demo station: DJ Sets by Cashmere Radio

Left: Portrait of Eleni Poulou. Right: Portrait of Sid Talukdar.

Eleni Poulou, photo: Eleni Poulou / Sid Talukdar, photo: Hannah Fisher

As part of the opening week of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s exhibition DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG, Eleni Poulou and Sid Talukdar perform on Tiravanija’s demo station in the Gropius Bau’s atrium.

At the Gropius Bau, Eleni Poulou and Sid Talukdar of Cashmere Radio perform on a demo station by Rirkrit Tiravanija. The stage-like sculpture invites people to “demonstrate” something. Tiravanija plays with the different meanings of the term “demonstration” as both a political protest and a presentation of someone’s talent or hobby. For the duration of the exhibition, the demo station provides a space for daily public performances

Cashmere Radio is a not-for-profit community experimental radio station based in Wedding, Berlin. The ambition of the station is to preserve and further radio and broadcasting practices by playing with the possibilities of the medium. As both a physical station open to the public and an online radio, Cashmere Radio celebrates the performative, social and informative power of radio.

Eleni Poulou hosts regular radio shows such as Elope on Cashmere Radio and Kastra on Stegi Radio. She also DJs, writes poetry, creates sound collages, composes music and makes zines with like-minded artists. Poulou’s most recent solo album Karta merges Greek Pontic music with other sounds and beats.

Sid Talukdar is a sound artist and DJ from Treaty 4, Turtle Island, Canada. He plays mostly 1980s non-western Wave and Disco from his record collection. Talukdar currently has a residency with Cashmere Radio in Berlin and is a regular guest on NTS and Mutant Radio