Foreignness and Friendship
A radio podcast talk show experiment available on Libsyn, Spotify and YouTube with reportage, reviews, conversations with artists & activists and work-in-progress. New episode every first Tuesday of the month.
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Conversation #20: Khanyisile Mbongwa, Stellenbosch Triennale, South Africa (English)
03/03/2025
Conversation #20: Khanyisile Mbongwa, Stellenbosch Triennale, South Africa (English)
Conversation with Khanyisile Mbongwa is the chief curator of the in Oude Libertas, Rubert Museum and Stellenbosch University Museum in Stellenbosch, an hours drive from Cape Town. Here she is in a conversation with Morten Ranum telling about her background and discussing the role of the curator. The conversation took place Thursday 20th of February - the day after the opening of the Stellenbosch Triennale - in Oude Libertas. Photo: The opening of Stellenbosch Triennale in Oude Libertas, Wednesday 19th of February. Published by , Monday 3rd of March, 2025.
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Conversation #19: Kobus Moolman, Cape Town, South Africa (English)
03/03/2025
Conversation #19: Kobus Moolman, Cape Town, South Africa (English)
Conversation with Kobus Moolman In this conversation Morten Ranum meet Kobus Moolman. Three years ago Morten Ranum published . They meet in Cape Town for the first time, and Kobus Moolman had just the day before launched his new poetry collection “Fall Risk”. We enter into their conversation halfway because they were so eargerly engaged into conversation from the first mimute that Morten Ranum only half an hour later remember to switch on the recording device. The conversation took place Friday 21st of February 2025 in The Electric in Canterbury Street in District Six in Cape Town. Other than being a poet in the Department of English Studies at the University of the Western Cape. Photo: The launch of . Published by , Monday 3rd of March, 2025.
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December 2024: 15 dage i Dakar (Dansk)
12/02/2024
December 2024: 15 dage i Dakar (Dansk)
Sæson VII, 3 - Episode 35 Der er ridser i vinylen, når det kommer til vores betragtninger om moderne kunst.. Endnu engang oplever vi at tekstil og design står øverst på dagsordenen – en bekræftelse af at håndværket og det taktile manifesterer sin position i den moderne kunsts centrum, men spørgsmålet er, hvad det betyder. Verden lader til at befinde sig i et vakuum. Mennesket er forvirret. Vi er nået til en grænse, men der er ikke noget nyt land at betræde – intet nyt spørgsmål at stille. Tekstil synes at være fastholdt i sin sans for det funktionelle. Der er bestemt en æstetisk dimension ved stoffet, men det fremstår først og fremmest som dekoration. Tekstilet synes ikke at have løsrevet sig fra at være brugsgenstand, og derfor forhindres tekstilværker i at blive kunst. Nogle værker bærer en historie i sig, fordi de integrerer materialer som refererer til traditionen. Derved afsløres grunden til tekstilet aktuelle tilstedeværelse. Vi søger tilbage for at finde værdier, som kan udfylde vores aktuelle tomhed og gøre en anden verden mulig. Vi ved ikke, hvor skal hen, men vi håber at taktile materialer vil vise vejen. Foto: "", Galerie Atiss Dakar (Dakar Medina) Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag 3. december 2024.
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November 2024: A Lost Recording (English)
11/04/2024
November 2024: A Lost Recording (English)
Season VII, 2 - Episode 34 Morten Ranum has submitted an essay with the title “The Lost Rrecording of Uhuru Phalafala” to in South Africa. In this podcast you can listen to him reading it. The title is somewhat a weird one. As the title reveals this was not the purpose. His intention was to have a recording of the and publish it as a conversation podcast, only very lightly edited to keep it as close as possible to the live situation maintaining the raw and fresh atmosphere of the unpolished. As usual very rarely things turn out to be as they have been planned. Nothing we do is smooth, but we try our best to be an open book. For the record there is now also an Open Book Festival in Harare in Zimbabwe, although we have not been there ourselves. Published by Tuesday 5th of November 2024.
