Podcasting Party by Villa Albertine
With the support of Albertine Foundation and our Sounds of New York partners, Villa Albertine will host a special Podcasting Party featuring a variety of discussions and activities exploring questions of identity and representation within the French and American podcast communities.
From an in-depth look at the podcast projects of French participants of the Sounds of New York masterclass program to live experimental music and voguing, the event offers something for everyone.
A series of panel discussions moderated by the Editorial Director of Villa Albertine Raphaël Bourgois will feature Villa Albertine resident Jamal Ouazzani; podcast hosts The Zakar Twins; writer, reporter, and co-producer of The Retrievals Susan Burton; poet and teacher Rashad Wright; vogue dancer Ousmane Wiles and musician Raimundo Atal.
A podcast bar will be available in our bookstore to introduce guests to a variety of English-language podcasts from France and the US.
Register here to attend.
A recording of the event will be available on Villa Albertine’s Youtube channel.
Discover the full lineup of events below!
Schedule:
Opening Remarks | 6:20pm ET
Mohamed Bouabdallah, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy
Musical interludes by Raimundo Atal, musician, environmental economist, and Chilean activist of Syrian and Palestinian descent.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Atal plays drums, the guitar, synthesizers and more with multiple groups as well as a solo artist. His two most recent projects are Y No, with Peruvian artists Vered Vengelhard, and A.B.E.L.A. a collective of electronic Latin American drummers in NYC.
Session 1: Voicing Feminism | 6:50pm ET
Susan Burton, Host, Writer, Reporter, and Co-Producer of The Retrievals
Session 2: Affirming Identity Through Poetry | 7:10pm ET
Rashad Wright, Poet
Session 3: Queer Voices Matter | 7:25pm ET
Jamal Ouazzani, French Podcaster and Villa Albertine Resident
The Zakar Twins, Influencers, Models, Actors, and Best-Selling Authors
This discussion will be followed by a performance by Ousmane Wiles : Ousmane Wiles is an African American West African and vogue dancer. Wiles is best known as, legendary Omari NiNa Oricci, co-founder of The House of Nina Oricci [est. October 2019] and creative director of LES BALLET AFRIK dance company. His choreography has been featured with Madonna, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, John Legend, Jidenna, Goldlink, Rashaad Newsome, and many more.
A cocktail reception will conclude the event.
Villa Albertine’s Sounds of New York program is made possible thanks to the support of Albertine Foundation, Spotify, Radio France, RFI, the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, Institut français, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), Paradiso Media, and Ausha.