By Susan Lindholm on December 11, 2018
By Susan Lindholm on 11 December 2018 in
STORIES
The Scandinavian code of conduct «jantelagen» encourages modesty, conformity and goodness. Swedish rapper Silvana Imam celebrates the opposite: pride, individuality, and diversity, as shown in the documentary «Silvana». Screened on January 11, 2019, at 9th Norient Musikfilm Festival in Bern.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Anti-racism, Christina Tsiobanelis, diversity, feminism, Hip Hop, jantelagen, Migration, Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Queer Feminism, Rap, Silvana Imam, Sweden |
By Luise Wolf on April 14, 2018
By Luise Wolf on 14 April 2018 in
BLOG
The music of Jenny Hval engages you in ambivalent journeys. In her song «That Battle is Over», she reflects not just our inner but also our political realities. Read a sonic fiction in advance of her audiovisual live show at our new concert series.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged avantgarde, Ben Frost, Blood Bitches, Electronic Music, feminism, Jenny Hval, Pop, Rewire Festival, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Sonic Fiction, That Battle is Over |
By Adam Harper on April 3, 2018
By Adam Harper on 3 April 2018 in
STORIES
Music is not escapism. It is a machine that creates reality. This is the core of Kodwo Eshun’s masterful book «More Brilliant than the Sun». How Sonic Fiction challenges the oppressive prison called reality.
Posted in STORIES, XFEATURED | Tagged Ancient Greeks, Artusi, avantgarde, Baroque, Ben Frost, Blood Bitches, Cybotron, Dj, E. T. A. Hoffman, Electronic Music, Elysia Crampton, Escapism, fantasy, feminism, Gothic, H. P. Lovecraft, Jenny Hval, Johannes Kreisler, Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction, Pop, Rewire Festival, Romanticism, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sonic Fiction, Storytelling, Techno, Techno City, That Battle is Over, The Music of Erich Zann, Ziggy Stardust |
By Emma Dabiri on November 28, 2017
By Emma Dabiri on 28 November 2017 in
STORIES
Changes are happening in Africa. A younger generation realizes that Europe need not provide the blueprint anymore. In the arts, African Women are promoting a new consciousness. The West rushes to describe this art as «feminist» – an imposed label.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, colonialism, Desire, Emma Dabiri, feminism, Gender, Gender Roles, Johnny, Nigeria, Oyeronke Oyewumi, Pan-Africanism, Seismographic Sounds, Temi Dollface, Yemi Alade, Yoruba, Zina Saro-Wiwa |
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 Ayesha, Cleo, Desire, Elin Kastlander, feminism, Femtastic, Feven, Gender Roles, Gudrun Schyman, Heli, Hip Hop, I.M.A.M., jj, Kalle Berggren, Leila K, Lilla Namo, Linda Pira, Lithuania, Melinda Wrede, Mika Gustafson, Neneh Cherry, New Geographies, Olivia Kastebring, Pussy Riot, Queer, Queer Culture, Seismographic Sounds, Silvana Imam, Simone de Beauvoir, Sweden, Syria, Transnationality, Valerie Solanas |
By Eric Mandel on May 31, 2017
By Eric Mandel on 31 May 2017 in
STORIES
The Lebanese musician Malikah started to rap out of rage. She travels between the streets of Beirut to Europe’s avant-garde spaces. Norient caught up with her to talk about her sense of belonging in an English-speaking, male-dominated hip hop scene.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Africa Express, André de Ridder, Arabic, Belonging, Damon Albarn, Diana Avella, Egypt, female rapper, feminism, Golden Beirut, Intikhabeit 2009, Lebanese, Lebanon, Lyrical Rose, Malikah, Nazzi, Stargaze Orchestra, Tunisia, War, Ya lubnan |
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 age, art, Authenticity, belief, Boys, capitalist, conscious rapper, credibility, culture, Desire, feminism, feminist, Gender, Gender Roles, girls, Identity, Nina Simone, political activist, privileges, Protest, Queer, reality, religion, Revolution, Seismographic Sounds, sexuality, Silvana Imam, Simone de Beauvoir, skin, social class, society, sounds, Sweden, swedish, symbiosis, teachers, Theresa Beyer, Transgender, women |
By Kay Thompson on March 25, 2016
By Kay Thompson on 25 March 2016 in
VIDEO
The song «Pata Pata» from the nigerian singer Temi DollFace refers to a long tradition of protest music. Influenced by Fela Kutis critical songs it is also a symbol for a new feminism that questions traditional relationships.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Afrobeat, biblical, Change, Desire, dictatorships, Fela Kuti, feminism, government, injustices, Military, Nigeria, norms, Pata Pata, Protest Music, relationships, religion, Seismographic Sounds, Shuffering and Shmiling, Temi Dollface, Zombie |
By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on March 20, 2016
By Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on 20 March 2016 in
VIDEO
The nigerian singer Temi DollFace claims womanhood as a source of strength. Her song «Pata Pata» is a lively example for deconstructing patriarchal norms and clichés with a lot of humour, that stays critical.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged Andy Warhol, constructivist, consumerism, Desire, equality, femininity, feminism, gender politics, Mad Men, Miriam Makeba, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Nigerian, Pata Pata, patriarchy, rebellion, Retro, Revolution, Seismographic Sounds, subversion, Temi Dollface, womanhood, youth culture |
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on March 16, 2016
By Philipp Rhensius (Norient) on 16 March 2016 in
BLOG
In Botswana, heavy metal is a subversive form of self-expression, especially if the fans are female. The South African photographer Paul Shiakallis captured the metal «queens» in their homes. Norient spoke to him about his experiences with the Marok.
Posted in BLOG | Tagged Botswana, church, conservative, empowerment, ethnography, feminism, Gender Roles, Heavy Metal, leather, lifestyle, Marok, movement, Norient, patriarchal, Paul Shiakallis, Popular Music, Queens, religion, rockers, rockmusic, Satanists, self-expression, society, South Africa, Subculture, subversive |
By Cande Sánchez Olmos on October 30, 2015
By Cande Sánchez Olmos on 30 October 2015 in
VIDEO
The music video «Champs-Élysées» by Bonnie Banane and Walter Mecca (2014, Division Paris) mimics today’s trivial lifestyles and challenges at the same time the misconception of women by parodying their seeming frivolity.
Posted in VIDEO | Tagged body, Bonnie Banane, Brands, Champs-Elysées, Division Paris, feminism, Gender Roles, HELMI, Hip Hop, lo-fi, Lo-Fi Rap, Money, Niki Minaj, Paris, Parody, Rap, Scarface, Seismographic Sounds, Tony Montana, Waltaa, Walter Mecca, Weirdata, Woman |
By Petra R. Rivera-Rideau on October 16, 2015
By Petra R. Rivera-Rideau on 16 October 2015 in
STORIES
Dances such as perreo in reggaeton receive much criticism for being sexist. But what do women who actually dance to them think? Our author sheds a different light on reggaeton’s sexual politics.
Posted in STORIES | Tagged Alejandra Hernandez, Amara La Negra, Audre Lorde, black power, body, Caribbean, Crunk Feminist Collective Blog, Daddy Yankee, dance, Dancehall, dembow, Desire, Destra Garcia, feminism, Gender, Hip Hop, Ivy Queen, Joan Morgan, John Fredy Melo, Latin America, Latina women, Lineyl Ibañez, music video, Patricia Hill Collins, Perreo, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Puerto Rico, Race, reggaeton, Seismographic Sounds, Sexism, sexuality, Soca, Tego Calderón |
