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One hundred years ago, on February 2nd 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. 

Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

100 Years of Ulysses

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Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century and Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people, both rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado, this music that expresses the unique Portuguese melancholic yearning that is Saudade.

Portugal’s most famous singer became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado.

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

An exploration of the world of movement and contemporary dance, presented by dancer and choreographer Sylvia Camarda. In South Africa, dance occupies a special place: this form of expression has also been a form of protest, and was made world famous by Beyoncé.

Trauma and Transformation

 In South Africa, dance occupies a special place: this form of expression has also been a form of protest, and was made world famous by Beyoncé

Move! South Africa

Born in Rome, she found success in Paris as a fashion designer to rival Coco Chanel. For designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), fashion had to be artistic.

Fashion as Art

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Tracks dives into the world of augmented reality, avatars and hologram performances. With ABBA and others pioneering avatar performance, is nostalgia pushing technology forward? Also in the programme: Synth pop French musician Oklou and German DJ, Boys Noize.

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Tracks dives into the world of augmented reality, avatars and hologram performances. With ABBA and others pioneering avatar performance, is nostalgia pushing technology forward? 

Holo Life - Avatars and Holograms

With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene. Featuring writer Sofi Oksanen, artists Flo Kasearu and Timo Toots, the Estonian Voices ensemble and rapper Tommy Cash

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With Estonia celebrating 30 years of independence this year, TWIST goes to Tallinn to discover the city’s cultural scene.

Estonia: Young, Digital, Provocative

Federico Fellini is renowned for his extravagant productions. On the sets, there was often a mixture of creativity and chaos. But why did the filmmaker make his actors recite numbers and pasta recipes rather than scripts?

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Federico Fellini's creative process was chaotic but legendary

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Can identities be forced, discarded, changed or revived? In the USSR, national identities were a political instrument. Millions of people were resettled, deported, and Russified. Today, the multi-ethnic social fabric of post-soviet nations harbours explosive tensions and the Ukraine war is opening up old wounds. What does identity mean for the next generation?

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The multi-ethnic social fabric of post-soviet nations harbours explosive tensions and the Ukraine war is opening up old wounds. What does identity mean for the next generation?

Tracks East

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling where borrowing, sampling and interpolation are the order of the day. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling. 

Pop Music: The Great Recycling Business

Film director Jean Boullet was obsessed with Dracula. The vampire gained ground in popular culture in the Paris underground scene of the 50s, and Boullet was determined to create a film that captured the true creepy essence of Dracula. He decided to use shadow puppets, but the work would never see the light of day.

Film director Jean Boullet was obsessed with Dracula, even getting surgery to look like him

The Man Who Wanted to Be Dracula

Eight up and coming female rap artists from around the world tell their story and share their music.

Women in Rap

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What's the recipe for making a song a global hit? Musicologists, brain scientists and professionals in the music industry are actively researching the 'magic formula' for the mega hit.

What's the recipe for making a song a global hit?

Does the Perfect Song Exist?

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style. This baroque opera, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau, is an ode to colonial exoticism, and its reworking is the brainchild of Bintou Dembélé, the first black woman to choreograph a ballet at the Paris Opera.

In 2019, Les Indes galantes was performed at the Opera de la Bastille in Paris, hip hop style

Operatic Hip Hop: Dance Decolonised

How can an artist unblock writer's block and free themselves of the fear of the blank page? Producer and musician Brian Eno has found the solution: a card game. Called Oblique Strategie", it gave artists inspiration when they had none. David Bowie composed his unforgettable Heroes thanks to this very strange game.

David Bowie composed his unforgettable Heroes thanks to this very strange game

The Game That Saved David Bowie

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Who are we? And how do we want to live? Streetphilosophy looks for answers to life's big question on the streets of Berlin.

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Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology and advances in science? A focus on artists who are pushing boundaries and revealing the future.

Art, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence

Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology?

Visions of the Future

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

Be a Man! - But How?

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Streetphilosophy's Jan goes in search of answers on the streets of Berlin where he meets barbecue grillers, American football players and queer foresters.

What if our lives were governed by the supernatural? Why do so many people feel the urge to connect with gods, angels and energies? The occult doesn't have a great reputation, but how bad is it really? In this episode, Jan searches for answers to his metaphysical doubts.

What if our lives were governed by the supernatural?

The Occult: is the Supernatural a Natural Part of Life?

Working to live or living to work. In a capitalist society characterised by ever-increasing mechanisation, what meaning can we give to our daily grind? Ronja von Rönne finds out by meeting lawyers, circus performers and old-time taxi drivers.

Working to live or living to work. In a capitalist society characterised by ever-increasing mechanisation, what meaning can we give to our daily grind?

Living for Work

"The aim of education is to form beings adapted to a system," said philosopher Johannes Winter. But Rousseau convinced us that children must be free to develop as they wish. Can we educate entire societies? Ronja discusses the idea with a lifeguard from Berlin, Extinction Rebellion activists and a couple of artists.

Can we educate entire societies? Ronja discusses the idea with a lifeguard from Berlin, Extinction Rebellion activists and a couple of artists

The Importance of Being Educated

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? Exploring this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Embrace Your Sexuality!