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Oktober 2024: Kunsten at have en samtale, Open Book Festival, Cape Town, South Africa (Dansk/English)
10/01/2024
Oktober 2024: Kunsten at have en samtale, Open Book Festival, Cape Town, South Africa (Dansk/English)
Sæson VII, 1 - Episode 33 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Abstrakt 03:58 Kunsten at have en samtale 13:28 Dag I 14:53 26:08 Dag II 30:00 Dag III 34:20 The Lost Recording of 38:52 Johannesburg 44:15 Søndag på Bagsværd Sø 47:45 Outro Det var meningen, at udsendelsen skulle handle om, hvad en samtale er, og hvordan en samtale mellem mennesker kan blive en rigtig samtale, åbenhjertig og virkelig. Vi vil forsøge på at nærmere os samtalens kunst, men ikke på den måde, som det egentlig var planlagt. Intet er, hvad det giver sig ud for at være. Vi har været til , ligesom vi også var sidste år i september. Det vil spille en ikke uvæsentlig rolle for denne måneds udsendelse. Festivalen i Cape Town har rigtig meget med samtale at gøre – det er en festival som består af en række samtaler, samtaler om bøger, samtaler med forfatterne til bøgerne, men også samtaler om aktuelle emner i det sydafrikanske samfund. Samtalerne sidste år var bedre end samtalerne i år, men i år oplevede vi en samtale som satte fokus på lyd og litteratur. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 1. oktober 2024.
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Conversation #18: Karen Jennings (South Africa), Open Book 2024, Cape Town (English)
09/25/2024
Conversation #18: Karen Jennings (South Africa), Open Book 2024, Cape Town (English)
Conversation with Karen Jennings We present a conversation between Karen Jennings and Morten Ranum. Karen Jennings is based in Cape Town. She has published several novels. . The conversation with Karen Jennings took place in during Open Book Festival on Sunday 8th of September, 2024. Published by , Wednesday 25th of September, 2024.
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Conversation #17: Shubnum Khan (South Africa), Open Book 2024, Cape Town (English)
09/24/2024
Conversation #17: Shubnum Khan (South Africa), Open Book 2024, Cape Town (English)
Conversation with Shubnum Khan During we meet the Durban based South African author Shubnum Khan for a conversation about writing, literature and her most recent novel . The conversation with Shubnum Khan took place in during the festival on Friday 6th of September, 2024. Published by , Tuesday 24th of September, 2024.
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Conversation #16: Mazen Maarouf, Louisiana Literature 2019 (English)
08/21/2024
Conversation #16: Mazen Maarouf, Louisiana Literature 2019 (English)
Conversation with Mazen Maarouf In 2019 Morten Ranum participated in the festival Louisiana Literature in Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk north of Copenhagen and had a conversation with the Palestinian author Mazen Maaarouf. Maarouf lives in Reykjavik , Island. His collection of short stories "Vittigheder til krigere" had just been published in Danish translation by Epilog. The conversation with Mazen Maarouf took place in the hallway of Rungstedgaard Hotel on Saturday 24th of August, 2024. We publish the conversation to celebrate the annual literature festival in Louisiana Museum. It always takes place in the third week om August. Published by , Wednesday 21st of August, 2024.
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Conversation #15: Rodrigo Hasbún, LiteratureXchange 2018 (English/Dansk)
06/21/2024
Conversation #15: Rodrigo Hasbún, LiteratureXchange 2018 (English/Dansk)
Conversation with Rodrigo Hasbún In 2018 Morten Ranum participated in the festival LitertureXchange in Aarhus and had a conversation with the Bolivian author Rodrigo Hasbún. . Morten Ranum wrote a review of Hasbüns book published by Globalnyt in 2018. After the conversation we bring the review. . In a previous podcast featuring the Angolan author José Agualusa we also bring a reportage article from an event in the festival in 2018, where Rodrigo Hasbún is discussing “The Right to Write” with the José Agualusa. The conversation with Rodrigo Hasbún took place in Dokk1 at Aarhus Habour on Monday 18th of June, 2018. Published by , Friday 21st of June, 2024.
