Ciara - Laolu Mixtape Title: Shut the F*ck Up Project Concept description: Starting with the idea of the sounds before the pandemic and after the pandemic. By muting sounds one by one finding the transition from the cities to the body. And discovering unique sounds belongs to the neighborhoods and our own unique bodies. Muting loud noises that come from unequal power relations allows those who were silenced to start being recognized.
‘If I can’t dance, I do not want to be a part of your revolution’ research bureau: Soundscape Mixtape Workshop by Colette Aliman
As sound blurs the boundaries and is able to mediate the relationship between resistance and power, in the time of COVID-19, we will aspire to speculate about and compose mixtapes about how we would sonically engineer our future cities.
Participants: Iná, Yan, Fateme, Iivi, Elvi Mixtape Title: Cough.Lab Concept description: The sound of coughing became so contagious these days. Poor sound. We wanted to free the cough sound from the COVID-19 prejudice – as a way to eradicate prejudice on a bigger scale. But in the process of working together in the digital realm – shifting between three continents behind our screens – our track became more - more than a re-evaluation of the cough/deconstruction of prejudice- it became the sound of human breathing in many forms and the sound of collaboration.
In this podcast, recorded in February 2020, the researchers of the Turquoise Desert Research Program talk about their work in progress after three months delving into the waters of Amsterdam and Cairo.
Featuring the work of: Aida El - Oweidy, Carolina Pinto, Jose Torcal, Amelie Jakubek, Jon Flint, Sabine Passareli, Juliette Le Monnyer, Pauline Wiersema and Thieu Custers.
More info about the researchers and their projects: http://universityoftheunderground.org/students/turquoise-desert
Turquoise Desert Research Bureau member Carolina Valente Pinto sits down in the basement sound studio with XR member Juul Verschuuren and scientist and director of the Climate Institute at TU Delft, Dr. Herman Russchenberg. They discussed extiction, climate activism, and the near and far future of our Planet, framed by Carolina's research project "Tales from life in a post-human planet"
Following up naturally from last months part one of Talking to Listen to, comes the extra special part two, bringing the critically acclaimed two-part series to a spectacular close. Jack and Joseph are once again joined in the studio by John, who presents another series of 5-minute conversations between himself and the other students of the underground. This months episode also includes updates from the University of the Underground's director, Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun who pays a visit to the studio to introduce the Unconventional Research Office. Along with a visit from tutor Sjaron Minailo and an internet-supported-inter-national telephone conversation with Stephen Coates.
This month’s Talking to Listen to Guests: Malena Maria Arcucci Tom Burke Ryan Eykholt Ada Reinthal John Charles Bricker
Closing off the episode we have an exclusive first play of Joseph Pleass' Breakfast Man.
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker
Hosts: Jack Waghorn, Joseph Pleass and John Charles Bricker
In this episode, Jack and Joseph are joined by their fellow student, John, who presents a series of 5-minute conversations between himself and the other students of the underground. It’s kinda like talk radio. Spring has sprung, so it was time to open the door and get up out of the basement for a spell. These conversations took place in each respective students’ current place of residence, and focus on each student’s frame of mind as they approach their final show in June. Also included is a phone call between Jack and himself in which he is grilled on his thesis (special thanks to Malena).
This month’s Talking to Listen to Guests: Joseph Pleass Juhee Hahm Alexander Cromer Anna Maira Merkel Luke George Hardy Rideout Jack Waghorn
Tune in next month for the remaining half of the University of the Underground Students!
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker Hosts: Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass
In this one off special edition of 13 Steps Below, hosts of the podcast Jack and Joseph play a game of Ultimate Thesis Warrior Showdown. In which every student in the University of the Underground is put on the spot and asked to explain their thesis in just 1 minute over the phone. Other features include: John Charles Bricker giving a stream of consciousness to the sound of Gabrielle’s Out Of Reach, 12 minute opera titled From Now We Go Extreme by Tom Burke and Anna Maria Merkel’s Premium Brand Experience.
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker, and Heather Griffin Hosts: Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass
Luke & Juhee’s Supply Chain Broadcast can be found at: http://supplychainbroadcast.net/
In this episode of 13 Steps Below the students welcome in a new year and share updates on their self-directed projects. We hear a variety of features including music, interviews, thoughts, a script reading and more.
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker, and Heather Griffin Hosts: Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass Features in order: Alexander Cromer Evita Rigert Juhee Hahm Ryan Eykholt Joseph Pleass Luke Rideout
Juhee and Luke’s project updates can be found over at https://www.supplychainbroadcast.net/
Joseph’s I’ve Never Been to Me has its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Been_to_Me
And Luke’s closing track is Pole PoleTishian by Naju Danito https://mdundo.com/song/48533
Here it is! Our hosts Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass are back to present the second part of the two part special on the University of the Underground's trip to Istanbul. These two episodes focus around the radio outcomes that each student produced for their economics project entitled “Reverse Engineering Economic Mania”.
