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2:15 PM-3:00 PM
Session 2: Notes on Cuts: a listening and reading session
Sonic Lecture | In this session, we will listen to and read from Notes on Cuts (2023), a vinyl record and book project that examines the complexities of music censorship in South Africa during apartheid.
The project explores records that were physically cut by state broadcasters to prevent them from being heard. Notes on Cuts delves into histories of listening by directly confronting their censored and controlled forms. Written and recorded by art historian and scholar John Peffer, the project offers creative and critical perspectives on the history of South Africa’s radio broadcasting services, while listening closely to the bureaucratic mechanisms of censorship under the apartheid regime.
Agenda
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Session 1: Exploring vinyl as a curatorial site of practice
Sonic Lecture | In this session, Bhavisha Panchia introduces Nothing to Commit Records as a publishing platform, collection and curatorial initiative.
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Session 2: Notes on Cuts: a listening and reading session
Sonic Lecture | In this session, we will listen to and read from Notes on Cuts (2023), a vinyl record and book project that examines the complexities of music censorship in South Africa during apartheid.
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Session 3: slow release: a listening session
Sonic Lecture | In this session, Bhavisha Panchia will discuss the cassette slow release (2026) and the curatorial thinking that informed the project.