Lock down is being tentatively eased at different paces around the world. As we begin to dare to think about the future, questions of rebuilding society come up. Art of Change interviews artist Winnie Herbstein and through an exploration of two works, we touch on issues of community activism and how to organise groups. People will need to reclaim agency after this period of heavier state intervention and working in groups is both necessary and can be difficult to manage. Winnie works with archival material and personal experience in these fields to explore how we can build on the lessons of the past, while keeping the discourse and practice of community organisation alive and responding to the unique conditions of the present. In this episode we hear from the artist along with sound from the video works 'Minutes' (2019) and 'Studwork' (2018) - Text in 'Studwork' is voiced by musician Cass Ezeji with a recording of Phoebe Ali.

Episode 9 - Community Action - Art of Change

In this second series, Art of Change continues its investigation into artistic practices that archive this moment of transience. Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Space - these five basic elements form the basis of this series, grounding us in reality. From this grounding within a sonic space, ideas towards change are presented through the works of five contributing artists. 

This episode: we hear from artist Noise Diva aka Yara Said. Extracts of her sonic works and words are woven together with a nod to Etel Adnan’s chaotic, poetic flow, and the burning energy of fire.

Season II - FIRE - Yara Said

Marrakech based artist, Noureddine Ezarraf takes us on a philosophical derive on the cool wing of AIR. His poetic amble is woven together with amid a breezy sound scape. Journey on a kaleidoscopic breath that touches on dialectics, antagonistic ideas, a spirt that talks to people and the archive. Air… what freedom and what trickery…

Season II - AIR - Noureddine Ezarraf

This episode takes Earth as its grounding as we journey through the work of Raven Chacon, a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance of the Navajo Nation. Chacon fills this sonic stage with topics of native land, heritage, changing landscapes and the act of simply listening.

Series II - EARTH - Raven Chacon

Incantations for Future Ancestors' is a sonic journey in the element of 'space,' composed by artist Demelza Toy Toy. Memory and the folding nature of time are sliced together with directives to tune up the vibrational field of planet earth. Let your futures selves and childhood dreams get swept up in this lopping prayer...

Series II - SPACE - Demelza Toy Toy

Glasgow based performance artist Tamara MacArthur takes us on an intimate journey through her practice, that will engulf you in WATER. Sentematility, vulnerability, and oceanic emotions are played on the waves of her work.

Series II - WATER - Tamara MacArthur

We are witnessing a cataclysmic moment of global pandemic. What will change and how will these changes affect and inspire the cultural sphere? Join curators Florence Devereux and Clementine Butler-Gallie for this new weekly radio series that explores how art practice can offer new perspectives on facing the unknown. 

Aired live on Resonance FM on Fridays at 15:30 UK time

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