Challenging Orientalism Pt. 5

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Challenging Orientalism Pt. 5

Six international curators from the Norient community have researched contemporary music videos that re-imagine, parody, or deconstruct Orientalism. Here is the shortlist by curator and activist Georgy Mamedov, who focuses on videos from Central Asia.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Manizha

How Radio Noises Can Become Swiss

Norient Snap by Christoph Brünggel
How Radio Noises Can Become Swiss

What was the fascination with listening to Swiss international radio? Patricia Jäggi reconstructed the former auditory experience and came to the hypothesis that it probably wasn’t only interest in overseas news and exotic music. But also the hiss in the channel itself.

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Design: Christoph Brünggel
Photo: Feld, StAAG/RBA1-1-18556_1
Remix: Patricia Jäggi, Christoph Brünggel

Challenging Orientalism Pt. 2

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Challenging Orientalism Pt. 2

Six international curators from the Norient community have researched contemporary music videos that re-imagine, parody, or deconstruct Orientalism. Here is the shortlist by curator and designer Basak Senova, who focuses on videos from Türkiye.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah

Reading the Turkish March from Ceza

Norient Snap by Ali Sayah
Reading the Turkish March from Ceza

In this commentary, curator and designer Basak Senova discusses the background of Turkish rapper Ceza’s music video «Türk Marşı». The video mashes elements from past and present Turkish culture to challenge the circulation of clichéd images between the East and the West.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Ali Sayah

Fixing Worlds: Artistic Activism from a Global Perspective

Norient Snap by Studio Flux
Fixing Worlds: Artistic Activism from a Global Perspective

There are many kinds of activism around the world. As some films from the 9th Norient Musikfilm Festival 2019 show, this depends on the intentions of the persons concerned, and the politics of the places and spaces they inhabit.

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Design: Studio Flux
Photo: Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis, Monzer Darwish, Sami Sänpäkkilä
Sound: Silvana Imam, Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis, Monzer Darwish

The Need to Be Seen

Norient Snap by Studio Flux
The Need to Be Seen

To be recognized might be the most fundamental need of being human. Yet the means and methods for seeking it differ radically, especially among artists. As some of the movies at the 9th NMFF 2019 have shown, recognition can become a matter of survival.

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Design: Studio Flux
Photo: Kyoko Miyake
Sound: Daniel Jakob, Kyoko Miyake, Molly Dineen, Jung Yoon-suk

If Women Ruled the World in Ghana

Norient Snap by Heinz Reber
If Women Ruled the World in Ghana

When Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter were filming Contradict, they worked with female Ghanaian creatives to assemble a portrait of a generation tackling the post-colonial struggles, and how they see feminism after it gained an increasing global presence.

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Quote: Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Design: Heinz Reber
Photo: Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer

Sampling as Satire: The Medium Shakes the Message

Norient Snap by Studio Flux
Sampling as Satire: The Medium Shakes the Message

Since hip hop’s birth, samples of politicized words have resonated across genres, be it punk anti-establishment, jaunty new-wave experimentations, or EDM’s uplifting calls for unity. Lola Baraldi traces out music that gives political words a new meaning.

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Design: Studio Flux
Sound: Deena Abdelwahed, Al Kent, Perc

A Matter of Representation – Documenting Ghanaian Artists

Norient Snap by Heinz Reber
A Matter of Representation – Documenting Ghanaian Artists

When making their film on the music scene in Ghana, Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter discussed how to deal with the ethics of representation. Together with local artists, they decided to shoot a documentary that was not just about the scene, but created with it.

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Design: Heinz Reber
Photo: Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer

Listening as Political Activism in Hong Kong

Norient Snap by So Wai Lam
Listening as Political Activism in Hong Kong

Since 2014, Hong Kong’s art and music industries have been baptized by a political awakening. Artists like Susi Law got elected into district councils. Law is not one for big speeches and her aural sensitivity could be beneficial to Hong Kong’s political crisis in 2020.

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Design: So Wai Lam
Photo: Wong Chung Ho

Dancing in the Church: Religion in Ghana

Norient Snap by Heinz Reber
Dancing in the Church: Religion in Ghana

«People in Ghana have gone overboard with religion, politics, and corruption», says FOKN Bois' Wanlov the Kubolor. A critical investigation of the relevance of religion and churches in Ghana.

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Quote: Bishop Daniel Obinim
Design: Heinz Reber
Photo: Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer