From priests claiming to be able to shapeshift into an animal to Irish folk musicians attempting to unify Protestants and Catholics.

  • Sons of Betawi and Their Cultural Paradox.
    Sons of Betawi and Their Cultural Paradox
    Essay by Bin Idris, Gisela Swaragita
    Haikal Azizi, the man behind noir folk/pop Bin Idris, reminisces on spiritual roots in his hometown of Depok.
  • Collage of sights and textures from a year of attending protests and meetings (credit: R. Talitha Samuel and Ritu Elizabeth Samuel).
    Bearing Sonic Witness
    Audio Documentary by R. Talitha Samuel
    An audio documentary by writer, researcher, and listener R. Talitha Samuel, as they report from sites of protest and worship in the capital city of India to make audible the voices and desires of Dalit Christians in the country.
  • This came after the mechanical clock: Copal japan 1970s Alarm flip number electric clock (photo: Joost J. Bakker/Wikimedia).
    The Invention of the Mechanical Clock
    Short Essay by Jakob Ullmann
    How one measures time influences how one thinks. In his unedited essay draft, commissioned by the MaerzMusik Festival 2023, the composer Jakob Ullmann reflects on how the mechanical clock in Western Europe has influenced the composition and making of music.
  • Filmstill: «Contradict», Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter, 2019.
    Nobody Dey Get Us
    Short Essay by Grace Takyi
    In Ghana, everyday life is widely ruled by the Christian religion. The artists portrayed in the film «Contradict» revolt against this religion’s tendency to dominate people’s histories – by writing their own.