This week’s Six Pillars radio show: an in depth tour of “I Am Ashurbanipal, King of the World” currently on show at The British Museum London. One of history’s most dominant Kings, this Assyrian has yet been forgotten. A fierce, entirely merciless warrior, a proud scholar (the first in his line), empire-builder, a self-proclaimed king-slayer, … Continue reading
Persian New Year is the Spring Equinox, marking the end of winter. This week: sounds of Iran and elsewhere in an audio remix by show producer Fari B. SIX PILLARS BROADCAST TIMES Live On Air, On Digital Radio Signal and Online. – Wednesdays, 9 – 9.30pm – Mondays (REPEAT), 5 – 5.30pm Listen online HERE … Continue reading
“I suppose it’s not unlike a punk hairdo or a tall hat, (or a bouffant?), yeah, or a bouffant.” Continue reading
Tonight’s show on Resonance104.4fm 9-9.30pm UK time is the final episode in our The Far Becomes Near series on Sharjah in the UAE: ” The story of the rise of radio and its rapid technological changes ), from Majlis to car to phone, is parallel to the story of the formation of the UAE. Radio … Continue reading
‘The Box in the Majilis’ Episode 2 of the monthly series When The Far Becomes Near: The programme takes the form of an imaginary audio tour for the blind and partially sighted, guiding museum visitors around a room in the exhibition, ‘The Box in the Majilis’. The exhibition contains objects that illustrate the changing role … Continue reading
A new four-part, monthly series The Far Becomes Near archives the history of radio broadcasting in the United Arab Emirates, as radiophonic experiments punctuated by oral histories from local historians, academics, cultural commentators and the federation’s earliest broadcasters. Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, the archive describes a Gulf at the turn of the 20th Century … Continue reading
Announcing a 4 part, monthly series on early and contemporary radio landscapes in the United Arab Emirates, in conjunction with Sharjah Art Foundation, Resonance104.4FM and Clocktower Radio in NYC, USA. ‘The Far Becomes Near’ is a four part radio series creatively archiving the early history of radio broadcasting in the United Arab Emirates, from before the UAE’s formation to the current radio … Continue reading
In 2011 we interviewed Jack Persekian in Sharjah and two years later at Art Dubai. We spoke of his early days curating in Ramallah and his plans now for a definitive collection, housed in a museum that would counter the decimation of Palestinian history by paucity, physical and ideological war, ignorance and lack of access. … Continue reading
The Peace Cylinder Project uses a ceramic replica of the original Cyrus cylinder with the declaration engraved on the surface and a wooden roller covered by a polymer plate to hold the last chapter of the Book of Esther in Hebrew. These are used together in a ‘performance’ to create prints on clay and paper. … Continue reading
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