Mutual Effects is art as social research, a tapestry of sound drawing on interests in deep mapping and the Mass Observation movement to connect spaces of care, co-operation and conviviality in a northern British city during COVID-19. Through historical and contemporary prisms of grassroots food activism, a loose narrative moves between field recordings of a pedestrian pilgrimage to Edward Carpenter’s former Derbyshire farm commune, to the sound of 45kg of rescued peas being shelled in a communal kitchen, and through a range of conversations that lay out stark realities of austerity and hostility in the shadow of the monolithic post-European state. Woven through the recordings is music from the sonic commons of DIY music collectives from Sheffield (and beyond in some cases), all made and released during lockdown. The project is a collaboration between Out.Side.Film and Al McGregor, with support from Ivor Davies, and focuses on the work of Foodhall, Open Kitchen Social Club and National Food Service. ...
Art, savoirs, connaissances... Construire une Europe créative, c’est aussi préserver, créer, faire circuler les ressources dont nous avons besoin (socialement, démocratiquement, etc.) dans toute leur diversité et imaginer ensemble des modes de production plus durables et plus soutenables. Quelles ressources sont créées et distribuées ? Dans quelles conditions ? Comment les produire et les rendre accessibles ? Mia Habis (chorégraphe et directrice artistique - Bipod et Moultaka Laymoun), Hannelore Guittet (Co-fondatrice - NoMadMusic) et Axelle Benaich (fondatrice - La Fabulerie) ont échangé autour des enjeux de l'accès à la création. Elles ont aussi partagé leurs analyses sur les nouvelles pratiques artistiques qui ont émergé ou se sont renforcées avec la crise sanitaire et sur le rôle du numérique dans la mise en relation entre artistes, public et professionnels. Débat animé par Laurence Barone (Relais Culture Europe) ...
Every person has heard at least once in their life about the “American dream”, the dream of a chance for a freer and better life. But what if this dream wasn’t for everybody? What if the “land of freedom” was not the “land of equality”? In this episode, Cristina Bruno and Shabbana Shama will try to dig further into what concept is behind the idea of building the infamous wall between the United States and Mexico wanted by President Donald Trump and how the history of this border between the two States reveals how difficult it is to give a definition of what an American is. Reminiscing the past of the USA as a country built on immigration, this question - what does it mean to be an American? - will be the lead for a conversation with Professor Elvira Pulitano, Professor of the Ethnics Studies Department at the California Polytechnic State University. Thanks to her contribution, the listener will be able to reflect on important topics, often cited but never truly investigated. After a brief summary on the legal framework related to acquiring the US citizenship and entering the country legally, the two hosts will expand on the condition of the recipients of the DACA program - the so called Dreamers -, the aim of the program itself and how building a life in the USA is not enough to legally be American yet. To this purpose, Cristina and Shabbana will be able to have a better understanding of the discourse thanks to the firsthand testimony of Anali, a Dreamer and activist for the association Define American. In a hour and a half long journey, through research and conversation, Cristina and ...