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Conversation #14: José Eduardo Agualusa, LiteratureXchange 2018 (English/Dansk)
06/21/2024
Conversation #14: José Eduardo Agualusa, LiteratureXchange 2018 (English/Dansk)
Conversation with José Eduardo Agualusa Our longtime and loyal member of staff Morten Ranum always participated in the festival LitertureXchange in Aarhus, but in the recent years he seems to have taken a break from the festival. Maybe it is time to go back to the middle Jutland provincial town, but until further notice we will bring a conversation with the Angolan author José Agualusa from 2018, who participated in the festival in 2018. . In 2018 Morten Ranum wrote . After the conversation we bring the review together with a reportage article from an event in the festival in 2018, where In the following podcast we bring a conversation between Rodrigo Hasbún and Morten Ranum about Hasbúns book ”Affekter” (Los Afectos), which was just published in Danish translation by Jensen & Dalgaard. The conversation with José Agualusa took place in Dokk1 at Aarhus Habour on Monday 18th of June, 2018. Published by , Friday 21st of June, 2024.
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Juni 2024: Lyd og litteratur (Dansk)
06/03/2024
Juni 2024: Lyd og litteratur (Dansk)
Sæson VI, 4 - Episode 32 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Abstrakt 05:00 Lyd og litteratur 12:10 Afbrydelse I: Refugiets DNA 18:55 Fra tekst til lyd 22:23 Afbrydelse II: Valg i Sydafrika 28:20 Lyden, stemmen og sproget 35:48 Afbrydelse III: Sydafrikas politiske fremtid 38:10 Lyden som pause 40:30 Outro Vi skulle have været i Dakar til kunstbiennale i den forløbne måned, men Dak’Art er blevet udskudt til november. Udskydelsen af Biennale de Dakar forærede Morten Ranum to blanke uger, som han straks vekslede til en uges refugieophold på Hald Hovedgaard. Om den anden uge foreligger kun fuglekvidder fra Sjælland. Vi andre har haft travlt med at finde ud af, hvad juni måneds udsendelse skulle handle om, og "inmyfootstep" har foreslået at gå i arkivet. Det har fodsporerne fået tilladelse til. Her dukkede en række spredte noter op om lyd og litteratur. Med denne udsendelse fylder ”Foreignness and Friendship” faktisk tre år. Derfor synes vi det er passende at fejre, hvad der ligger os på sinde – ind imellem afbrudt af, hvad der også foregår lige for tiden, fordi også afbrydelser og pauser er vigtige elementer af vores forehavende. Det er muligt at noterne bliver afbrudt af "whiteafrican", som altid rumsterer i baggrunden, eller måske får vi besøg af Maria Izuel. Under opholdet på Hald Hovedgaard skrev Morten Ranum på manuskriptet ”Breve fra Uganda". Vi får lov til at lytte til et brev, hvor Maria kommer lidt tættere på sin far. En anden afbrydelse kan meget vel handle om det netop gennemførte valg i Sydafrika, ikke kun om valget, men også hvordan valget bliver formidlet i Sydafrika og herhjemme. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 4. juni 2024.
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Maj 2024: Biennale di Venezia, Venedig, Italien (Dansk)
05/07/2024
Maj 2024: Biennale di Venezia, Venedig, Italien (Dansk)
Sæson VI, 3 - Episode 31 Indhold: 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:38 Venedig 0:11:26 Pressekonference 0:22:27 Tekstil og det taktile 0:37:50 Kunsten kan vente 0:41:44 South African Pavilion 1:03:03 Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot 1:06:48 Den kuraterede udstilling forfra og bagfra 1:56:26 Outro I denne maraton version af en podcast beretter vi fra årets kunstbiennale i Venedig. Det kunne ikke gøres kortere, fordi kampen imod "the single story" kræver, at vi hele tiden gentager os selv i let forandret form - og også helt modsiger, hvad vi netop sagde for lidt siden. Derfor har vi vandret på kryds og tværs af biennalens udstillinger flere gange. Vi siger ikke, at vi er nået til vejs ende, men her i hvert fald nogle oprigtige forsøg på at forstå noget og på at forstå de andre - enhver er velkommen til at fortsætte eller gøre noget helt andet. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 7. maj 2024.
