In this episode, we will be listening to the sound artwork „Speeches of the Unheard“ by the Thai artist Som Supaparinya. For this piece, she has translated the speeches and poems of Thai poets and political and human rights activists into the songs of birds native to Thailand; or into “the voices of birds and crows”, as a Thai idiom puts it. This phrase is used to devalue the words of others as meaningless or not worthy of attention – just like the voices of the many political activists in Thailand that are ignored and even silenced by the authorities.

For the actual words of the speeches and poems used and more information on Som Supaparinya’s Work “Speeches of the Unheard” click here: https://bit.ly/3lB50et