How does this ideology, but also its sheer physical expressions such as labor affect cultural production? From hip hop’s «bling» culture to critical evaluations of cultural funding.

  • Asphalte Gais (credit: Florian Bach).
    Florian Bach & Alexandre Babel ~ Asphalte Gais
    Podcast by Abhishek Mathur
    Florian Bach and Alexandre Babel play with the idea of negative space and absence in this imagination of their work Ashphalte. Elements such as light, color and sculptures change the objects and their surroundings and create a counterpoint between sound and image.
  • If Clocks Impose Order
    Quotation by Xenia Benivolski, Rachael Rakes

    «If clocks impose order, music defies it».

  • Kesri Devi with folk artists from different parts of India at a folk music session in New Delhi, March 2023. From left to right: Savita Kalbeliya, Kesri Devi, Geeta Parag, Talb Khan (photo: Raj Das).
    In the Concrete Jungle
    Essay by Sunayana Wadhawan
    Sunayana Wadhawan traces a map of stories from Kathputli Colony (Puppeteer’s Colony) in New Delhi to foreground the pressing concerns of artists and art forms that are displaced and delegitimized in the name of urban development.
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    How Much Money Are Ants Worth: Ursula Palla
    Audio Essay by Philipp Rhensius, Ursula Palla
    At Klang Moor Schopfe 2021, Philipp Rhensius created 12 experimental audio essays. Listen to a podcast inspired by the sound installation of Ursula Palla.