If truth is stranger than fiction, why shouldn’t music be stranger than science fiction? Sounds manipulate space and time, unlock new dimensions and open wormholes in parallel universes. In this respect, sonic fiction does the same as fantasy literature: It distorts the present and creates space for alternative worlds. With quotes from works by J. G. Ballard, Jimmy Carter, Becky Chambers, Kodwo Eshun, Ursula K. Le Guin, Daniel Oberhaus, Sun Ra, Holger Schulze, David Tudor, Whitney Wei.
In the approach to Jupiter, the sun can be heard singing. But apart from the soundscapes on neighboring planets or in black holes, according to probability theory there is also extraterrestrial music. Science fiction literature has made it possible to understand how it might sound: a cacophony of smells or a symphony of free energy flows. With quotes from works by Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Becky Chambers, Edward George, Stanislav Lem, Andi Petculescu, Sun Ra.
The slogan used to advertise Ridley Scott’s science fiction film “Alien” is nothing more than a statement of fact: In space, no one can hear you scream. But isn’t the idea of sound everywhere in space, which is permeated to the last corner by cosmic background radiation, like an echo of the Big Bang? With quotes from works by Isaac Asimov, Jimmy Carter, Samuel R. Delany, Donna Haraway, N.K. Jemisin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanisław Lem, Sun Ra, Arkadi and Boris Strugazki.
»I am inviting you to not sleep tonight.« After the first season took Ilse Aichinger’s titular essay »Bad Words« and its resistant poetics as its point of departure, Etel Adnan’s »Night« takes us into the darkness.
With Sedef Adasi, Gîn Bali, Ramin Büttner, Maurice Neugebauer, Ulrike Schell English original version Podcast, August 2022
Rajkamal Kahlon in conversation with Ana Teixeira Pinto English original version Podcast, August 2022
With Swamp Dogg, Donald Harrison, Leyla McCalla, Logan Schutts English original version Podcast, July 2022
With Deepa Dhanraj and Lakshmi Padmanabhan Original version Podcast, July 2022
With Swamp Dogg, Donald Harrison, Leyla McCalla, Logan Schutts English original version Podcast, July 2022
Marc Siegel with Angelika Levi and Claudia Schillinger Original version Podcast, July 2022
Isabel Seguí with Lorena Best, Mauricio Godoy, Sara Guerrero & Patricia Oliart Original version Podcast, June 2022
Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik in conversation with Ana Teixeira Pinto English original version Podcast, June 2022
»I am inviting you to not sleep tonight.« After the first season took Ilse Aichinger’s titular essay »Bad Words« and its resistant poetics as its point of departure, Etel Adnan’s »Night« takes us into the darkness.
»I am inviting you to not sleep tonight.« After the first season took Ilse Aichinger’s titular essay »Bad Words« and its resistant poetics as its point of departure, Etel Adnan’s »Night« takes us into the darkness.
With Giada Dalla Bontà and Holger Schulze English original version Podcast
With Michael E. Veal English original version Podcast, March 2022
Paola Bacchetta in conversation with Kader Attia English original version Podcast, March 2022
With contributions by Don Mee Choi, Sophia Eisenhut, Tanasgol Sabbagh, Fabian Saul, Karosh Taha, Senthuran Varatharajah, Uljana Wolf and texts by Ilse Aichinger Original version Audio series, December 2021
Ramon Amaro in conversation with Ana Teixeira Pinto and Anselm Franke English original version Podcast, November 2021
With contributions by Sophia Eisenhut, Merve Emre, Hanne Lippard, Tanasgol Sabbagh, Fabian Saul, Karosh Taha, Senthuran Varatharajah, Uljana Wolf and texts by Ilse Aichinger Original version Audio series, November 2021