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Conversation #13: José Hendo, Ugandan Pavilion. Venice Biennale 2024 (English)
04/24/2024
Conversation #13: José Hendo, Ugandan Pavilion. Venice Biennale 2024 (English)
Conversation with José Hendo from Uganda In the Venice Biennale we found the Ugandan Pavilion and had a conversation with one of the artists. It is again centered around textile, but this time a different kind of textile. The conversation took place in Venice on Thursday 18th of April 2024 in the Ugandan Pavilion. Published by , Thursday 25th of April, 2024.
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April 2024: Oversættelser (Dansk)
04/02/2024
April 2024: Oversættelser (Dansk)
Sæson VI, 2 - Episode 30 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Resume 04:08 Oversættelser 33:35 Outro I denne måned reserverer vi pladsen til at tale om oversættelse af litteratur. Det vil dels dreje sig om langdigtet ”Alt og Alting” oversat til dansk af Morten Ranum, skrevet af Kobus Moolman fra Sydafrika, men vi vil også nævne andre uvurderlige oversættelser som i de sidste par år er blevet gjort tilgængelige på dansk. Helt grundliggende vil vi gerne indlede en samtale om, hvad en oversættelse er for en tekst, og om det giver mening at tale om en oversættelse. Enhver tekst er vel sin egen. Det ene sprog er så forskelligt fra det andet, at enhver sammenligning på tværs af sprog forekommer meningsløs, men alligevel fastholdes en forestilling om den oprindelige tekst. Hvis du lytter til udsendelsen på Spotify slutter den abrupt efter ti minutter, uvist af hvilken årsag. Hele udsendelsen kan . Billedkreditering: Martin Dybdal Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 2. april 2024.
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Reportage #6: Alberto Giacometti, Statens Museum for Kunst (Dansk)
03/29/2024
Reportage #6: Alberto Giacometti, Statens Museum for Kunst (Dansk)
Reportage fra Statens Museum for Kunst om Alberto Giacometti Netop hjemkommet fra Cape Town, hvor vi endnu engang havde haft samtaler om, hvordan tekstil indtager en mere central plads i samtidskunsten, besøgte vi Statens Museum for Kunst i København, som lige nu viser den overbevisende udstilling ”Hvad øjet ser” med Alberto Giacomettis skulpturer og tegninger. Her eksploderer rummene. De slanke, ranglede fremadskridende væsener bevæger sig gennem landskabet som beslutsomme masai krigere på savanne i det nordlige Tanzania. Det udmagrede udtryk med indsunkne øjne gør indtryk. Afstanden er lige meget, ligegyldig om vi befinder os tæt på eller skjuler os i det fjerneste hjørne ser vi det samme. Billedkreditering: Alberto Giacometti. Tall Thin Head. 1954. Painted plaster, 65.6 x 39.1 x 24.9 cm. Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti / Adagp, Paris, 2024. Udgivet af , Fredag 29.marts, 2024.
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March 2024: Ghosts of Demolition and Contemporary Art (English)
03/05/2024
March 2024: Ghosts of Demolition and Contemporary Art (English)
Season VI, 1 - Episode 29 Content: 00:00 Intro 00:55 Abstract 03:55 Ghosts of Demolition and Contemporary Art 38:38 Outro We are in Cape Town to attend Cape Town Art Fair. It is the missing link in a longer chain of larger art exhibitions around the world – without Cape Town we cannot really discuss contemporary art from a South African perspective. But in Cape Town we are also revisiting previous experiences. In September last year Morten Ranum was hijacked by an ancestral nightmare and swallowed by the past – brought back in time to a February day in the 1960es where District Six was demolished and the community torn apart and spread in the periphery of the City –all orchestrated by the cruel logistic of The Apartheid Regime. Our journey to South Africa is also connected to a love story and young girl separating from her mother to go to University in Pretoria. The love story, ancestral nightmares and contemporary art don’t necessarily have anything in common, but they are interrelated because of geographical circumstance. Without a love story with a woman in South Africa, we would never have arrived to South Africa in the first place. If we had not been going, coming and leaving South Africa many times, going, seeing and experiencing the same places then we would never have been able to listen to the ancestral pain, and we would have heard nothing. In the center will always be two women and their lives, a woman and her daughter, to whom we will be dedicated forever as predicted seven years no matter how radically our lives will change. Quote by Belinda Blignaut, South African clay artist, represented in Cape Town Art Fair by the Capetonian gallery Art Formes: Episode published by Tuesday 5th of March 2024.
