What role does the artist have in the revolution? What does it meant to make art in the most inhumane and violent conditions - to make art in a genocide?
Sara and Toobs listen into the episode 'Gaza: When Beyond the Norm Becomes the Norm', a brilliant episode from the Norient Timezones podcast. Together, they reflect on the question and practice of sonifying the places that we come from, and the purpose of art-making in liberation work.
This is the first episode in a new collaboration between Race Matters x Norient Timezones. Norient Timezones is a series that 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? Over the coming months, Race Matters will be syndicating and reflecting on some of these episodes. Learn more about Norient Timezones here: https://norient.com/timezones
Produced by Shareeka Helaluddin and Samantha Haran, with thanks to Suvani Suri, Thomas Burkhalter Abhishek Mathur and the Norient team.
Norient Gaza episode credits
A podcast by Alia Rayyan and Alaa Barghouthi
Co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut
Featuring: Rehaf Al Batniji, Salman Nawati, Mahmoud Al Shaer
Artistic Editor: Abhishek Matur
Project Management: Hannes Liechti
Video Trailer: Emma Nzioka
Jingle Voiceover: Nana Akosua Hanson
Jingle Mix: Daniel Jakob
Mastering: Rea Dubach, Centraldubs
Artwork: Šejma Fere
Photography: Rehaf Al Batniji
Contains samples from Rehaf Batniji, Mahmoud Al Shaer, Mahmoud Abu Warda, Majdal Nateel, Hassan Qaoud, and Khaeld Jarada, Geographies of a Place Divine, 2021, video installation, 2:22 min loop, After the Turn, Gaza.