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TIMEZONES PODCAST-SERIE AUF RADIO X

Die Podcast-Reihe TIMEZONES erkundet die vielfältigen Realitäten von Künstler*innen und ihrer Praktiken weltweit und stellt die Frage: Was bedeutet es heute, in verschiedenen Ländern, Städten und Kontexten im Bereich Kultur und Kunst zu leben und zu arbeiten? Die Reise geht von Nairobi über Rio de Janeiro bis nach Beirut und Mount Makiling auf den Philippinen / die Ukraine und verarbeitet die Gedanken und Stimmungen der Künstler*innen, ihre sozialen, politischen und intellektuellen Realitäten und ihre(Lebens-) Philosophien zu künstlerischen Audiocollagen.

TIMEZONES spielt dabei mit Formaten und Inhalten: der Podcast bewegt sich zwischen Journalismus und Experiment, Dokumentation, Ethnografie, Fiktion, Klangkunst oder Improvisation. Georgrafische Grenzen, Zeitzonen, Genres und Praktiken sollen überschritten und mit neuen künstlerischen Formen des Austauschs, des Zuhörens und des Erzählens experimentiert werden. Gemeinsam mit lokalen Produzent*innen und Künstler*innen entstehen dabei sehr persönliche Portraits und aktuelle Geschichten aus Städten rund um den Globus, die einen sehr subjektiven Eindruck in das weltweite und aktuelle Musik-und Kunstgeschehen ermöglichen.

TIMEZONES ist ein gemeinsames Projekt des Goethe-Instituts und Norient, dem weltweiten Redaktionsnetzwerk für zeitgenössische Musik- und Medienkulturen.

Radio X ist neu als Partner mit an Bord: Als Weiterführung der im 2022 gestarteten Sendereihe airtime!, die künstlerischen Stimmen aus dem Globalen Süden und Osten Gehör verschafft, strahlen wir einmal im Monat eine Podcast-Folge aus.

26. April NAIROBI: Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out

24. Mai BEIRUT: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem

21. Juni RIO DE JANEIRO: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro

19. Juli MOUNT MAKILING: Ears on/of Mount Makiling

23. August BUENOS AIRES: Relations Condensed in Practice

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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 experimental journey goes from Nairobi via Rio de Janeiro to Beirut and Mount Makiling in the Philippines/Ukraine and brings the he artists’ thoughts on their moods, their social, political, and intellectual realities and their philosophies (of life) into experimental audio collages.

The TIMEZONES podcasts run the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art, and improvisation. The series endeavors to create new artistic forms of storytelling, listening and exchange across the boundaries of geography, time zones, genres, and practices. Together with local producers and artists, the podcast creates very personal portraits and current stories from cities around the globe, which allow a very subjective impression of the worldwide and current music and art scenes.

The Timezones Podcast Series is co-initiated and co-produced by the Goethe-Instituts and Norient, the worldwide platform and network for contemporary music and media cultures.

Radio X is now on board as a partner: As a continuation of the series airtime!, which was launched in 2022 and which makes artistic voices from the Global South and East heard, we broadcast a podcast episode once a month.

April 26, NAIROBI:

May 24, BEIRUT: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem

June 21, RIO DE JANEIRO: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro

July 19, MOUNT MAKILING: Ears on/of Mount Makiling

August 23, BUENOS AIRES: Relations Condensed in Practice

Mi. 31.01.2024

TIMEZONES Podcast: Expressions for Sanity | Karachi special

TIMEZONES ist ein Podcast, der uns Künstler:innen, Musiker:innen und innovative Szenen und Projekte aus der ganzen Welt vorstellt. TIMEZONES ist wie ein Fenster in andere Sphären. Dieses Mal geht die Reise zusammen mit Ali Gul Pir (Comedian und Rapper) in die Kreativlandschaft der pakistanischen Millionenstadt Karachi. TIMEZONES ist eine Co-Produktion des Göthe Institut und Norient. von Danielle Bürgin

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According to the rapper and comedian Ali Gul Pir, Karachi is the most misunderstood place in the world. For TIMEZONES, he produced an episode that will give you a «real» feel of what it’s like to be an artist in this city of a million plus dreams, hopes, and problems.

A world leading magazine called Pakistan «the most dangerous place in the world» but take it from Ali Gul Pir, who has lived most of his life there: «It’s an amazing place. Karachi has given me my identity, my voice, and space to express.» In this podcast episode, he meets artists that he’s friends with, to talk about how they use collaborations and work to express themselves, and he also discovers the hurdles of a Pakistani female guitarist.

Quotes:

«A city of 17 million plus people with only two public hospitals. This is a motif repping how so many of us have to make do with so little. That is the mentality of everything here. Get yours if you can.» Ali Gul Pir

«I realized that it’s a male dominant career. There are female artists in Pakistan there are a lot of female vocalists but there aren’t many female instrumentalists... Mostly I am the only female instrumentalist in the room. I feel like I make the guys insecure.» Sara Waqar

«Pakistan is losing its classical music though we have had many legendary classical singers, musicians, and instrumentalists. Since not much classical music is being produced, the youth is leaning toward the modern music. this is why I thought I should also change sarangi by mixing it with blues and turning it into jazz.» Gul Muhammad

Release Date: January 31, 2024

Credits: a podcast by Ali Gul Pir co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut with support from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia Delhi.

Featuring: Babar Mangi, Sarah Waqar, Shehzad Ghias, Gul Muhammad

Recorded at BigFoot Studios