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CTM Festival 2025

This evening intertwines two explorations of resilience and transformation, where music becomes a vessel for connection across political, cultural, and environmental landscapes. Each performance evokes the power of music to transcend boundaries, bearing witness to both struggle and unity.



Commissioned by the CTM Radio Lab, Lynn Nandar Htoo and rEmPiT g0dDe$$’s "Resonant Resilience" explores the experiences of individuals displaced by the ongoing political turmoil in Myanmar and the harsh regulations faced by queer communities in Malaysia. Through field recordings and electronic compositions, they fuse soundscapes with dynamic visual art by Gabriel Htoo and Sarah Hanan.


Nídia and Valentina continuously meet 'on the road', sharing a sonic adaptation to the urgency and context of different environments. "Estradas" ("roads" in Portuguese), born from the Sicilian heat and refined under English rain, transcends cultural and environmental barriers, showcasing the duo’s rhythmic expertise and connection through intricate beats and infectious melodies.


Additional information
The CTM Radio Lab is a project by Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival in collaboration with ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst, Ö1 Kunst im Radio, and the sound art initiative tekhnē, which is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

The CTM 2025 Festival programme at Radialsystem is furthermore funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Goethe-Institut, Federal Foreign Office, the SHAPE+ platform that is supported by the European Union, Pro Helvetia, and the Embassy of the Netherlands.

Media partners: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Refuge Worldwide, The Wire, The Berliner, Rausgegangen, taz. die tageszeitung and tip Berlin.



Lynn Nandar Htoo, rEmPiT g0dDe$$, Gabriel Htoo, Sarah Hanan„Resonant Resilience“(World Premiere)

Nídia & Valentina
Participating artists
Lynn Nandar Htoo, rEmPiT g0dDe$$, Gabriel Htoo, Sarah Hanan , Nídia & Valentina (Mit)
Dates
January 2025
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