Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women

Listening Session: Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women with Alejandra Cárdenas (Ale Hop) & Live Performance by Nour Sokhon

The editor Alejandra Cárdenas (also known under the artist name Ale Hop) will talk about the background and creation of the book and will use sound examples to make Latin American music history experienceable. Switched On is the first book dedicated exclusively to the female protagonists of Latin American electronic music. The book has been edited by independent curator, researcher and label head of Buh Records, Luis Alvarado, and experimental musician, multimedia artist and researcher Alejandra Cárdenas (Ale Hop). Composers and sound artists featured in this historical account include Alicia Urreta, Beatriz Ferreyra, Elsa Justel, Eulalia Bernard, Graciela Castillo, and many more.

To complement the conversation and listening session, artist and composer Nour Sokhon will present a live performance of their work Beirut Birds – an audiovisual piece that weaves together personal narratives of migration, displacement, and the recurring crises in Lebanon. Interview fragments and object sounds are layered with experimental audio, accompanied by projected imagery of Beirut’s urban landscape and bird migrations over the Mediterranean.

As part of the Artist in Residence program by kulturen in bewegung in cooperation with VIDC Global Dialogue.