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Conversation #12: On Textile and Clay, Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa (English)
02/25/2024
Conversation #12: On Textile and Clay, Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa (English)
Conversations with Art Formes (Cape Town) and No Man's Art Gallerry (Amsterdam) In Cape Town, South Africa we once again encountered textile - but also clay. In two separate conversaations with two very different galleries we exchange ideas about two materials and their specific tactility. The conversations took place on the last day of Cape Town Art Fair - February 18th, 2024. Both encounters are influenced by background noise and the exhaustion of four days of exhibition activity. Photo credit: and . Published by , Sunday 25th of February, 2024.
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Conversation #11: Laura Vincenti, Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa (English)
02/20/2024
Conversation #11: Laura Vincenti, Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa (English)
Conversation between Laura Vincenti and Morten Ranum We have been in Cape Twon, South Africa to participate in Cape Town Art Fair. The conversation took place a couple of days before the art fair on February 13th, 2024. We met her in Cape Town International Convention Center for a conversation about what to expect of this years edition of the art fair. Laura Vincenti is an architect, originally from Italy, but been living in South Africa for the last 10 years. Photo credit: . Published by , Tuesday 20th of February, 2024.
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December 2023: Aké Arts and Book Festival i Lagos, Nigeria (Dansk)
12/12/2023
December 2023: Aké Arts and Book Festival i Lagos, Nigeria (Dansk)
Sæson V, 4 - Episode 28 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:36 Abstrakt 06:31 Lagos, uge 1 26:29 Aké Art and Book Festival 52:47 Outro Vi befinder os nu i midten af den kontinentale fornuft. Her i Lagos bliver vi mindet om Kampala in the old days, selvom vi bestræber os på ikke at sammenligne. Alligevel slår den tanke ned i os, at der måske er en mere direkte forbindelse mellem øst og vest, end der er mellem nord og syd. Vi er ankommet en uge tidligt til Lagos for at kunne opleve den urbane kontekst for Aké Arts and Book Festival. Det er også et ædelt forsøg på at overholde, hvad vi har lovet – aldrig at rejse på tværs af verden kun for at deltage i en festival eller en anden isoleret begivenhed, uden også at afsætte tid til det sted vi befinder os. Hensigten er selvfølgelig ikke kun at opleve det karismatiske, men også lade vores egen hverdag flytte med og lokalisere sig det nye sted. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 12. december 2023.
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Conversation #10: Lola Shoneyin (Lagos, Nigeria), Aké Arts and Book Festival (English)
11/30/2023
Conversation #10: Lola Shoneyin (Lagos, Nigeria), Aké Arts and Book Festival (English)
Conversation between Lola Shoneyin and Morten Ranum We are in Lagos, Nigeria to participate in Aké Arts and Book Festival. Prior to the festival we have a conversation with the festival director Lola Shoneyin, Nigerian poet and author. The conversation begins with snaopshots from the press conference, thereafter we are having a one by one with Lola Shoneyin in her office in a more relaxed atmosphere and environment. To the press meeting Lola Shoneyin introduces the festival, tells about the ten years of experience and presents the main sponsor of the festival sitting next to her from Sterling Bank. During the press session she is asked by a Lagos based journalist how she is doing it without the government, and her answer is not very surprising, but also somewhat depressing. We – for our own part – ask her, how it influences the festival that she actually is an active poet and writer herself. Before she gives an answer, she makes sure the room gives us a round of applause to welcome us and she explains that is actually very important that people from far away come and show interests in what they are doing here in Lagos. Photo credit: Ouida Books. Published by , Thursday 30th of November, 2023.
