Somewhere Inbetween Exhibition / October 24th to 30th, 2024 / Lichthof Ost- Humboldt University / Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin
Friday, 25 October, 17:00 -19:00
(free of charge)Location: Lichthof Ost, Unten den Linden 6, 10117, Berlin
As part of Somewhere Inbetween activities to expand transdisciplinary collaboration, we invite participants to a Collective Listening session to actively listen to episodes of Jungala Radio, a community-run digital radio station based at Dzjangal in Calais, France—an informal settlement for people-in-transit fleeing wars and violence between 2014-2016.
This immersive experience, will feature moments of deep listening followed by discussions where participants can reflect on the lived experiences shared through the radio episodes. Joining us is Ciaran Henry, a radio scholar and one of the initiators of Jungala Radio, who has traveled from Ireland to be with us. The session will be moderated by the sound scholar Carla J. Maier , offering a opportunity to explore how digital storytelling can empower voices and reshape our understanding of migration, resistance, and community.
Carla J. Maier (Dr. phil.) is a sound studies and postcolonial studies scholar and editor of Norient Books. She has published on electronic, popular, and club music, postcolonial and transcultural aspects of music production and sound art, everyday urban sound practices and sonic ecologies, as well as decolonial approaches in listening practice and research.
Nocturnal critical walking: How and with Whom Do We Walk at Night?
Saturday, 26 October, 17:00-19:00
(free of charge) Starting point: Lichthof Ost, Unten den Linden 6, 10117, Berlin
Drawing from the Nocturnal Walking practices of the sound artist Amanda Gutiérrez, the workshop "How and With Whom Do We Walk at Night?", as part of the Somewhere Inbetween activities to create spaces for collaborative practices, this workshop invites participants to explore questions about mobility, visibility and collective care after dark. Who can walk freely at night? Who remains visible or invisible? How do we foster safety and solidarity while navigating urban spaces? Set against the backdrop of Humboldt University and Museum Island, this night walk engages with Berlin's colonial legacies, offering a unique lens through which to reflect on these enduring structures.
Walking and listening collectively at night will create a deeper connection with Berlin-Mitte's urban space. Participants will listen to the city and their positionality within spaces influenced by colonial history, fostering shared reflection through urban sound and motion.
The workshop takes place on Saturday, October 26th, from 17:00 to 19:00. It begins with a 30-minute walk followed by a reflective collective listening in the exhibition space.
Amanda Gutiérrez practice explores home, belonging, and identity through sound art and performance. Originally trained as a stage designer, she holds an MFA in Media and Performance Studies and is pursuing a Ph.D. at Concordia University, focusing on sound and gender in urban spaces.
Saturday, 26 October, 17:00-19:00
(free of charge) Starting point: Lichthof Ost, Unten den Linden 6, 10117, Berlin
Drawing from the Nocturnal Walking practices of the sound artist Amanda Gutiérrez, the workshop "How and With Whom Do We Walk at Night?", as part of the Somewhere Inbetween activities to create spaces for collaborative practices, this workshop invites participants to explore questions about mobility, visibility and collective care after dark. Who can walk freely at night? Who remains visible or invisible? How do we foster safety and solidarity while navigating urban spaces? Set against the backdrop of Humboldt University and Museum Island, this night walk engages with Berlin's colonial legacies, offering a unique lens through which to reflect on these enduring structures.
Walking and listening collectively at night will create a deeper connection with Berlin-Mitte's urban space. Participants will listen to the city and their positionality within spaces influenced by colonial history, fostering shared reflection through urban sound and motion.
The workshop takes place on Saturday, October 26th, from 17:00 to 19:00. It begins with a 30-minute walk followed by a reflective collective listening in the exhibition space.
Amanda Gutiérrez practice explores home, belonging, and identity through sound art and performance. Originally trained as a stage designer, she holds an MFA in Media and Performance Studies and is pursuing a Ph.D. at Concordia University, focusing on sound and gender in urban spaces.
Sonic Consonance and Dissonance: As Social and Ethnographic Practices
Tuesday, 29 October, from 16:00 -19:00
(free of charge)
Location: Lichthof Ost, Unten den Linden 6, 10117, Berlin
This sonic workshop, led by musician
Pia Achternkamp, invites participants to explore the relationship between music, sound, and ethnography through a transdisciplinary lens. Over the course of three hours, attendees will engage in sound composition and listening exercises, examining how consonance and dissonance function as social practices. The workshop will also encourage discussions on the intersections of music and anthropology as forms of academic research, focusing on music as a form of nonverbal communication. Participants will delve into musicology, harmonics, and social instruments, while creating and improvising together, reflecting on the potential of sound to inspire political and social change.
As part of the Somewhere Inbetween activities, this workshop aims to explore music elements as a method that contributes to the multimodal discourse in the social sciences today.
Pia Achternkamp (aka “loh”) researches at the intersections of music, performing arts, language, and fine arts, aiming to create multisensory experiences. She paused her philosophy studies at Humboldt University Berlin to focus on music composition and soundscapes for theater and dance projects. Pia has presented her work at HAU Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theatre, and ACUD with director Asaf Hameiri, and at Volksbühne Berlin with her performance/research group Future Witchcraft Projects.
Tuesday, 29 October, from 16:00 -19:00
(free of charge)
Location: Lichthof Ost, Unten den Linden 6, 10117, Berlin
This sonic workshop, led by musician
Pia Achternkamp, invites participants to explore the relationship between music, sound, and ethnography through a transdisciplinary lens. Over the course of three hours, attendees will engage in sound composition and listening exercises, examining how consonance and dissonance function as social practices. The workshop will also encourage discussions on the intersections of music and anthropology as forms of academic research, focusing on music as a form of nonverbal communication. Participants will delve into musicology, harmonics, and social instruments, while creating and improvising together, reflecting on the potential of sound to inspire political and social change.
As part of the Somewhere Inbetween activities, this workshop aims to explore music elements as a method that contributes to the multimodal discourse in the social sciences today.
Pia Achternkamp (aka “loh”) researches at the intersections of music, performing arts, language, and fine arts, aiming to create multisensory experiences. She paused her philosophy studies at Humboldt University Berlin to focus on music composition and soundscapes for theater and dance projects. Pia has presented her work at HAU Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theatre, and ACUD with director Asaf Hameiri, and at Volksbühne Berlin with her performance/research group Future Witchcraft Projects.