E03 - Sonic Investigations of the Infra-Commons 3

The three podcasts that make up Sonic Investigations of the Infra-Commons are fruit of a workshop led by Silvia Maglioni, Graeme Thomson and Giulia Crisci which took place in June 2021 as part of the Summer Academy of the National Theatre of Mannheim (Germany), conceived and accompanied by Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs and Laura Strack. The inspiration for the workshop was to revisit, in the light of the ongoing pandemic, Félix Guattari's idea for a science-fiction film, "A Love of UIQ", involving an infra-quark particle that begins to spread virally, causing disturbances and mutations in society and the natural world, and affecting both living beings and machines. Experimenting with speculative narration, reciprocal maieutics, languages, sound, rhythm and affect, we tried to imagine intensive new gestures and collective ways of re-appropriating time, care and autonomy. Three groups worked together to reimagine this infinitely small particle in terms of a contagion that might have beneficial and potentially healing properties and to produce a podcast presenting the ideas, sounds and recordings they came up with in whatever form they wished.PODCAST 3 - Pieces of the HorizonConceived and produced by Inga Bendukat, Svea Bischoff, Luke Casserly, Sui He Chung, Mbene Mwambene, Christofer Schmidt, Laura Strack and Katharina Walther.To you, the Listener:This soundscape was imagined from our time spent working together recently in Manheim as part of the workshop "Sonic Investigations of the Infra-commons". The project was woven together over two days by sitting under trees, pacing footpaths and talking to one another about the horizon lines in the city - and where we might go to find them. Ideally, you should listen to the podcast outdoors, in the place where you live.We propose you listen with a smartphone with headphones, and to carry an umbrella (if it's raining). Please allow 60 minutes of uninterrupted time, alone. To begin, please stand in the centre of the place you have chosen, put on your headphones and press play. Follow the suggestions you hear, pausing the podcast accordingly. Luke CasserlyMany thanks to Laura Strack and Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs and Mannheim National Theatre (Schillertage Festival)Series introduction: Graeme Thomson & Silvia MaglioniMusic: Graeme Thomson