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November 2023: Hald Improvisationer (Dansk/English)
11/06/2023
November 2023: Hald Improvisationer (Dansk/English)
Sæson V, 3 - Episode 27 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Abstrakt 05:40 Improvisationer over Hald Sø 40:30 Homeage to Palestine (English) 47:30 Improvisationer (fortsat) 87:25 Outro I denne meget lange podcast serverer vi en række improvisationer opstået under vandringer langs Hald Sø. Ind imellem forsøger vi at give historisk kontekst til, hvor vi befinder os, og hvad som måske, måske ikke foregik her i tidligere tider. Midtvejs kommer en hyldest til Palestina - på engelsk. Formålet med inprovisationerne er vores taknemmelighed over for endnu engang at have fået lov til at få regugiets DNA på Hald Hovedgaard at føle. Udsendelsen er publiceret af mandag den 6. november 2023. Season V, 3 - Episode 27 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:38 Abstract 05:40 Improvisations over Hald Lake 40:30 Homeage to Palestine (English) 47:30 Improvisations (continued) 87:25 Outro In this very long podcast we prseent a series of improvisations developed during walks along Hald Lake. In between we try to give historical contexrt to where we are, and what might have, might not have happened here in earlier times. Half-way through is a homage til Palestine - in English. The purpose with these improvisations is our gratitude towards once again being allowed to experience the DNA of the refuge (the residency) at Hald Hovedgaard. The episode are published by Monday, November 6th, 2023.
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Conversation #9: Polo Moji & Laura Nkola-Wenz (Cape Town, South Africa), Open Book Festival 2023 (English)
10/29/2023
Conversation #9: Polo Moji & Laura Nkola-Wenz (Cape Town, South Africa), Open Book Festival 2023 (English)
Mapping Literary Cities - or the return of geography During Open Book Festival in September 2023 in Cape Town we had a conversation about the cross disciplinary “African Literary Cities Project” with Polo Moji and Laura Nkola-Wenz from African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town. For a general reportage from the festival in Cape Town we recommend listening to a previous episode of our radio show. In the conversation they are referring to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and questioning the network critically. After the conversation with Laura and Polo we introduce Thando Mgqolozana (founder of the Abantu Book Festival in Durban), who has a slightly different perspective on the UNESCO Network. Laura Nkoal-Wenz is a human geographer and lecturer in Critical Urbanism, while Polo Moji arrives from the literary field and is a senior lecturer in English Literature. Toward the very end of the podcast there is a section on saying thank you, which is NOT part of or connected to the above mentioned conversation on literary cities. In this section we also reflect on race and the future - by mentioning Thandiwe Ntshinga's book about South Africas Unfinished Work on Race. It has been brought to our attention that the fact we air out the title of her book has been interpreted as offensive language - altthough it is NOT our language, but a reference to a title of a book published in South Africa. It has never been our intention to offend anyone or cause damage, therefor this paragraph has been added to the podcast description as clarification on November 14th, 2023, after the publication of the original podcast. WARNING: The section in question is from minute 36:00 - 38:30. Published by , Sunday 29th of October, 2023
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Oktober 2023: Open Book Festival i Cape Town (Dansk/English)
10/02/2023
Oktober 2023: Open Book Festival i Cape Town (Dansk/English)
Sæson V, 2 - Episode 26 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:41 Abstrakt 05:51 Open Book 23:17 Reading by Uhuru Phalafala from "Mine Mine Mine" in The Book Lounge (English) 26:17 Interview with Mervyn Sloman, founder of Open Book Festival (English) 43:24 Lyset i maleriet (Anna Ancher) 45:34 Outro Vi har været I Cape Town i Sydafrika til bogfestival, men der skete noget den sidste formiddag før vi skulle tage flyveren til East London længere mod nord, som overskygger alt andet som ellers hændte, men måske handler det alt sammen om det samme – om at føle sig fremmed og forsøge at gøre sig bekendt med det sted vi befinder os, og når det sker, kommer det som et bagholdsangreb. Mere lakonisk og prosaisk handler udsendelsen om en bogfestival der fylder 10 år, som vi meget sent under pandemien opdagede, fordi vi ledte efter nyheder om South African Book Fair. De to har i øvrigt intet med hinanden at gøre. Vi afslutter med at køre i taxa på tværs af Johannesburg i den efterfølgende weekend. Enhver rejse både slutter og begynder i ”The City of Gold”. Den congolesisk fødte digter Sarah Lubala slutter sit digt New Braamfortein med verselinjerne: ”If you hate Johannesburg / you’ve never been in love”. Slutningen er en underlig størrelse. Hvor ofte har Morten Ranum ikke udtalt, at det ikke slutter her – og i selskab med InMyFootstep vil de altid ankomme til et nyt sted, hvor der opstår en situation og tilfældet indtræffer. Efter en lang rejse fra syd til nord vil tilfældet, at de ved en indskydelse beslutter sig for at tage til pressevisning af udstilling med Anna og Michael Ancher på Ordrupgaard - her ser de lyset, Anna Anchers lys. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 3. oktober 2023.
