What happens, when artists move from one to another country? For example, when an Arab artist replaces the big tractors in her the village with big jeeps of the West.

  • Kindheit in Iran im Sommer (Foto: Pardis Zarghampour).
    Wann gehen wir zurück?
    Short Essay by Pardis Zarghampour
    In diesem Text reflektiert die in Deutschland lebende, lurische Sängerin Pardis Zarghampour ihr Verhältnis zur Kultur der Luren, einer indigenen iranischen Volksgruppe. Insbesondere die Musik spielt in der Kulturvermittlung eine bedeutende Rolle.
  • A snapshot of the many scenes, sights, and sounds from the markets of C.R. Park (credit: Kimberley Rodrigues).
    Home in the City
    Video Essay by Kimberley Rodrigues
    In this video essay, Kimberley Rodrigues reflects on feelings of belonging and identity through the acoustic memories, distinct tastes, sight, and smells of C.R. Park, a unique neighborhood in Delhi, India, a place that she calls home.
  • DJ Karma on the mic (credits: Adesh Rayapa).
    Misfits in the Mix
    Mix by Adesh Rayapa aka DJ Karma
    This compact nonstop compilation by DJ Karma showcases rap and R&B music by artists primarily from Nepal, Tibet, Nagaland, Sikkim, and other regions of the Northeast of India, currently residing in the city of Delhi.
  • Sumangala Damodaran performing with the Insurrections Ensemble, Serendipity Festival 2018, Goa, India (photo: Serendipity Art Foundation).
    Tracing the Routes Through Which Music Moves
    Interview by Sumangala Damodaran
    Sumangala Damodaran situates Delhi as a site for the unfolding of a radical imaginary through music. She shares her artistic journeys in the city and recent work that traces a thick constellation of connections between Afroasian contemporary musics and migratory movements.