Through this discussion, between Mădălina Ciocanu alias DJ BORȘ (Republica of Moldova) and Anamaria Pravicencu (Romania) both the geopolitical tensions affecting the region and the connections that bring its artists together are revealed. Moderated by Vlad Hodrea (Romania).
September 26
10:00 - 11:00
French Institute
Voices of the Black Sea
Also available online, Panel discussion | Language: English, Open to students and professionnals
Two artists from different countries engage in a dialogue on sound and radio creation. Their conversation resonates with their personal histories, those of their countries, and those of other Black Sea nations.
Mădălina Ciocanu, un/commonly known as BORȘ (/bôrSH/), is a Moldovan sound artist, DJ, and researcher. Her practice explores Bessarabian relational animism, oral memory, and decolonial ontologies through folklore. She’s released both dance tracks (I’m Going to Chișinău) and sonic testimonies like ‘vers pervers’ (on the 1946 famine) and ‘Leagăn’ (with folklorist Natalia Țurcan). She leads the collective listening workshops Ciulește Urechile and co-hosts AICI Chișinău, a micro daytime dance party. Sometimes these explorations become conceptual installations (Simultan Festival, Au Gust Fest), other times — collective workshops (Porocity, Timișoara).
Anamaria Pravicencu is a sound artist based in Bucharest and founder of the platform SEMI SILENT (2016), dedicated to podcasting, sound art, radio art, and field recording. She also developed the SONIC FUTURE RESIDENCIES program (2018, 5 editions) to support mobility in contemporary sound art. In 2022–2024, she co-curated Sonic Narratives (Simultan) in Timișoara as part of the European Capital of Culture.
Vlad Hodrea is a cultural communicator and sound artist; at times, a journalist and DJ. Music, in its many forms, is their safe zone, claiming that even what feels distant or unsettling one day can return later with unexpected intimacy. They run communications for Rezidența9, a contemporary culture space in Bucharest, and for Fundația9, a meeting point between culture, journalism, and education, while collaborating with independent journalism platforms Scena9 & Școala9.