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362 podcasts
02.10.2024
42 MIN
English
Son[i]a #410
Wu Tsang
Wu Tsang
In this podcast, we talk to filmmaker and visual artist Wu Tsang about her way of understanding (and practicing) the ungraspable nature of the moving image through her concept of magic realism, as well as other reality-modification strategies. We talk about big and small stories, about myths and clichés, and about rewriting and unravelling timelines, part real and part fictional. We also look at the benefits of collaborative processes and at the need to challenge and dismantle the idea of individual authorship in the visual arts.
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19.09.2024
105 MIN
English
SON[I]A #409
Imani Jacqueline Brown
Imani Jacqueline Brown
In this podcast, Imani Jacqueline Brown tells us about her formative experience as an activist in New Orleans and in the crucible of Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street movement. We also talk about eugenics and about how Carl Linnaeus’s philosophy during the Enlightement divided existence into parcels of private property, about oil infrastructure networks and environmental racism in Death Alley, and about apocalypse as repeated events. Along the way, Imani imagines paths to ecological reparation, ways to steward and attend to the world. She finds that it is precisely the uncultivated land at the back of the plantation that is rich with life and possibility: the seed banks of new growth.
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12.09.2024
77 MIN
Spanish
SON[I]A #408
Seba Calfuqueo
Seba Calfuqueo
In this podcast, Seba Calfuqueo dismantles heroes, monuments and categories, while reclaiming gaps, taboos and the elements as spaces of complexity from which to strike up conversation. They also talk about owning where you come from and the position from which you speak. And they argue for the collective occupation of spaces that have historically been denied to the Mapuche people. For Seba, being Mapuche means having a connection with the land, and in this conversation they present a way of understanding of life in which queerness is the very essence of nature.
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12.08.2024
13 MIN
English
SON[I]A #395. Imani Mason Jordan. Deleted scenes
We dig up some unreleased fragments of our conversation with interdisciplinary writer, artist, editor, curator, and plant lover Imani Mason Jordan. We discuss Audre Lorde’s call to action in “Your Silence Will Not Protect You,” exploring Imani’s interpretation of it. Additionally, we talk about tuning in—rather than out—as a strategy to find rest and respite, to nourish ourselves and recharge through simple things. Finally, we delve into Imani’s collaborative practices.
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09.08.2024
79 MIN
English
SON[I]A #407
Eleonora Belfiore
Eleonora Belfiore
In addition to her theoretical work, academic and researcher Eleonora Belfiore has a particular interest in socially engaged arts practice. In this sector, she plays a crucial role in highlighting the labor injustices promoted and reinforced by decades of neoliberal policies and argues for demanding an overall improvement in working conditions in a sector traditionally undervalued by funders and policymakers. Her work, mostly focusing on the UK context, often challenges the assumptions underlying cultural value —and questions the methods used to evaluate cultural impact, in an attempt to bridge the gap between cultural theory and practical policy-making. In this podcast, we talk to Eleonora Belfiore about self-exploitation, value metrics, austerity, social change, community development, feminist ethics of care and cognitive dissonance.
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