RADIO SLUMBER is a three-part international radio aural brew and online grimoire on Asian diaspora communities in Europe. The work casts its gaze out from a closed-door coven of potluck workshops + secret societies + spa retreats + fests of slumber that took place at Motel Spatie in the winter of 2020.
Strategically dissecting cultural theorist Rey Chow’s « fascist longings in our midst », RADIO SLUMBER’s audio book of spells whispers gossip about the accidents of intersectionalism and explores—via the foundation of friendship—other practices of care from both near and far.
Follow and listen to RADIO SLUMBER séance No. 3 at Hong Kong Community Radio (HK) + Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee (Amsterdam) on Sunday, 14 February, 18:00-19:30 CET
The works contain collaborations from Vienna-based collective Mai Ling, including:
– Clara Balaguer (Phillippines, Netherlands, Spain)
– Teana Boston-Mammah (Slovenia, UK, Netherlands)
– Chao Co-op (China, Hong Kong)
– Seecum Cheung (China, Viet Nam, UK, Netherlands)
– Zoénie Liwen Deng (China, Netherlands)
– Angeliki Diakrousi (Greece, Netherlands)
– Clara Jo (Germany, US, S. Korea)
– Utrecht-based Read-in
– UK-based Rising Bun (UK, Hong Kong, Netherlands)
Curated by Elaine W. Ho and Amy Suo Wu in cooperation with Stranded FM (Utrecht, Netherlands), Radio Orange (Vienna, Austria), Hong Kong Community Radio (Hong Kong) & Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
Playlist / Zusatzinfo:
1. 鄧麗雯 Zoénie Deng’s poem of 11 March 2020: “Tehdas, pilli, sireeni / Steam whistle, old factory siren blowing”, YleArkisto
2. “DJ Antraxx Raise Your Hands” – Tim Kahn and his girlfriend
3. “Rising Sun Blues” – Mansions mix of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Hong Kong
4. Quotation from “How Fake News Is Hatching in Immigrant Communities”, Cathy Park Hong
5. “女巫的密室 The Witch’s Room” – 何思穎 Szu Yin
6. Quotation from « Witches, Witch-Hunting and Women » by Silvia Federici
7. “Gossip Gaps” – Angeliki Diakrousi
8. “9 June 1.03 million Citizen Protest for No Extradition to China – 5pm to 7pm Soundscape” – 李穎姍 Fiona Lee
9. 鄧麗雯 Zoénie Deng’s poem of 30 August 2020: News footage from RT News and NBC News Now
10. “9 June 1.03 million Citizen Protest for No Extradition to China – 5pm to 7pm Soundscape”- 李穎姍 Fiona Lee
11. “Gossip, Authenticity, and the Institution: A Secondhand Conversation on ‘The Fascist Longings in Our Midst’”, Excerpts from a conversation between Teana Boston-Mammah, 張詩琴 Seecum Cheung, 何穎雅 Elaine W. Ho & 吳索 Amy Suo Wu on 24 January 2020
12. “30 March 2020”- 鄧麗雯 Zoénie Deng
13. Quotation from “This Is The Final Episode”, Soberish podcast Episode 70
14. Excerpt from Magee’s Testament (1991) directed by Peter Wang
15. “Ritual Virtuality”- Sainkho Namtchylak
16. “八卦 Bagua: A Thirdhand Chat in Progress” between 何穎雅 Elaine W. Ho & 吴索 Amy Suo Wu
17. Quotation from 易經 The Book of Changes
18. Quotation interview with Bruce Lee from “The Pierre Berton Show” (1971)
19. From 鄧麗雯 Zoénie Deng’s poem of 7 October 2020: “彭阿湃”, 五條人 Wutiaoren
20. The Britney Conspiracy Interlude, featuring: “Toxic”, Britney Spears remixed by 2WEI and an excerpt from “The Oracle of Britney” by Hayley Phelan
