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    AUX CordMatilda Lin Berke
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    When two people fall in love, they neither know nor talk about it. They can only reach each other through sonic fiction. Read a flash fiction story as a new episode of the Sonic Worlding column.

  • The archive is always evolving.
    Writing Against the ArchiveFrancesca Ceccherini, Zaira Oram, Ash Kilmartin, Abdellah M. Hassak
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    A Symphony of Archives transforms historical traces into living sound. In this conversation from the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2025, curator Francesca Ceccherini (Zaira Oram) speaks with Ash Kilmartin about territory, memory, and the notion of «situated listening».

  • She makes room for cosmic thinking
    Weaving Memory into SoundFatima-Zahra Lakrissa
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    In Leila Bencharnia’s performance «Fatema U Trab (Fatima and the Dust)», sound is not simply something we hear – it is something that is woven, touched, remembered, and transmitted.

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    Tube TechnoJanina Neustupny
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    What happens if you turn an MRI scan into a rave? Thoughts on unexpected moments of liberation.

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    Life on a Merry-Go-RoundMaezara, Gisela Swaragita
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    What’s a typical weekend look like to a Jakartan? Maezara captures the colorful life of Jakarta, full of shrieks, laughs, screams, sizzles, and whispers through her lenses.

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    The Weightless FlightPeter G. Y. Rumondor, Gisela Swaragita
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    Mundor’s stage photography captured the best of Jakarta’s indie scene in the mid 2010s.

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    Anywhere You WanderKathleen Malay
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    Anywhere You Wander is an echo of Jakarta’s restless hum — engines, calls to prayer, street vendors, and passing crowds. Listen closely where you stand, and follow wherever the noise goes.

  • Jakarta Keras
    Jakarta KerasRugun Sirait
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    «Jakarta Keras» is a common catchphrase that illustrates the harsh, noisy reality of living in the capital city – a city every citizen loves to hate, but still calls home.

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