The TIMEZONES podcast series plunges into the world of artists and their practices, asking: what does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities, and contexts today? The artists’ thoughts on their moods, their social, political, and intellectual realities and their philosophies (of life) have been worked up into experimental audio collages. The podcasts run the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art and improvisation. The series is co-initiated and co-produced by Norient and the Goethe-Institut.

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Trailer Season 3

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Upcoming Broadcasts

2024

Oct 6: Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo (Radio Bern RaBe)

Upcoming Events

no upcoming events announced

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Past Broadcasts

2024

Jan 28: Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Lima’s Sonic and Poetic Landscapes (Radio Bern RaBe)
Jan 31: Chaotic Karachi: Expressions for Sanity (Sphere Radio Leipzig & Radio X Basel)
Feb 25: Hanoi Undercurrents (Radio Bern RaBe)
Mar 24: When Creativity Meets Chaos: Insights into the Uncompressed Music Scene in Kampala (Radio Bern RaBe)
April 21: Buenos Aires – Relations Condensed in Practice (Radio Bern RaBe)
May 19: Chaotic Karachi: Expressions for Sanity (Radio Bern RaBe)
Jun 16: Music or Weapon: Four Monologoues from Ukraine (Radio Bern RaBe)
Jul 14: Aragalaya: Inside the People’s Struggles in Colombo (Radio Bern RaBe)
Aug 11: Gaza: When Beyond the Norm Becomes the Norm (Radio Bern RaBe)
Sep 8: DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface (Radio Bern RaBe)

2023

Jan 26: Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Apr 26: Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out (Radio X Basel)
May 5: Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Radio X Basel)
Jun 21: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro (Radio X Basel)
Jul 19: Ears on/of Makiling (Radio X Basel)
Aug 23: Buenos Aires – Relations Condensed in Practice (Radio X Basel)
Sep 29: When Creativity Meets Chaos: Insights into the Uncompressed Music Scene in Kampala (Radio X Basel)
Oct 8: Imagining Worlds and Making Meaning with Four Artists From Delhi (Radio Bern RaBe)
Oct 25: Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Oct 26: Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo (Radio X Basel)
Nov 5: Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Radio Bern RaBe)
Nov 29: Radical Archaeologies: Unearthing Lima’s Sonic and Poetic Landscapes (Sphere Radio Leipzig & Radio X Basel)
Dec 3: Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out (Radio Bern RaBe)
Dec 27: Hanoi Undercurrents (Sphere Radio Leipzig & Radio X Basel)
Dec 31: Montréal, Your Ears Are My Island (Radio Bern RaBe)

2022

Mar 31: Gaza: When Beyond the Norm Becomes the Norm (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
April 28: Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
May 26: Sabac/Belgrade/Zurich: The Life in Music of Three Experimental Musicians (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Jun 30: Imagining Worlds and Making Meaning with Four Artists From Delhi (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Jul 28: The Bay Area’s Interdisciplinary Artistic Blueprint (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Aug 25: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Sep 29: DIY or Die: Budapest Beneath the Surface (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Oct 27: Aragalaya: Inside the People’s Struggles in Colombo (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Nov 20: Buenos Aires – Relations Condensed in Practice (Sphere Radio Leipzig)
Dec 29: Music or Weapon: Four Monologoues from Ukraine (Sphere Radio Leipzig)

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Past Events

2024

Jan 11: Ears on/of Makiling (Norient Festival)
Jan 12: When Creativity Meets Chaos: Insights into the Uncompressed Music Scene in Kampala (Norient Festival)
Jan 14: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro (Norient Festival)

2023

Apr 6: Ears on/of Makiling (Rewire Festival)
Apr 6: Staying Creative Between Beauty and Chaos in Rio de Janeiro (Rewire Festival)
Apr 7–9: Listening Station (Nairobi, Sabac/Belgrade/Zurich, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Beirut, Mt Makiling) (Rewire Festival)
Sep 16: Nairobi’s Next Generation Music Producers and Performing Artists Speak Out (Planet Ears Festival)
Sep 16: Music or Weapon: Four Monologoues from Ukraine (Planet Ears Festival)
Oct 19: Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Malmö Folk Festival)
Oct 20–21: Listening Station (Beirut, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Mount Makiling, Nairobi, Gaza, Kampala, Cairo) (X_ARTS Basel)

2022

Jan 12–16: Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem (Norient Festival)