Over 5 days the students curated a live radio broadcast and a public class during the 4th Annual Istanbul Biennale in Arter, a space for art in the heart of the Karakoy in Istanbul. Listen in and hear all about their research, critique of current systems, and speculation on possible alternatives.
www.schoolofschoolofschools.com
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Andrea de Kruijf, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker, and Heather Griffin Hosts: Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass Features in order: Tom Burke - Sound Bath Heather Griffin - Altered Interviews Juhee Hahm - Work and Leisure Interviews Jerry Mantra - Paid Advertisement Alexander Cromer - Ocean Spoken Word
Heather’s Segment Source links: Noam Chomsky interview by Catharsis magazine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLa5WjcP7eU Edward Herman interview by The Real News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_4OUK74iY Boris Johnson from the Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9632243/Boris-Johnson-we-must-fight-to-keep-the-press-free.html Alan Partridge on Free Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tyGLuVlQp8 Father Ted - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtgbAoy27Q
The first podcast kicking off the second year is part one of a two part special on the University of the Underground's trip to Istanbul. These two episodes will be focused around the radio outcomes that each student produced for their economics project entitled “Reverse Engineering Economic Mania”.
Over 5 days the students curated a live radio broadcast and a public class during the 4th Annual Istanbul Biennale in Arter, a space for art in the heart of the Karakoy in Istanbul. Listen in and hear all about their research, critique of current systems, and speculation on possible alternatives. www.schoolofschoolofschools.com
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Andrea de Kruijf, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
Credits: Produced by: Jack Waghorn, John Charles Bricker, and Heather Griffin Hosts: Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass Features in order: Anna Maria Merkel Luke George Hardy Rideout Malena Arcucci Evita Rigert Joseph Pleass, John Charles Bricker, Alexander Cromer, Jack Waghorn Ryan Eykholt
In this month's episode of 13 Steps Below the students of the University of the Underground welcome Dr Mieke Kolk- a dramaturg, feminist activist, researcher and professor- to continue their opera-inspired discussion: What can we learn from the method of reenactment, in a psychological sense, and how do we overcome a collective trauma as a society?
Mieke takes them into an insightful journey through her experience working with performance and opera, prompting the students to explore new forms of storytelling: Ryan shares a walk in the park, Juhee and John create an audio version of their mini-opera dealing with how we talk about North Korea, Ada undergoes a time-travelling exercise between two 9/11s and an unexpected caller reaches out to Dr Pep Talk. And, on top of all this, dancer and performer Sophia Seiss, shares her experience re-performing “Imponderabilia”, a piece by Ulay and Marina Abramović
Listen to the sixth incredible episode to get an expert insight into the forms of opera and the student's fresh take on what Mieke had to say. This podcast is made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Francisco Dorado, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn!
Credits
Producer: Annamaria Merkel Writer: Annamaria Merkel and Malena Araccuci, Hosts: Heather Griffin Featuring Guests: Mieke Kolk and Sophia Seiss Work – Features: John Charles Bricker and Juhee Hahm Work – Features: Annamaria Merkel Work – Features: Sophia Seiss Work – Features: Ryan Eykholt Work – Features: Ada Reinthal and Tom Burke Work – Features: Heather Griffin and Francisco Dorado musical piece opening: Luke George Hardy Rideout Pep Talk: John Charles Bricker, Jack Waghorn and Joseph Pleass Sound Editors: Annamaria Merkel, Jack Waghorn Mastering: Jack Waghorn Editor Interviews Mieke Kolk: Annamaria Merkel
In this month's episode of 13 Steps Below- a podcast created by the students at the University of the Underground-, the second in a two-parter, we hear about the students' work in London and their creative processes as part of a project called 'Since 1989'. For their latest educative endeavor, students were tasked to explore the question, 'When post-truth is the new normal, what is the role of fiction in revealing hidden political narratives?' Part cinemathèque, part record label, part theatre set, students share their creative processes with you.
In Episode 4 we hear interviews from Phil Lee, Creative Director at record label XL recordings and board member at the University of the Underground; British Film Institute's curator Anna Bogutskaya and interviews from Galit Ariel, self-proffered digital hippy and augmented reality expert. All taking us on a final explorative journey of the role of media, archiving and curation in a post-truth realm. Complimented by more audio works made by the students!
This podcast was made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Francisco Dorado, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn!
Massive thank you to University of the Underground's board member Phil Lee, creative director at XL recordings, for letting them record in the studio but also to the British Film Institute and the British Council for giving them access to their archives
In this month's episode of 13 Steps Below, the first in a two-parter, we follow Detective Donna Donnerberg on her quest for truth(s) throughout one night in 2068's London. Along the way she encounters clips from an old podcast on her newsfeed, coinciding with her personal quest which propels her to investigate the source: a mysterious underground archive. We will hear insider tips from Christopher Hird of Dartmouth Films, a conversation about truth with Alfred Freeborn (Doctoral Research fellow in the History of Science at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin), and more!
Made by the students of the MA Design of Experiences at the University of the Underground and the Sandberg Instituut: Malena Maria Arcucci, John Charles Bricker, Tom Burke, Alexander Cromer, Francisco Dorado, Ryan Eykholt, Heather Griffin, Juhee Hahm, Andrea de Kruijf, Anna Maria Merkel, Joseph Pleass, Ada Reinthal, Luke George Hardy Rideout, Evita Eva-Maria Bianca Rigert, Jack Waghorn.
8th March 2018