JetztSprechen (SpeakingNow)
Participatory reading sessions and sound recordings, variable lengths, 2019-20“
In the mid-seventies, hundreds of mini radio stations were set up in Italy, France, Switzerland, and West Germany. Some of these were clandestine, collectively organized stations that dared to experiment with political reporting. They broadcast police riots against street protests, the voices of prisoners, and information about lesbian bars – until the police tracked down and confiscated their equipment. The participatory readings of JetztSprechen bring to mind the forced closure of such radio stations, which had been an important mouthpiece for the New Social Movements.
Participatory reading sessions and sound recordings, variable lengths, 2019-20“
In the mid-seventies, hundreds of mini radio stations were set up in Italy, France, Switzerland, and West Germany. Some of these were clandestine, collectively organized stations that dared to experiment with political reporting. They broadcast police riots against street protests, the voices of prisoners, and information about lesbian bars – until the police tracked down and confiscated their equipment. The participatory readings of JetztSprechen bring to mind the forced closure of such radio stations, which had been an important mouthpiece for the New Social Movements.
Mobile sound recorder, gray publications, historical flyers, archive recordings and photographs.
Reading in The Watch Berlin with Caroline Adler, Salwa Aleryani, Chiara Dazi, Michael Fesca, Moritz Gansen, Chris Gylee, Sönke Hallmann, Ulrike Jordan, Eylem Sengezer, Merve Ünsal, and Jo Zahn.
Reading at the Kunstverein Röderhof with Ralf Biring, Dieter Burgwald, Annegret Dalitz, Hartmut Dalitz, Anette Groschopp, Renate Jochin, Maren Kühn, Friedburg Kühn, Susanne Lieb, Sandra Luckau, Freya Mingerzahn, Renate Schrader, and Olaf Wegewitz.
Images 1: Photo of participants in the reading session at Kunstverein Röderhof by Ramona Adelsberger, courtesy of Kunstverein Röderhof.
Images 2,3: Photos including that of participants in the reading session at The Watch by Jo Zahn, courtesy of The Watch
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