Interferences: Liminalities of Failures
Interferences: Liminalities of Failures tune in to the colonial histories of radio and the decolonial possibilities of listening. Elizabeth Enriquez (University of the Philippines) will the open the programme with the keynote lecture, followed by a panel discussion with the research partners and fellows of the Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives (DeCoSEAS) research project.
Program
The event will be moderated by Vincent Kuitenbrouwer. Program16:00 Public Lecture: Appropriation and resistance in Philippine colonial radio - Elizabeth Enriquez17:00 Discussion Panel: Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives - Elizabeth Enriquez, Cristina Juan, Ignatius Aditya Adhiyatmaka, Luc MarraffaModerated by: Vincent Kuitenbrouwer17:30Interferences: Live: This is a piece about failure.The Philips company broadcast the first radio broadcasts in the Dutch East Indies in 1927. A little later, the French established their radio stations in Indochina and the British launched the BBC's Empire Service. It didn't take long for the local population to follow suit. Sultan Mangkunegaran VII of Solo in Java funded the Solo Radio Company, which broadcast in the Javanese language and broadcast traditional music from Java from 1933. Since wireless signals do not stop at any border, the various colonies in Southeast Asia soon heard the popular music and anti-colonial voices of their neighbors.Interferences: Live listens to the sound of radio history and colonialism through the lens of socio-sonic interference. By sampling recordings of historical radio broadcasts from Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Asia, artist and researcher meLê yamomo (winner of the 2022 Open Ear Award) examines how the past century of radio listening trained our ears to specific ways of hearing, aesthetically and affectively. Removing "interferences" was the goal of numerous scientific and social initiatives—attaining an unimpeded transmission meant removing technological, cultural and psychological disruptions—but have these really been removed? Is this the colonization of the ears? Comprised of audio interviews, historical recordings, electronic music and live gamelan and jazz music, Interferences: Live sonifies the repetitive loop of colonialism's failures.The performance will be in English. It is based on the Hörstück "Interferenzen," commissioned by Deutschlandfunk Kultur as part of Schwerpunkt: 100 Jahre Radio.Concept, artistic and musical direction: meLê yamomoAdditional sound design and engineering: Thijs van den GeestFeaturing interviews with: Elizabeth “Betsy” Enriquez, Teilhard Paradela, Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, and Harry van BiessumDramaturgy: Marcus Gammel und Teilhard ParadelaProduction: Deutschlandfunk Kultur / Elektronisches Studio der Akademie der Künste Berlin 2020 Performance: meLê yamomo, Thijs van den GeestGamelan musicians: Krishna Sutedja (director), Otto Stuparitz 18:30 Borrel
