minusSPAMminus

Audio collage (2021) by Jasmina Al-Qaisi and Ralf Wendt with Afrika Diva Collectif.

minusSPAMminus (SPAM 6) is a work made for radio and of spam facts, + and - regarding spam, personal stories triggered by spam in a material, non-material, historical and emotional manner, all assembled by Jasmina Al-Qaisi and Ralf Wendt with their invited friends and collaborators who decided to respond to the email they sent with the word SPAM in the subject.

This radio work arises from an invitation from Afrika Diva Collectif in Kinshasa and uses a non-linear approach to documentary, creating a circular audio collage with voices and audio accounts of daily life disturbances. We asked everyone and ourselves: how can life minus spam be? What would a life without spam look like?

Participants: Orakle Ngoy, Sara Ndele and Gina Ndaya (Afrika Diva Collectif); Claire Serres, Abir Tawakalna, Pati Sayuri, Beya Othmani, Ali, Nico and Lav (CUTRA pop feminist magazine); Henrik Nieratschker, Gustavo Mendez and Maria Karpushina (Research and Waves); Parveda Chandra Kiran, Özge Açıkkol and Seçil Yersel (odaprojesi group); Heidi Salaverria, Alexandru Udrea-Raj, Tina Klatte, Simona Constantin, Cristina Bogdan, Mriganka Madhukaillya, Sebastian Gerstengarbe, Alexander Klose, and Schnelle Musikalische Hilfe. Translations by Clara Brandt and Elsa Westreicher.