Mapping Sounds in Exile // Festival - Day 1

Soundtracks of Resistance and Memory 7 pm
Listening Session moderated by Carmen Herold (Goethe-Institut in Exile) with Sarvenaz Mostofey, Sarah Farina, Ludmila Pogodina
During a Listening Session musicians will present up to three songs of personal or political significance, offering reflections on why these pieces function as vital soundtracks to the past and as foundational anchors for the future. How does music and sound, the act of listening, create comfort, belonging, address political topics or resistance? Listening to our environments, soundscapes and traditions–as well as contemporary contexts–becomes a political act. From radical listening to deep listening practices, participating artists will showcase a wide variety of sonic interests, influences and approaches.

Performances:
Sudan: Zeyo Mann (Rap Performance) 8.30 pm
Palestine: Falyakon (DJ Set) 9.30 pm


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Rap, electronic music compositions and DJing, sound art, multimedia art practices and experimental sounds - the Goethe-Institut in Exile and the Berlin School of Sound present the three-day festival Mapping Sounds in Exile at Kunsthaus ACUD. On October 17, 18 and 27, musicians from Belarus, Iran and Sudan among others invite to concerts, performances and listening sessions. Participating artists are Rami Abi Rafi, Sarah Farina, Falyakon, Zeyo Mann, Sarvenaz Mostofey, Ludmila Pogodina, Sasha Smirnova und Hanik Soleimani.

Although the musicians, who are often affected by the loss of their homeland, come from different parts of the world, they are united in many ways by questions of resistance, migration, (non-)arrival and memory. Music serves them all as a source and point of contact in moments of disorientation. The musicians may have had to leave their contexts of origin, but their musical traditions and conventions survive in the sound reservoir of their own work.

The musicians, most of whom now live in Berlin, supplement their sonic repertoire with the experience of new contexts. Mapping Sounds in Exile therefore not only draws a map of political crisis locations, but above all an atlas of diverse musical traditions that assert and expand themselves beyond borders. The festival aims to showcase the diverse styles and influences of pop musicians who have experienced ruptures and new beginnings. The aim is to strengthen their visibility and promote transnational networking.