CFCP On Air

CFCP On Air

New Voices of Ireland Series Session 8Tag Beckett and Roxana ManouchehriIn Conversation"WHY I MAKE" is a celebration of the power of art.

art can guide revolutions

art can be used as medication (…)

we are from different countries with different beliefs and cultures, but we can communicate through art

CFCP On Air : Special - Gboyega Akerele in Concert

A selection of songs performed live on Zoom by Gboyega Akerele as part of session 7 of the New Voices of Ireland Series.

CFCP On Air New Voices of IrelandGboyega AkereleIn ConversationIn this session, we talk to Papa Gee about music, Afrobeat, and Identity.

Gboyega Akerele was born in Nigeria. He launched originally as Colours Afrobeat Foundation – ‘Boye PapaGee (Gboyega Akerele) is a Belgian/Nigerian (Yoruba) born drummer/percussionist, saxophonist, singer/songwriter, musical director/producer, cultural envoy and custodian, overseer and keeper of authentic, genuine Afrobeat in Ireland

New Voices of Ireland SeriesSamantha Brown: Middle PassageIn ConversationIn this session of CFCP's On Air we talk to visual artist and photographer, Samantha Brown about her exploration of a shared heritage.

Middle Passage is in reference to the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade

Displacement with Irina Maldea and Nkosikhona Ngcobo

CFCP On Air: New Voices of Ireland Session 5 Irina Maldea and Nkosikhona NgcoboIn ConversationThe migrant journey is one that is complex and never quite completed. As shown in many films – both fiction and documentary – that journey is both physical and psychological. And while, at some point, the journey from home to the chosen destination reaches its end, the process of assimilation into a new culture is much slower and at times more trying. Questions of identity, roots, memory, dreams and freedom are oftentimes complicated and difficult to navigate.

In this podcast, we discuss the topics of migration, displacement, loops and identity.

Diviane Helena And Barbara O’Meara

Rituals, Ancestry, And Femininity

In Conversation

In this session of CFCP On Air we talk to artists Diviane Helena and Barbara O'Meara about their collaboration.

Both developed a collection of six videos, three videos each, inspired by their virtual meetings in which they immersed themselves in dialogue and studies about ancestry, femininity and traditional sacred rituals from Ireland and Brazil.

CFCP On Air SpecialThe poetry of Csilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino The music of Iordanis SidiropoulosA special podcast from CFCP On Air that features a selection of poetry and music from the early part of the New Voices Series : Against the Odds.

Featuring the poetry of Csilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino called ‘Neither here, nor there’- a reading in Italian, Hungarian and English that reflects on the topics of home and belonging.

“As the Leaves Fall” by Iordanis Sidiropoulos inspired a short animation by Iranian artist, Nasrin Golden as she imagined the Tree of LIfe that directed her imagination creating feelings of hope and happiness.

The second piece, Shahmaran is a new piece of music based on one of Nasrin Golden's paintings called Shahmaran an ancient Persian Goddess.

Nasrin Golden and Iordanis Sidiropoulos

Collaboration, activism in art and the role of the audienceIn Conversation

Examining the concept of the false image or persona, how perception can be coloured through the lens of a false sense of self, and how to transcend this in favour of more authentic lived experiences.

In this session we talk to Iranian artist, Nasrin Golden and Greek composer and musician, Iordanis Sidiropoulos about their collaboration, activism in art and the role of the audience.

The session includes two works of music by IordAnis, As the Leaves Fall and a brand new piece of music based on one of Nasrin´s paintings called Shahmaran.

‘Neither here, nor there’, the poetry of migrationCsilla Toldy and Viviana Fiorentino

The QandA

Taken from the QandA session at the end of the screening of ‘Neither here, nor there’, or the poetry of migration.

A dialogue between two poets interspersed with poetry reading in Italian, Hungarian and English on the themes of belonging, borders and how home can take different forms when viewed from a distance.