Ronja tries to find out what humour really is by attempting to be a stand-up comedian. Along the way she gets advice from Polish comedian Kat Nip, satirical political party Die Partei, and talks to philosopher Marco Weimer about the subversive nature of humour.

Ronja tries to find out what humour really is by attempting to be a stand-up comedian.

Find the Funny Side!

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Amália Rodrigues was Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century.

La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles. If you missed the boat: at the turn of the 1950s, Truffaut, Chabrol, Godard, Rivette, Rohmer and others revolutionised French cinema. 

La Nouvelle Vague

La Nouvelle Vague is the cinephile movement for cinephiles

Designer, singer, poet, stylist, Vava Dudu does pretty much everything. But having worked with Jean-Paul Gaultier and designed garments for Lady Gaga, why isn’t she more famous?

Vava Dudu: Fashion’s Best Kept Secret

Before the computer age, Letraset typefaces allowed anyone to make professional-looking graphics on the cheap. It soon became central to punk and the DIY fanzine scene.

Letraset: The Punk Designer's Best Friend

Have you ever wondered why pop songs sometimes sound a little too familiar? Welcome to the world of pop-recycling. Featuring interviews with Placebo, Ed Sheeran, Charlie XCX and Lauv.

Tracks: Songwriting Special

“All your base are belong to us” was a baffling translation error in an early nineties video game which quickly became a long-running internet meme. But why share a meaningless sentence?

A Good Meme Never Dies

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak. At Leopoldplatz, she meets one of the most hopeful people in Berlin: DJ Bombay sells curries from his food truck and is always in a good mood. "I've been through so many crises in my life that nothing can knock me out," he says. Then there's  boxer Mazen, who loses every fight and still goes on. Nun Sister Mechthildis meanwhile is full of hope and happiness, living away from the hustle and bustle of life in her convent.

Don't Lose Hope!

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak.

In this tenth and final part of Tracks East, Central and Eastern Europeans - journalists, artists, a male model and a former sex worker - hold up a mirror to Western Europeans.

The West Seen from the East

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Since 1945 the democracies of Europe have lived in peace. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine has shattered our ideas of peace. Can we still dream of paradise and a future free of violence? Twist explores these ideas in Berlin and at the Venice Biennale.

Paradise Lost?

Can we still dream of paradise and a future free of violence? Twist explores these ideas in Berlin and at the Venice Biennale.

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When we think of superheroes, American creations like Batman, Spiderman or the omnipresent Superman come to mind. But not so long ago there was a rich culture of French comic-book superheroes. But where have they gone?

Who Killed the French Superhero?

When we think of superheroes, American creations like Batman, Spiderman or the omnipresent Superman come to mind. Not so long ago there was a rich culture of French comic-book superheroes. But where have they gone?

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

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More than 10 million people in the world are behind bars with half of the world's prison population in Russian, Chinese or American jails. In the United States, where the prison population has risen sharply in recent decades. Artists are sounding the alarm: Jay Z, Denzel Curry and Meek Mill are calling for judicial reform.

More than 10 million people in the world are behind bars with half of the world's prison population in Russian, Chinese or American jails. 

Tracks: Planet Prison

Jan explores all the different ways of being alone. He searches for gold in a field with Wolfgang Herkt and his metal detector. After long hours of solo searching, Wolfgang says: "Being alone helps with difficult decisions because there are no distractions." The author Kathrin Weßling is the opposite: she communicates 24/7, writes books and constantly posts to social media. But loneliness lingers... not least of all for refugees. Evgeniy Zamyatin, who works as a lawyer for Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, fled to Berlin, far from friends and family.

Face Loneliness!

Jan explores all the different ways of being alone.

Since its invention in the 19th century, the bicycle has allowed Western women to move around independently. Today, it is the turn of women in Arab countries to discover its power. Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist.

The Freedom to Cycle

Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist

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An exploration of the world of movement and contemporary dance, presented by dancer and choreographer Sylvia Camarda. Divided between the weight of religion and a growing desire for emancipation, Tunisia's dance scene is particularly politicised. 

Gender Diversity and Democracy

Divided between the weight of religion and a growing desire for emancipation, Tunisia's dance scene is particularly politicised. 

Move! Tunisia

China has nearly 400 billionaires. Many of them love to collect expensive works of art, especially priceless objects from imperial-era China. But not necessarily out of a love for art, but because of what these works signify for the history and dignity of China.

The Beijing Millionaires Obsessed with Chinese Art

Many Chinese billionaires collect museums worth of priceless objects, and their thirst is unquenchable

Super Collectors

What do we remember? And how do we live with our memories? With a major exhibition at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris about Marcel Proust, Twist investigates remembrance culture.

Remembrance Culture

In France, the bungalow evokes holidays in the sun. In the UK, they are humble everyday dwellings for grandparents. But in Germany or the United States, they take on a very different form: they are a bourgeois luxury, a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature. Inspired by the "bangalo", a traditional one-storey Bengal house open to the outside, this style was also a staple of colonial architecture. 