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September 2023: Billedkunst set i københavnsk perspektiv (Dansk)
09/05/2023
September 2023: Billedkunst set i københavnsk perspektiv (Dansk)
Sæson V, 1 - Episode 25 Indhold: 00:00 Intro 02:46 Abstrakt 06:19 Litteratur på museet 23:59 Billedkunst set i københavnsk perspektiv 35:00 Outro Vi indleder en ny sæson. På overfladen fortsætter vi med at lave anmeldelser og reportage. I denne udsendelse forsøger vi at anskue billedkunsten fra en københavnsk synsvinkel. Vi har besøgt CHART og Enter Art, men litteraturen på kunstmuseet Louisiana blander sig også. Litteraturen har altid haft sine egne problemer, hvilket vi vil komme tilbage til. Langt vigtigere er den underliggende musik. Det vil være forkert at sige at vi laver et kulturprogram. For at ødelægge forestillingen om kulturjournalistisk har Morty Mort tilbudt sin assistance. Han mener for øvrigt heller ikke at han blev helt færdig i sidste sæson. Derfor fortsætter han sine improvisationer over bjerget Bokul. En ny sæson skulle gerne bringe noget nyt med sig og ikke bare fortsætte hvor vi slap – især ikke når det gælder en podcast, der stædigt fastholder at beskæftige sig med den anden Foto: Kunstværk af Anna Retulainen. Udsendelsen er publiceret af tirsdag den 5. september 2023.
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Conversation #8: Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico), Louisiana Literature 2018 (English)
08/25/2023
Conversation #8: Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico), Louisiana Literature 2018 (English)
Conversation between Guadalupe Nettel and Morten Ranum. Her novel "El cuerpo en que naci" had just been translated into Danish and . Guadalupe Nettel attended Louisiana Literature to present her book, where Morten Ranum met her in a jetlagged version of herself. The conversation took place Friday, August 24, 2018 in Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk north of Copenhagen. Afterwards a written version of the conversation was published in . Photos: press photos (Forlaget Grif & Louisiana Museum).
