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By Dylan Culhane on October 20, 2018
By Dylan Culhane on 20 October 2018 in
BLOG
In this photo series South African photographer Dylan Culhane stages artist Umlilo in collage portraits and evokes a sense of multiplicity. A photo series from the Norient book and exposition «Seismographic Sounds».
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Desire, Hybridity, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Photo Series, South Africa, Umlilo |
By Henriette Gunkel on October 18, 2018
By Henriette Gunkel on 18 October 2018 in
VIDEO
What reads at first sight as a rather classic «coming out» story is not a linear narrative. In the music video «Magic Man» South African artist Umlilo and director Jasyn Howes produce a temporal and spatial disorder through fragments of moving images.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged body, dance, Desire, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds, South Africa, Umlilo |
By Umlilo on October 15, 2018
By Umlilo and Leila Dee Dougan on 15 October 2018 in
AUDIO
For rapper Umlilo music is freedom and therapy at the same time. In his music he addresses issues of homophobia and bends the common images of gender. «Gender has always been something very natural to me to fuck with», he explains his approach.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Class, Desire, DIY, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts, South Africa, Umlilo |
By Beatriz Hernández Caraveo on August 22, 2018
By Beatriz Hernández Caraveo on 22 August 2018 in
BLOG
Music scenes can serve as safe spaces for marginalized groups. In Mexico, reggaetón underground parties are an important home for the country’s LGBTIQA+ community to express their discontent against a sexist society and lack of female empowerment.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged dance, Queer Culture |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on December 8, 2017
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 8 December 2017 in
STORIES
Hip hop is always changing, and recently LGTB and Queer Hip-Hop – for long time out of sight – has seized the stage. Not as a subgenre, but a part of hip hop culture that has a long history. It’s a history about activism, too, in the USA and worldwide.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Desire, Queer Culture, Queer Rap, Seismographic Sounds |
By Mona Aurich on August 25, 2017
By Mona Aurich on 25 August 2017 in
VIDEO
Our author understands the 2014 music video «I·M·A·M (jj Remix)» by Swedish rapper Silvana Imam as a call for fight. She finds proof in both the lyrics and the video footage. Further she asks: who will be included in the revolution, proclaimed by Imam?
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Activism, Desire, Gender Roles, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds, Violence |
By Kalle Berggren on August 18, 2017
By Kalle Berggren on 18 August 2017 in
VIDEO
Silvana Imam is changing Sweden’s contemporary hip hop landscape. In this jj remix of her song «I.M.A.M.», classical hip hop video references are characteristically interchanged with images of political protests and LGBT Pride marches.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Desire, Gender Roles, New Geographies, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds |
By Ziad Nawfal on August 10, 2017
By Ziad Nawfal on 10 August 2017 in
AUDIO
Hamed Sinno is the lead singer of the Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou’ Leila. In this podcast he talks about belonging, identity, and representation. And about what does it mean to make music as a Lebanese artist in a global context.
Posted in AUDIO | Tagged Belonging, Lebanon, Othering, Queer Culture, Race, Seismographic Sounds, Seismographic Sounds Podcasts |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on March 27, 2017
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 27 March 2017 in
BLOG
The human body is a drilled animal. The meta-national art and music collective NON Worldwide opposes this. Their performance «The Great Disappointment» at CTM Festival aimed at decolononizing the dancefloor by creating sensual disorientation.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Belonging, dance, New Geographies, Queer Culture |
By B Camminga on January 11, 2017
By B Camminga on 11 January 2017 in
STORIES
In Post Apartheid South Africa a new generation of young artists are drawing on the country’s idiosyncratic past and its unsettled present. They express queer visions for the future. See Dope St Jude at the 8th Norient Musikfilm Festival 2017.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 8. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Desire, place, Queer Culture, Race, Seismographic Sounds |
By B Camminga on October 24, 2016
By B Camminga on 24 October 2016 in
STORIES
The video of «Magic Man» of the south african musician Umlilo questions issues of race and masculinity and speaks to the constant negotiation that is the suffocating entanglement of past and present South Africa.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Desire, Gender, Magic Man, masculinity, Queer, Queer Culture, Race, Rainbow Nation, Ritual, Seismographic Sounds, South Africa, Umlilo, Xhosa |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on April 7, 2016
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 7 April 2016 in
BLOG
Queer feminist Swedish rapper Silvana Imam questions privileges and fights for a global feminist movement. However, the interview shows that her protest is not made out of empty slogans, but out of strong beliefs.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Desire, Gender Roles, Protest, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds |
By Moses Iten on April 17, 2015
By Moses Iten on 17 April 2015 in
VIDEO
Clips, compiled bey Australian author Moses Iten, between field recordings, Reggaeton and Cumbia. Beginning with one of our long time favorites, a sci-fi shaving odyssey starting from the heights of Machu Picchu.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged five video clips from, place, Queer Culture, Tradition |
By Cornelia Lund on October 21, 2014
By Cornelia Lund and Holger Lund on 21 October 2014 in
ACADEMIC
Crucial changes in society have transformed our notions of gender and sex. The music video is one step ahead, demonstrating and testing new forms of gender and love.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Gender Roles, music video, Queer Culture |
By Norient on June 7, 2014
By Norient on 7 June 2014 in
STORIES
In «Sound Translations», Peter Guyer (Recycled TV AG) and Thomas Burkhalter (Norient) narrate stories around seven video clips and audio tracks from selected musicians worldwide.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged dance, DIY, Post Digital, Queer Culture |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on March 14, 2014
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 14 March 2014 in
VIDEO
Queer hip hop clips are avalanches of images, beats and powerful words. Norient collected 17 of them and shows, how hip hop artists raise their voice for a queer consciousness and LGTB rights.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Desire, music video, Queer Culture, Queer Rap |
By Stefanie Alisch on August 8, 2013
By Stefanie Alisch on 8 August 2013 in
STORIES
Kuduro mit seinen harten Raps ist das beatlastige Dancefloor-Gewitter aus Angola. Szenestar Titica wurde als Mann geboren. Sie schert sich nicht um Toleranz und Transphobie.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Activism, body, Gender Roles, Queer Culture |
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on June 13, 2013
By Theresa Beyer (Norient) on 13 June 2013 in
STORIES
Bounce ist energetischer, afroamerikanischer Rap mit hinternbetonten Tänzen aus New Orleans, der Anfang der 1990er Jahre entstanden ist. Eine besonders schillernde Gestalt der Bounce-Szene ist Big Freedia Queen Diva.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Appropriation, place, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds |
By Alison Fensterstock on December 1, 2012
By Alison Fensterstock on 1 December 2012 in
STORIES
Katey Red, Sissy Nobby, Big Freedia: These successful Sissy Rappers turn New Orleans around. Plus many other cities as well.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged 4. Norient Musikfilm Festival, Appropriation, City, Gender Roles, Queer Culture |
By Christian Werthschulte on October 25, 2012
By Christian Werthschulte on 25 October 2012 in
BLOG
Schwule im HipHop – das war mal ein Tabu. Nun geht eine neue Generation queerer Rapperinnen und Rapper an den Start – offensiv und glamourös. Im Unterschied zu den Anfängen des Queer-Rap sind diese Musikerinnen und Musiker viel sichtbarer.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Belonging, Gender Roles, New Geographies, Queer Culture |
