Symposium ╱ Listen, Empty, Occupy: On Weaponisation of Sound - Free Entry

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✦ Within 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛 𝘍𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘈𝘓: 𝘈𝘋𝘝𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌𝘋 𝘔𝘜𝘂𝘐𝘊 𝘍𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘈𝘓 2025 will take place 𝘚𝘠𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘡𝘐𝘜𝘔 – 𝘓𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘕, 𝘌𝘔𝘗𝘛𝘠, 𝘖𝘊𝘊𝘜𝘗𝘠: 𝘖𝘕 𝘞𝘌𝘈𝘗𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘂𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘖𝘍 𝘂𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘋, to which we cordially invite you. ╱ More information below. ✦ Please note that the capacity of the event is limited. Entry is allowed on a first-come, first-served basis. No festival pass required 🐛
The symposium is held in English 🐛
Starts at 10:00 🐛
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✦ This year's symposium explores how sound can become a tool of power, control and resistance.
How does sound shape contemporary military conflicts? How does colonialism affect our ways of listening? Through lectures, discussions and workshops, leading artists and researchers - 𝘧𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘭𝘭, 𝘉інт 𝘔барејех – to explore how sound can become a means of oppression, but also a way to re-occupy and redefine space.
The curator and moderator is 𝘑́n 𝘁𝘁𝘁𝘁𝘏𝘏𝘏.
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How sound is used in contemporary conflicts, how it creates an environment dominated by fear, what epistemological problems arise from this and how these strategies resonate in the planetary networks of our current polycrisis.

✦ Gascia Ouzounian – City of Waves: Atmospheric Occupation in Beirut to the occupation of the very air and atmosphere of the city.
In dialogue with the work of Rayya Badran, Nadim Mishlawi and Mhamad Safa, he analyzes sound residues – the persistent vibrations and tones that shape the affective and political climate of Beirut.
Gascia Ouzounian considers the city as a set of waves, signals and flows that can be manipulated – and through which new forms of the “slow” and invisible are manifested violence.
✦ Stas Shärifullá – Sonorous Şifr: Three Exercises in Critical Listening
Performative lecture based on three recordings from the environment of North and Central Asia.
Through joint listening, it is explored how certain sounds are deliberately "emptied" (şafira) - as a form of resistance to colonial attempts to capture and archive them. This creates "zeros" (şifr): sound voids that remain present and vibrating, but escape the colonial ear.
✦ Workshop - Bint Mbareh: re-choir-ed presence
→ more info: https://shorturl.at/IanKx
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✦ As part of the 𝘕, 𝘓isten, 𝘌mpty, 𝘖ccupy: 𝘖n the 𝘝𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘵𝘵𝘵𝘵𝘵𝘵, to which we warmly invite you. ╱ More information below.✦ Please note that event capacity is limited. Entry is granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
No festival pass required 🐛
The symposium will be held in English 🐛
Starts at 10 am. 🐛
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✦ This year's symposium explores how sound becomes a tool of power, control, and resistance.

In what ways is sound used to shape the operation of military conflicts? How do colonial histories influence our ways of listening? Through lectures, discussions, and workshops, leading artists and researchers examine sound as both an instrument of oppression and a means of reclaiming space. (𝘏𝘔𝘖𝘛), 𝘉int 𝘔bareh, curated and moderated by 𝘑́ ́ Solčáni.
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✦ 𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘 𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘 𝘖𝘭𝘻𝘭𝘭𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘𝘘: A study of how colonial and military powers use the air and atmosphere of cities as zones of occupation, producing a "slow violence" that permeates daily life.

✦ 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘢̈𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘢́ – 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚̧𝘪𝘧𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨
A collective listening session exploring how sounds from North and Central Asia resist capture, transforming emptiness into an immaterial yet sonorous presence.