Umlilo: Surviving in South Africa’s Queer Scene (Seismographic Sounds)

For the South African artist Umlilo music is freedom and therapy at the same time. In his music he addresses issues of homophobia and bends the common images of gender. «Gender has always been something very natural to me to fuck with», he explains in the Norient podcast. A podcast from the Norient exhibition Seismographic Sounds, produced by Leila Dee Dougan.

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Norient is a platform for the sound of the world: for contemporary music, quality journalism, cutting-edge research, and events. Norient conceives music, sound, and noise as seismographs of our time. This podcast channel mixes music, sound and speech, and approaches the world through the ear. It runs the gamut of formats and content, from straight journalism to experimental and documentary approaches, ethnography and fiction, sound art and improvisation. Visit Norient.com and become a member. Norient’s aim is to empower thinkers and artists from across the globe to produce new stories of our fast-changing world.