Freedom Frequencies: The Radio AlHara Sessions on Cultural Work in a Time of War
Freedom Frequencies: The Radio AlHara Sessions on Cultural Work in a Time of War
Stefan Christoff
Art & Culture / Anticolonial Politics
Freedom Frequencies takes the reader on a journey to the global frontlines of the Palestine solidarity movement where art and activism intersect.
Rooted in a series of conversations broadcast from Palestine on Radio AlHara, this set of interviews offers a window into the contemporary culture of the global Palestine solidarity movement.
There is both a wide geographic and political scope to these conversations; there is a root in a shared focus on supporting the Palestinian struggle for liberation, but the exchange also touches on the energy of artists finding ways to be on the streets and in the studio at once.
This series is about bringing the vitality of the contemporary wave of online radio platforms, at the frontlines of experimental culture around the world, into print. As Radio AlHara is the platform, the collection positions Palestine as the moral compass while exploring intersecting points of struggle and cultural expression, both today and in the past.
Sit with these conversations to really get a reading of the multitude of cultural expressions that thrive at intersecting grassroots levels globally and engage with the contemporary edges of the intersections of art and activism today.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781945335792
Published: February 2, 2027
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9 in
Page count: 256
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Stefan Christoff is a media maker, community activist and artist living in Montréal. Stefan hosts the radio program Free City Radio, broadcasting weekly on nine community stations in Canada and shared globally as a podcast (Spotify + Apple Podcasts). Stefan makes music with many people globally, including Anarchist Mountains, Aidan Baker, Adriana Camancho, Aidan Girt, Lori Goldston, Nicolás Jaar, Sessa and Nour Sokhon. Stefan is on the board of the Immigrant Workers Centre in the Côte-des-Neiges district of Montreal, contributes organizationally to Cinema Politica, is a regular contributor to Radio AlHara in Palestine and coordinates support for the Sounds of Places residency at The Wonder Cabinet in Palestine. Stefan is also a street artist and works with the Social Justice Centre and is currently a graduate student in history at Concordia University in Montreal.
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SECTION I - CULTURAL WORK AS RESISTANCE
Essay by Hazem Jamjoum
Interviews:
Malak Mattar
Kareem Samara
DRMNGNOW
Leanne Simpson
SECTION II - DIASPORIC LANDSCAPES
Essay by Kaie Kellough
Interviews:
Amirtha Kidambi
Jessica Ekomane
Dali de Saint Paul
Sarathy Korwar
Shellyne Rodriguez
SECTION III - ART ON THE FRONTLINES
Essay by Tara Alami
Interviews:
Amy Abdelnoor
Asher Gamedze
Damon Davis
Merawi Gerima
Zahra Ali
SECTION IV – HOLDING SPACE
Essay by Hajra Waheed
Interviews:
Ana Quiroga
Narcy
Reem Kelani
Squirrel Flower
No Silence zine
Use Knife
SECTION V - SOUND AS RESISTANCE TO BORDERS
Essay by Joseph Sannicandro
Interviews:
Checkpoint 303
Zeerak Ahmed (Slowspin)
KMRU
Maya Alkhaldi
SECTION VI – CULTURE IS POLITICS
Essay by Asher Gamedze
Interviews:
Brian Eno
Sharif Sehnaoui
Use Knife
Kevin Caplicki
Büşra Kayıkçı
SECTION VII - MAKING THINGS WITH OUR HANDS
Essay by Hera Chan
Interviews:
Landra Collective
Sabri Sam Sundos
Shellyne Rodriguez
Yasmeen Abdallah


