University of the Western Cape Archives - The Centre for Humanities Research

November 25, 2025

Exhibition Announcement: Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson

‘Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson’, launched on 14 November 2025 at the Akademie der Künste (ADK). It is a project by the Akademie der Künste in collaboration with the CHR, and the Haus für Poesie, Berlin.

June 17, 2024

Sound Art Exhibition (27 April – 19 May): Oscillations – Cape Town to Berlin – Sonic Inquiries and Practices

Critical listening is the first step toward an ethics and aesthetics of care and freedom. Discarding listening habits and accepting new sound qualities afford access to other layers of history and experience.

April 16, 2024

Sound Art exhibition: Oscillations, Cape Town – Berlin.

Oscillations, Cape Town – Berlin, will open on Fri 26 April at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

September 7, 2023

Oscillations Workshop: Sonic Inquiries and Practices

11-14 September 2023

September 6, 2023

Oscillations: Sonic Inquiries and Practices

Keynote Address: Gascia Ouzounian

March 9, 2023

OSCILLATIONS: Sonic Inquiries and Practices

Attuned to trans-hemispheric engagements in sound and knowledge production, the Akademie der Künste, the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, and Deutschlandfunk Kultur are pleased to announce the start of a joint project, OSCILLATIONS: Sonic Inquiries and Practices, and an open call for artist residency applications from sound artists, scholars and cultural practitioners based in southern Africa.