Radio Art Residency Review
In the course of the international residency program Radio Art Residency, five artists were invited to come to Halle (Saale) and discover and experiment with the radio medium. For two and a half years the program was hosted by Radio
Hardi Kurda featured in “Hörspielmagazin”
Hardi Kurda and his radio project "Listening's Urgency" have been featured in the "Hörspielmagazin" on Deutschlandfunk. The Kurdish composer and musician Hardi Kurda discovers the radio as an instrument that challenges our listening and questions the social order. Oscillating freely between
Listening’s Urgency on shift.fm
On Sunday, July 12 and Monday, July 13, Hardi Kurda will be on air on shift.fm with his radio project "Listening's Urgency". Shift.fm - the Remote Radio is a temporary radio programme of the Bauhaus University Weimar, in which students
Everything Illegal — Live Radio Performance
In his radio project Listening's Urgency Hardi Kurda questions the legitimacy of the legal and the construction of illegality: Illegality is awareness of a movement which doesn't have a voice, which is not recognized, which is not normal. Illegality provocates and
„Listening’s Urgency“ – Live Radio Performance
In times of contact restrictions the radio is all the more an instrument to bridge the isolation. What role does listening play in times of crisis? In his project "Listening's Urgency" the composer and sound artist Hardi Kurda, current stipendiary
Radio Art Residency in concert
...Would have been nice, but had to be cancelled due to the corona pandemic... On Friday, March 20, two guest artists of the Radio Art Residency meet for a concert night at Salon Villa Plagwitz in Leipzig. André Damião II Narva 2 André
Listening’s Urgency: Hardi Kurda is the 5th Artist in Residence
Composer and sound artist Hardi Kurda is the fifth recipient of the Radio Art Residency scholarship. Kurda studied music in Slemani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq and composition in Leipzig, Germany and Gothenburg, Sweden. In his performances and compositions he uses the
Opening: Margins for Madness, Undesirable Monuments
From November 23rd to November 30th, Sara Hamdy turns the gallery Blech. Raum für Kunst Halle into a garden and radio space. The installation Margins for Madness, Undesirable Monuments is part of Hamdy’s ongoing research looking at the ways in which
Bring us your plant
I invite you to create an imaginary garden with me It is a space for plants to talk, And for us to talk with them. I once loved a plant with all my heart, It was a cactus plant. It was hard every
The Complex Songs at Radiolab
Sara Hamdy's performance project The Complex Songs will be continued during the Radiolab at Seanaps Festival for transdisciplinary music in Leipzig. The performance is based on recordings of birdsongs the artist collected in Halle, Leipzig, Cairo and Alexandria, and transformed into
Call for Singers / Voice Performers
For the performance The Complex Songs we want to found a temporary choir. The performance is part of the RadioLab Program of the transdisciplinary music festival Seanaps in Leipzig. The Complex Songs is a singing/voice performance by visual and sound artist
As complex as a bird’s song
Sara Hamdy from Cairo is the fourth scholar of the Radio Art Residency. Hamdy graduated in fine in arts at the Helwan University in Cairo. Her poetic artistic practice includes visuals and sound as well as text and performance. What
Mobile Music Performance No. 3
On Wednesday the Noise Crowd enters one of Halle’s largest transit areas in order to transform the news. On Wednesday, June 5 3.10pm – 5pm Tune in: Radio CORAX 95.9 in Halle / live-stream: radiocorax.de & come by: Riebeckplatz Photo: Thies Streifinger
Die Stimmung des Geräuschs – matinee concert
To conclude the third Radio Art Residency, André Damião performs a matinee concert in the courtyard of Burg Giebichenstein (Campus Kunst). On Thursday, June 6 / 5pm Burg Giebichenstein / Campus Kunst (Unterburg Giebichenstein, Seebener Straße 1, Halle) André Damião works transversally
Find Your Own Raven Voice on Radiophrenia
Today, on May 16, raven voices are sounding on Radiophrenia Glasgow! The piece FIND YOUR OWN RAVEN VOICE by former Radio Art Residency artist Claire Serres is going on air on the temporary radio art station Radiophrenia. Listen in 2:30 pm: radiophrenia.scot
Mobile Music Performance No. 2
On Friday, May 10th, the Noise Crowd will take to the streets again. With new instruments - sounding circuits, contact microphones and mini loudspeakers - we are going through the ether on 95.9 FM and over the metal skin of
André & Noise Crowd featured in “Hörspielmagazin”
The monthly "Hörspielmagazin" on Deutschlandfunk reviews new radio plays and sound art. In the April issue André Damião and his project in Halle are featured. Listen HERE (in German) Photo: Tina Klatte
Mobile Music Performance No. 1
On Saturday, April 13, a newly formed noise crowd is going to explore the acoustic space of Halle. With self-constructed electro acoustic sound objects and radios we are walking through the city drawing feedback loops, and inviting you for a
Mobile Music Workshop — No.1
Photo: Rita Wu We want to build up a Noise Crowd
André Damião takes electroacoustic music to the streets
André Damião is the next artist in residence at Radio CORAX. The artist works between the fields of music and electronic arts and experiments with self-built mobile devices as means for itinerant sound art production. In São Paulo André was