Mapping Sounds in Exile

Line Up // Day 2

Sonic Belongings

Where do we belong and how does our cultural and geographical environment shape our listening habits? How do we relate to music and which sonic environments and practices become our own, producing feelings of connection and home?

Between deep listening and folk music practices, field recordings and spoken words, the (hybrid) DJ-Sets of this night capture the essence of migratory experiences at the crossroads of cultures and places. DJ-culture becomes through its archeological sonic discoveries a sort of archival practice, bringing a broader music culture to a wider public.
 
Rami Abi Rafi (Hybrid DJ Set) - 8:00 PM
Ludmila Pogodina (DJ Set) - 9:00 PM
 

Artists

Rami Abi Rafi’s work captures the essence of his migratory experiences. Born in the UK and of Lebanese heritage, he nowadays bridges between two burdened and deeply absorbing cities: Berlin and Beirut. The journey from London to Beirut, and current presence in Berlin, breathes the life into his work and inspired him to harmonize these influences in the different facets of his oeuvre. As a DJ, Sound Artist, and Photographer, Rami's practice reflects a life lived at the crossroads of cultures and places. Subtly confronting and surprising, his works aim to empower imagination as they retell stories through music. They are an invitation to explore themes of memory, time, migration and forced existential exile. His first live performance was in Madame Claude’s infamous EXPERIMONTAG nights, one of the strongholds of Berlin’s experimental music scene. From there he appeared at Tresor’s New Faces, Silent Green and ELSE and established a presence in Berlin's night culture. Rami has also made a name as radio host through monthly residencies on Radio Alhara, Noods Radio, and Cashmere Radio.
  Ludmila Pogodina is a writer and multidisciplinary artist from Minsk, Belarus. Over 11 years of working on the art project #KeepMinskWeird, aimed at developing the local queer and art community despite repression and a conservative environment, music and art have become tools for Pogodina to engage in dialogue with audiences, even in places where there is no freedom of speech. After relocating to Berlin in 2022, Pogodina continued working on multimedia projects exploring themes of memory, female socialization, identity, and migration. In the project *Dis/Location Re/Visited*, 30 stories about the feeling of safety, the loss, and search for home are told through words, photographs, and music. In her solo DJ sets, Pogodina seeks to mix both genres and languages (English, Belarusian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Spanish, German, etc.), creating an eclectic setlist that includes everything from assertive punk manifestos and dark electronic tracks to sensual stories about the body.