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Review #1: Louisiana Literature 2014-19 (Dansk)
07/31/2023
Review #1: Louisiana Literature 2014-19 (Dansk)
Vi varmer op til årets udgave af Louisiana Literature ved at bringe en række anmeldelser og interviews fra tidligere års festivaler på museet. Alle artikler har tidligere været publiceret på Globalnyt - en enkelt på U-landsnyt (U-landsnyt ændrede i 2015 navn til Globalnyt). Foto: Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Louisiana Museum) Opdateringer om kommende udsendelser fra
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Reportage #5: Louisiana Literature 1-2, 2021 (Dansk)
07/31/2023
Reportage #5: Louisiana Literature 1-2, 2021 (Dansk)
Sæson I, 4 - Episode 4 & Sæson I, 5 - Episode 5 - uddrag Vi genudsender repprtage fra Louisiana Literature i 2021. I udsendelsens første del introducerer vi til festivalen, der pga. pandemien var udstrakt i hele august måned. I anden del anmelder vi bøger af Samanta Schweblin og Jamaica Kincaid. Flettet ind i reportagen bringes også et interview med festivalens leder Christian Lund. Foto: Jamaica Kincaid (Louisiana Museum) Første gang sendt på Tremella Radio den 10.august og den 24.august 2021 Yderligere info om
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22.06.2021: LiteratureXchange 2021 (Dansk)
06/11/2023
22.06.2021: LiteratureXchange 2021 (Dansk)
Season I, 2 - Episode 2 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:56 CPH Central Station 04:06 Arrival Aarhus06:51 Abstract (English) 08:36 Walking to Dokk1 20:14: Om de gode intentioner (festivaler) 51:36 Leonora Carrington 58:46 Outro Welcome to our second episode. Last time we promised that on the fourth Tuesday we would always broadcast a repetition of the previous show, but this will not be case, because last week "inmyfootstep" and "thewhiteafrican" decided to visit the international literature festival LiteratureXchange in Aarhus. In Arhus we met Jeanette Ehlers and Olivia Wenzel. Wenzel has last year released her novel "1000 Serpentinen Angst", which have just been translated into Danish under the somewhat confusingly different title "Mit hjerte er en Automat" (My heart is an Automat); the English title will be the more loyal "1000 Coils of Fear". In Aarhus we also met Leonora Carrington, and we ask ourselves what we can learn from Carrington, because she seems to be everywhere. She is even highlighted on top of the agenda when Biennale di Venezia describes the theme of next year’s art exhibition. Not very surprisingly, but expected by everyone, Aarhus turn out to be a depressing experience. First of all because Morten Ranum has a traumatic relationship to the countryside, especially towards provincial towns that pretend to be something they are not. Secondly because the discussion of race is just as liberating as it is depressing and difficult. The show was origianlly published by , Tuesday, June 2nd, 2021 on Tremella Radio.
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Juni 2023: Poesi improvisationer over Gudhjem (Dansk)
06/06/2023
Juni 2023: Poesi improvisationer over Gudhjem (Dansk)
Season IV, 3 - Episode 24 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:46 Abstract 05:42 Poesi improvisationer 24:59 Outro Vi præsenterer en ny person. Han kalder sig Morty Mort. Det var egentlig meningen af Morten Ranum skulle have været på et legatophold i Gudhjem for at skrive, men midt ude i Østersøen sank færgen og med den forsvandt Morten Ranum i havet – et element han altid har elsket meget højt. I Rønne havn dukker Morty Mort op og udgiver sig for at være Morten Ranum. Vi undrer os fortsat over, hvordan det kunne lade sig gøre for de minder på ingen måde om hinanden eller ligner hinanden. Derefter erobrede Morty Mort den legatbolig i bjergbyen Gudhjem, som var Morten Ranum tiltænkt i hele april måned. Ingen har siden set noget til Morty Mort. Han forsvandt lige så pludseligt som han opstod. Kun en række digte og optagelser af klaverspil vidner om hans eksistens. Vi har besluttet at udgive digtene, men låst klaver improvisationerne inde i en boks, skjult og forsikret. Han kan ikke spille klaver – det eneste punkt hvor Morty Mort ligner Morten Ranum. Heller ikke han kunne spille klaver. Den indledende klaver komposition er skabt af "timouse" og downloaded fra freesound.org: Den afsluttende komposition er ligeledes downloaded fra freesound.org: og skabt af "donaldtimo". Udsendelsen er publiseret af tirsdag den 6. juni 2023.
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Conversation #7: Anna Stewart, GFI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha, South Africa (English)
05/25/2023
Conversation #7: Anna Stewart, GFI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha, South Africa (English)
The last of the three conversations held in January 2023 with art gallery managers and curators along the eastern coast in South Africa.. . Rose, a woman also present in the gallery office interrupts now and then the conversation with Gallery Manager Anna Stewart to elaborate on aspects relevant for the conversation. A shorter version of our visit in Gqeberha has earlier been published as part of our radioshow from February 2023 about East Coast Art Scene (season IV, 1 - episode 22. More info:
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