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#22 Armenian Lullabies - A Journey Through Voice and Memory
This podcast episode captures Framer Framed's event on November 5, 2024, featuring Lucia Kagramanyan's research project, Her Voice: Behind Armenian Lullabies. Her Voice was simultaneously presented as a broadcast on NTS Radio and a listening session. Organised by League of Tenders for Vleeshal’s Repetition is a Form of Changing as part of their International Nomadic Program 2024-2025, it includes archival songs, new lullabies, melodic chants, and personal accounts.Lullabies have been a form of therapy, a means of survival, and a way to preserve cultural heritage in the face of displacement and oppression. Through intimate stories and haunting melodies, we uncover the emotional and cultural significance of lullabies in Armenian history. From the soothing rhythms of cradles to the migration of melodies across regions, these songs are more than just bedtime tunes—they are vessels of memory, resilience, and identity. Join us as we explore how Featuring voices from mothers, grandmothers, and artists, this podcast reveals the universal power of lullabies to connect us to our past, our roots, and each other. League of Tenders is a curatorial duo established in 2018 by Elena Ishchenko and Maria Sarycheva. Over time, the League of Tenders has focused on disability representation, overcoming the alienation of everyday labour, practices of care, and support and friendship in the age of disasters.www.framerframed.nl
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#21 - RIWAQ : Safeguarding Heritage in Times of Destruction
In this compelling episode, host Professor Chiara De Cesari engages in a thought-provoking conversation with members of RIWAQ—Centre for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah, Palestine. This organisation is committed to preserving Palestinian cultural heritage. As RIWAQ undertakes the monumental task of documenting and restoring architectural sites across the West Bank and Gaza, they confront the challenges of maintaining cultural memory amidst destruction. The discussion highlights the pressing need for community-centred cultural initiatives that operate independently of governmental influences, illustrating how civic organisations can build a robust cultural infrastructure in the face of adversity.
Throughout the episode, the two members of RIWAQ share their personal experiences and perspectives on the cultural landscape in Palestine. They discuss the devastating impact on both physical and digital archives, as well as the innovative strategies employed to safeguard vital cultural narratives for future generations. By fostering partnerships with civil society groups, RIWAQ exemplifies the power of grassroots efforts in cultural preservation. This episode offers a poignant reflection on resilience and the enduring hope for a future where cultural heritage is not merely preserved but flourishes, inspiring listeners to consider the role they can play in supporting these crucial efforts.
You can support RIWAQ’s vital work by becoming a member and by donating here.
https://www.riwaq.org/memberships
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#Crossover Errant Podcast: Launch of Embodying Resistance — with Ghiwa Sayegh
This episode is a crossover podcast featuring the launch event of Errant Journal's seventh issue, titled 'Embodying Resistance'. It includes a live interview with guest editor Ghiwa Sayegh, recorded at Framer Framed in Amsterdam on 3 November 2024.
This issue of Errant Journal aims to interrogate the role of the body in strategies of resistance from below. Taking Palestine as a starting point, the ongoing genocide committed by Israel and other colonial powers and the people’s continued struggle for liberation inform the issue’s thinking and praxis. From this political standpoint, it explores the ways in which bodies – that are sexualised, criminalised, racialised, crip – have been able to divert and subvert in order to fight back. To resist from the body is what crip theory tells us is a matter of need. It is a body that no longer fears deviation, specifically because of how cheap our lives are considered and how dangerous our futures are treated. It is about finding community and kinship when we are told we are alone.
Ghiwa Sayegh is an anarcha-queer writer, independent publisher, and archivist from Beirut. They are the founding editor of Kohl, a Journal for Body and Gender Research and a co-founder of Intersectional Knowledge Publishers.
This episode originally aired on Errant's channel on November 17, 2024. Issue #7 can be purchased here.
www.errantjournal.org
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#20 - (Re)claiming Histories - A Roundtable on Queer Activism
In this special episode, we bring you the recording of the book launch event for (Re)claiming, the second title in the Archival Textures publication series, which took place on 10 September 2024 at Framer Framed. (Re)claiming explores how various queer and feminist communities in the Netherlands have reclaimed symbols, words, and stories as tools for empowerment in a hostile society.
Archival materials featured in (Re)claiming include a collection of buttons, a text by Karin Daan, the designer of the Homomonument in Amsterdam and short statements and flyers by queer groups such as SUHO, Sjalhomo, Roze Front, Roze Driehoek, Roze Gebaar, Van Doofpot tot Mankepoot, Interpot/ILIS, Lesbisch Archief Amsterdam, Strange Fruit Vrouwen and Groep Zwarte Vrouwen Nijmegen.
Co-editors Noah Littel and Tabea Nixdorff engage in a lively conversation with contributors Anne Krul, Tieneke Sumter, and translator Canan Marasligil (Ja'anan Marashligil). The episode also features readings from the book, including poetry by Gita Hacham, and reflections on the symbolic and activist significance of the triangle. With this selection, (Re)claimingbrings together queer, trans, crip, feminist, Jewish and Black perspectives on (re)claiming as an activist strategy.
Listen in to this insightful conversation on the significance of reclaiming as an essential activist strategy, both in its historical roots and contemporary relevance.
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#19 - Digital Doppelgangers: Art and the Failure of Facial Recognition
In this episode, we delve into the forensic aspects of Boogaloo Bias, where Jennifer Gradecki and Derek Curry explore how the intersection of technology and forensic science shapes society’s perception of identity and security. As part of the Really? Art and Knowledge in Times of Crisis exhibition, their interactive research project critiques the growing use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. By creating a facial recognition system trained solely on characters from the 1980s breakdancing movie Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, they expose the biases and inaccuracies in modern forensic technologies.
This project questions the legitimacy of facial recognition as a reliable forensic tool and raises critical discussions about the ethical implications of using such technologies in law enforcement and public surveillance. Through the use of humor and innovative artistry, Gradecki and Curry shine a light on the complex relationship between technological advancements and human oversight in forensics.
Jennifer Gradecki is an artist and theorist whose practice investigates secretive sociotechnical systems, making them accessible to the public. Derek Curry is an artist-researcher whose work focuses on the impact of new technologies on society and their role in power structures.
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The Framer Framed Podcast offers a behind-the-scenes look at the exhibitions, the curators, the events, Werkplaats Molenwijk, the archives and more.
Framer Framed is a platform for contemporary art, visual culture, and critical theory & practice. Each year the organisation presents a variety of exhibitions in collaboration with both emerging and established international curators and artists. An extensive public program is organised alongside these exhibitions in order to shed light on the topics concerned, and provide a wide range of perspectives. With this common space for dialogue.
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