In the US and Germany, bungalows are a bourgeois luxury: a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature

The Beauty of Bungalows

In 1991, the Soviet empire collapsed, giving rise to the Russian Federation and fifteen other independent states. Today, Vladimir Putin does not respect the sovereignty of these independent nations, particularly Ukraine. How is a nation defined? Are borders the only constituent element? A focus on the renewed patriotism in the post-Soviet world.

The New Patriotism

More than 30 years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. What remains today of what was the largest federation of states in the world? As the Ukraine war shows, the ghosts of the USSR still linger. Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

Soviet Heritage

Nowhere is safe for critics of the Kremlin: they could be denounced to the authorities by their own families and neighbours.

Community, solidarity and a better world through art: these were the watchwords of documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany. But shortly after the opening of the 2022 edition, this modern and contemporary art festival caused a scandal. The festival had given pride of place to a huge racist canvas by Taring Padi, an Indonesian collective.

Documenta 15: Art and Activism

How the Kassel documenta was eclipsed by an anti-Semitism scandal.

Up until the Ukraine war, Viktor Orban had a close relationship with Vladimir Putin: both wanted to put their countries first and they rejected Western values. Orban shapes Hungary's cultural policies based this vision of nationalism and his "illiberal democracy". The Liget Budapest, an ambitious and controversial project, is a prime example: this expensive expression of soft power is also an exercise in nation-building.

The Fist and the Paint Brush

How Hungary's authoritarian government is using art as a vehicle for consolidating prestige and power...

Loss challenges us as human beings. Losing loved-ones, losing our independence or even the thought of losing our lives can be very difficult. How can we live fully and learn from the pain of loss without it taking over our lives? Ronja Von Rönne finds answers by talking to an author, a boxer, a visually impaired gallerist and a 70 year-old techno DJ.

Learning to Lose

At the cusp of adulthood, an entire generation is now facing an unprecedented crisis. Between escape and resistance, Gen East shares its vision of tomorrow with us.

New Generation

Between escape and resistance, Gen East shares its vision of tomorrow with us.

Tracks East highlights the multiplicity of creative and surprising expressions of solidarity with Ukraine by artists in Ukraine and elsewhere.

Solidarity

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Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town. The situation is so alarming that the band Coldplay announced that they would no longer go on tour until there was a sustainable way of performing, and in the mean time, are experimenting with holograms. But is that also feasible for indie musicians? How can music go green?

Large festivals consume huge amounts of power and produce the same amount of rubbish as a small town

Pop Music and Climate Change

In the human mind monsters have always existed, finding representation in myths and sagas all over the world.  But what is our peculiar fascination with terrifying beasts in video gaming?

Monsters

Monsters haunt the human mind. What is our peculiar fascination with them in video gaming?

Art of Gaming

The solitary genius in art has long been venerated. But no longer. Make way for the artist collectives that are reimagining the art world and the role of the artist.  

Artist Collectives - The Ego Trip is Finished!

Why are racing games so popular? Sports science researcher, Nicolas Besombes, is Trinity’s guest in this episode all about speed. Featured titles are “Sonic Mania” and two racing classics: “Gran Turismo” and “Wipeout”.

Go Fast

Sports science researcher Nicolas Besombes is Trinity’s guest in this episode all about our need for speed.

Urban art between palm and olive trees, 40 kilometers from Marrakech: welcome to the Jardin Rouge,a street art residency created by the Montresso Foundation. It's an art gallery, an ideas lab and a workspace. Artists such as Rusakov, Sy, Poe, CEET and TOAST have all worked here.

Street Atelier

Urban art between palm and olive trees, 40 kilometers from Marrakech: welcome to the Jardin Rouge

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One of France’s best graffiti artists welcomes us into his studio. Fascinated by calligraphy L'Atlas mixes the contemporary and the classical in his work.rk.

One of France’s best graffiti artists welcomes us into his studio.

Street Atelier : L'Atlas

Since the year 2000 Rocco und seine Brüder (Rocco and his brothers) have been an integral part of the Berlin graffiti scene having made a name for themselves through their politically engaged and satirical works.

Politically engaged graffiti artists Rocco und seine Brüder having been creating since the year 2000.

STREET ATELIER - Rocco and his Brothers

The Austrian capital is synonymous with living well and a certain quality of life. But it is also an atelier for graffiti artists: One of the most prolific is ALLE who takes us off the tourist trail to a Vienna of train depots, underpasses and marginal spaces.

A visit off the tourist trail to a Vienna of train depots, underpasses and marginal spaces.

5 Minutes in: Vienna

Hamburg based graffiti and tattoo artist Paco Sanchez started out on the graffiti scene in 1994 when he was just 17. He still holds true to the classic 90’s style.

Hamburg based artist Paco Sanchez started out on the graffiti scene in 1994 when he was just 17. 

5Minutes with Paco Sanchez

Four years have passed since our last visit to the Dutch artist’s studio. DOES is celebrated for the colour and dynamism of his works, but how has he evolved as an artist?

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DOES is celebrated for the colour and dynamism of his works, but how has he evolved as an artist?