Also for the final performance in the framework of his residency at Radio Corax, Hardi Kurda collected individual stories about illegal actions and experiences with illegality. Based on conversations with the experimental Cellist Khabat Abas, the performance artist Sherko Abbas and an anonymous voice, as well as on the basis of his own experiences, the composer created a score for voice and radiola springs — a viola prepared with springs and radios that the artist plays himself. The vocal part is performed by the soprano and voice performer Nina Guo. For the interpretation of the score the performers met on air for a “telepathic” live performance on Radio Corax 95.9.

“Everything Illegal” Live Radio Performance /  June 7, 2020
with Hardi Kurda, Radiola Springs & Nina Guo, voice
and the narrations of: Khabat Abas, Sherko Abbas, Hardi Kurda & an anonymous voice

Conversation with Hardi Kurda on illegality and his radio project “Listening’s Urgency”

Illegality is awareness of a movement which doesn’t have a voice, which is not recognized, which is not normal. Illegality provocates and askes for something to change.

For the final performance as part of the Radio Art Residency, Kurda meets the soprano and voice performer Nina Guo for a telepathic live radio performance that invites listeners to follow them into the fringe areas of social order. What emerges is a radiophonic narration that draws on personal experiences from these marginal areas. It is based on conversations with the cellist Khabat Abas, the performance artist Sherko Abbas and a former smuggler, who have shared their stories with us, as well as on Kurdas own story.

Sunday, June 7, 8 pm
on Radio CORAX 95.9 Mhz in Halle
and via live-stream on RADIOCORAX.DE
as well as on reboot.fm / 88.4 MHz in Berlin

The live radio performance will be relayed by the radio festival Latitude on Air: Unsettling Power Relations.