FOTIADI Eva (PhD), Caradt/Avans University of Applied Sciences
PANOPOULOS Panayotis (PhD), University of the Aegean
PAPACHRISTOU Dana (PhD), University of Thessaly
SAMANTAS Yorgos, TwixtLab Athens
THREE PODCASTS
“Critical reflections on sound as a multi-sensory experience”
“Art from one sense to the other”
In News from the World, a series of podcasts for Radio Utopia – The Ball of Sounds a week of research and creation 1-5 August 2023
18th Venice Architecture Biennale
As part of the French Pavilion
Ball Theater / The party is not over
Eva Fotiadi (Situated Art & Design) was invited by members of the TwixtLab and the EU-funded project “B-Air: Art Infinity Radio” that TwixtLab participates in with the project “Audibility” to create podcasts for News of the World, a series of podcasts that will be broadcasted as part of a week of research and creation titled Radio Utopia. A Ball of Sounds, at the French Pavilion of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, from August 1 to 5, 2023. The podcasts will be broadcasted on individual mini-loudspeakers, which anyone can use to wander around the pavilion’s interior and exterior spaces, as well as in the Ball Theater.
The French Pavilion launched a call for contributions to receive news from the world in the form of soundtracks lasting less than 7 minutes. The proposals received were of all kinds: creations, fictions, interviews, soundscapes, archives, etc. Over 150 proposals were received from all over the world. They were selected on the basis of their production quality and content. A veritable sound laboratory for getting news of places, news from others, news of the future, news of the past, news of the spheres…
Podcast 1.“Critical reflections on sound as a multi-sensory experience” – 7′
2023
FOTIADI Eva / PANOPOULOS Panayotis
Orestis Karamanlis, the Deaf Ensemble and Harris Lambrakis’ Transnational Orchestra of the Greek National Opera
A discussion between sonic ethnographer Panayotis Panopoulos and art theorist Eva Fotiadi about the limitations and potentials of language, technologies, and sound as a multisensory experience, while working with Deaf communities. Voices (in order of appearance): Panayotis Panopoulos (Anthropology, University of the Aegean, Audibility project), Eva Fotiadi (Art History and Theory, Caradt/Avans University of Applied Sciences, The OtherAbilities, NL). Music: “RADAR”, a structured improvisation written and conducted by Orestis Karamanlis (Audibility project) with the Deaf Ensemble formed out of “Sound Art as physical experience” seminars and the Transcultural Orchestra of the Greek National Opera. Performed live in the context of the Social and Educational Actions of the Greek National Opera, SNCF, Athens, Greece, 29 April 2023.
Podcast 2. “Art from one sense to the other” – 6’57
2023
FOTIADI Eva / PANOPOULOS Panayotis / PAPACHRISTOU Dana / SAMANTAS Yorgos
Students of Argyroupolis’ Special High School for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, Kalliopi Takaki, Orestis Karamanlis, Giorgos Mizithras, Petros Flampouris
A discussion on “sensory translation” for inclusivity: D/deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing audiences experience sound-art through vibro-tactile applications, from projects in Greece (B-Air: Audibility) and the Netherlands (The OtherAbilities). Voices (in order of appearance): Panayotis Panopoulos (Anthropology, University of the Aegean, Audibility project, GR), Eva Fotiadi (Art History and Theory, Caradt/Avans University of Applied Sciences, The OtherAbilities, NL), Dana Papachristou (Aesthetic and Media Theory, University of Thessaly, Audibility project, GR), Yorgos Samantas (TWIXTlab, GR). Music: “On the planet” (excerpts), a radio composition by the students of the Special High school for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing of Argyroupolis, Athens, made within TWIXTlab’s “Tangible Radio – Class on Air” workshop for B-Air: Audibility.
Podcast 3. “Tangible sound” – 6’49
2023
FOTIADI Eva / PAPACHRISTOU Dana / SAMANTAS Yorgos
Students of Argyroupolis’ Special High School for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, Kalliopi Takaki, Orestis Karamanlis, Giorgos Mizithras, Petros Flampouris
Can we conceive sound beyond hearing? What other ways of access to sonic media can we devise when informed by the experience of D/deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals? A discussion on design processes that aim to “activate” alternative ways of listening, between members of The OtherAbilities (NL) and the Audibility (GR) projects. Voices (in order of appearance): Yorgos Samantas (TWIXTlab, Audibility project), Eva Fotiadi (Art History and Theory, Caradt/Avans University of Applied Sciences, The OtherAbilities, NL), Dana Papachristou (Aesthetic and Media Theory, University of Thessaly, Audibility project). Music: “On the planet” (excerpts), a radio composition by the students of the Special High school for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing of Argyroupolis, Athens, made within TWIXTlab’s “Tangible Radio – Class on Air” workshop for B-Air: Audibility. Sound design and mixing: Yorgos Samantas.
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News from the World, a series of podcasts
Curated by
Carlotta Darò, LIAT research unit, ENSA Paris-Malaquais
Nicolas Tixier, AAU research unit, Cresson Team, ENSA Grenoble
Made by
juL McOisans, Cédric Pichat and many others
This program is supported by
AAU_Cresson / ENSA Grenoble / UGA
LIAT / ENSA Paris Malaquais
And B_AIR—Art Infinity radio / Creative Europe
in collaboration with
The International Ambiances Network, École Supérieure d’Art Annecy Alpes, D-ARCH ETH Zurich, Radio France Internationale , Translitteræ-PSL University
All the soundtracks listed below are protected by the mention “All right reserved”
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Radio Utopia – Ball of Sounds, a week of research and creation 1-5 August 2023
Direction
Carlotta Darò, LIAT laboratory, ENSA Paris-Malaquais
Nicolas Tixier, AAU laboratory, Équipe Cresson, ENSA Grenoble
In collaboration with juL McOisans, Cédric Pichat
And the support of Marc Higgin, Sébastien de Pertat, Théo Marchal
This program is supported by:
Réseau International Ambiances,
B_AIR—Art Infinity radio / Creative Europe,
Annecy Alpes School of Art,
D-ARCH ETH Zurich,
Radio France Internationale,
Translitteræ-PSL University.
French pavilion curator:
Muoto (Gilles Delalex, Yves Moreau), Georgi Stanishev
The three audio pieces are a production of https://twixtlab.com/
TWIXTLAB is a project space in Athens, situated between contemporary art, anthropology and everyday life. It is engaged in social research and theory, art research and production, education and social intervention. Since its establishment in 2014, it has organized, hosted, and participated in research projects, art events, exhibitions, screenings and discussions, while it has also provided educational and training modules, workshops and seminars for the wider public, on topics within its cross-disciplinary curriculum.
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Eva Fotiadi is a researcher within the Situated Art, Design and Technology research group and a theory tutor at the St Joost School of Art and Design, where she is also a member of the Diversity Dialogues platform
Living in cities developed around data and acting within the inscrutable structure of our techno-society demands art and design that can help understand how we relate to these rapidly changing surroundings and to reflect on that relationship. The research group Situated Art, Design and Technology responds to this exigency by fostering a situated turn in art and design through a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects in partnership with academic and cultural partners, as well as with government and industry.
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