Foreignness and Friendship

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 atmosphe...

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...

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 rad...

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 f...

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 b...

Conversation between Guadalupe Nettel and Morten Ranum. Her novel "El cuerpo en que naci" had just been translated into Danish and  published by Forlaget Grif with the title "Kroppen jeg blev født i" . 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 Mu...

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 Fremmedhed og Bekendstskab

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...

Season I, 2 - Episode 2 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:56 CPH Central Station 04:06 Arrival Aarhus 06:51 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...

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 d...

The last of the three conversations held in January 2023 with art gallery managers and curators along the eastern coast in South Africa.. In this conversaton we are visiting GFI Art Gallery in Port Elizabeth, renamed Gqeberha . 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 conve...

The second of three conversations held in January 2023 with art gallery managers and curators along the eastern coast in South Africa.. In this conversation we meet Dr. Mduduzi Xakaza, Manager of Durban Art Gallery. A shorter version of the encounter with Dr. Mduduzi Xakaza has earlier been published as part of our radioshow from February 2023 about East Coast Art Scene (season IV, 1 - episode 22)...

In January 2023 we travelled along the East Coast in South Africa to visit art galleries  in East London, Durban (Ethekwini) and Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha). Here is a conversation with Reggie Letsatsi, Art Curator from Limani Art Gallery in East London. A shorter version of the conversation has earlier been published as part of our radioshow from February 2023 about East Coast Art Scene (season IV,...

Om kuratorens rolle Samtale med udstillingsinspektør Iben Bach Elmstrøm fra Den Frie Udstillingsbygning om kuratering og kuratorens rolle. Hun har en baggrund såvel som billedkunstner, men har også gennem en årrække arbejdet som kurator i meget forskellige sammenhænge.  Hun er udover sin kunstneriske baggrund også uddannet idenfor kuratering med en master i kuratering fra Goldsmith College, Univer...

Season IV, 2 - Episode 23 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:45 Abstract 04:35 Art Talk, interviews and conversations about contemporary art 07:08 Conversation with Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova 35:15 Conversation with Edison Peñafíel 52:00 Art conversations in Denmark 58:48 Outro We are returning to Miami. Here we are talking to one of the owners of the gallery space  Dimension Variable located in Little Habana...

Tredje og sidste del af trilogi af tvangstekster, hvor kunstprojektet pulveriserer og flyver i alle retninger. Vi oplever tre stemmer der gensidigt afbryder og supplerer hinanden. Digtsamlingen "eksplosion" er udgivet af Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag i 2012. Omslaget er endnu engang lavet af TAT (Monica Hee Eun) på basis af fotografier taget Morten Ranum med kig ind i ruinerne af det nu nedrevne Ska...

Anden del af tvangstekster som foregår under ækvators stærke sol. I podcasten indgår anmeldelse af Thurston Magnus og lektørudtalelse. Digtsamlingen "fortsættelse" er udgivet af Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag i 2011. Omslagsdesignet er igen lavet af TAT alias Monica Hee Eun som en grafisk manipulering af et mislykket fotograferet portræt af digteren. Fotografiet er taget af Julie Bakulumpagi i 2006

Første del af trilogi med tvangstekster. Inkluderer anmeldelse af Thurston Magnus for MetrOrd og lektør udtalelse. Undervejs bliver der reflekteret over tvang og tvangsmekanismer. Debut digtsamlingen "begyndelser" er udgivet af Det Poetiske Bureaus Forlag i 2010. Omslagsdesign er lavet af TAT. TAT eksisterer ikke længere,. Hun kalder sig nu for Monica Hee Eun . Omslaget er lavet ud fra fotografier...

Season IV, 1 - Episode 22 Content: 00:00 Intro 00:55 Abstract 03:44 Where are we? 10:45 East Coast Art Scene 17:53 East Londan and Limani Gallery 42:40 eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and Durban Art Gallery 53:23 Gqeberha and GFI Art Gallery in Port Elizabeth 58:48 Outro bonus tracks - program info We are travelling along the Eastern Coast of South Africa from the huge port Durban in KwaZulu N...

Season I, 9 - Episode 9 - extract Conversation between Ilya Bernstein (Russian-American poet based in New York City), Mie Mortensen (Danish PhD-student at Columbia University in New York City) and Morten Ranum (Danish poet) about poetry and translation. Ilya Bernstein was in Copenhagen to present his book "BÅDE OG" with translations of his poetry and prose, published by Det Poetiske Bureau and tra...

Season I, 8 - Episode 8 - extract A conversation with Libhongo Mbiko (South African artist) about his work as an artist and training of school children in art practices. The conversation took place at Beachfront Lounge, Quigney Beach, East London in South Africa on September 15, 2021. and was originally broadcasted by Foreignness and Friendship on Tremella Radio, October 26, 2021.   Sæson I, 8 - E...

Essay om erotik, erotisk litteratur og iscenesættelse - inklusiv anmeldelse af teaterdokumentar om O's historie af kunstner duoen Astrup & Bordorff opført på Husets Teater i København 30.april - 28 maj 2022. I essayet omtales Marquis de Sade (120 dage), George Bataille (Historien om øjet og Madame Edwarda) og Leopold Sacher-Masoch (Venus i pels). Billede: Pressefoto, Husets Teater (Fotograf Karoli...

Essay om "magisk realisme" af Morten Ranum med inddragelsen af argentinske, mexicanske og danske forfattere. Essayet efterfølges af forkærlighed for lyden af bestemte spanske ord, kærlighedsdigte på engelsk skrevet til een bestemt kvinde (2017-20) og digte på dansk fra samlingen "Saftig lørdag" (2015). Essayet er en indlæst version af foredrag holdt på København Universitet den 28.september under...

Season III, 4 - Episode 21 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:44 Abstract (English) 06:33 Where are WE? 11:03 Miami Beach 28:43 Art Basel 33:15 Pinta Art 40:55 Dimension Variable 48:45 Outro bonus tracks - program info The Grand Finale of the year in Miami. Miami of all places host a number of art exhibitions, art shows and art fairs towards the end of the year. Not only the super commercial Art Basel's show...

Season III, 3 - Episode 20 Content: 00:00 Intro 02:43 Abstract (English) 05:17 Who are WE? 08:25 Blue, yellow and red 58:38 Outro WE have met the primary colors during the last six month – the color blue, the color yellow and the color red. In this episode WE will continue OUR investigation of contemporary art by focusing on colors, form and how they intertwine, but also be influenced by the fact...