FUTURE IS NOW is a podcast series exploring intersections between art and social change, produced by Z Gallery’s Shahrzad Arshadi and Caroline Künzle. The title comes from a song by German punk rock singer Nina Hagen. She sings: “1968 is over, it’s over, … Future Is Now! It’s really gonna be a better world.” Her lyrics express our feeling that change for a better world is happening right now, through the work of many. In each episode, we will tell you these stories of change: stories of artists and art projects that inspire us. As you listen, we hope they will inspire you too.

Future is Now broadcasts on CKUT on the second Friday of every month at 2pm. You can also listen to all the episodes here

Every 2nd Friday of the month, 2 - 3pm (EDT)

November 9, 2023: Conversation with Razan Al-Salah

Welcome to Future Is Now.

In this episode you can listen to Shahrzad Arshadi’s interview with Razan Al-Salah, a Montreal based Palestinian multimedia artist, educator and poet. Razan’s work is concerned with investigating material aesthetics of dis/appearance of places and people in the context of colonial image worlds.

Razan talks about her life, love of community, art, image, home and most specifically about her family and Oum Ameen, Razan’s grandmother!

https://razanalsalah.com/

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