In the coming episodes, you’ll hear highlights from the Oorzaken Festival 2025. On December 12 and 13, audio lovers came together for the best masterclasses, panels, installations, performances, and audio works of the moment.
In this episode Talia Augustidis. Short-form audio is key to Talia’s storytelling; time constraints as a powerful role in creative audio work. They can function as a creative prompt, a blueprint for a larger piece, a moment in time, or an invitation to experiment with new techniques. Talia Augustidis will conduct a masterclass celebrating and dissecting short pieces of audio, understanding the beauty of the medium as well as its challenges.
Audiopieces from the masterclass:
What’s in an Um? - Talia Augustidis - Short Cuts
All You Need is a Separation Barrier - Niall Farrell - Short Docs
Summer Rain - Nanna Hauge Kristensen
Checking One’s Levels - Talia Augustidis - Short Cuts
Scared - John Biewen - Short Docs
A Walk Through My Cũcũ's Farm - Nyokabi Kariuki
WHITE NOISE - Axel Kacoutie - Short Cuts (Axel also made an updated version,
WHITE NOISE 2.0)
The View - Chris Attaway
Hey I’m in a bit of a Hurry - Rasmus Malm (transcript)
PHMX - Jazmin T. Green - Short Cuts
Transcenmentalism - Jessie Borrelle and Jon Tjhia
I’m So Sorry - Eleanor McDowell
ROW-cub - Neena Pattack
Two Little Girls Explain The Worst Haircut Ever - Jeff Cohen
Mind Body and Soul - Gregory Whitehead
Yoghurt Suite - Sofia Saldhana
Going West - Rúnar Snær Þórðarson
Communicating with Horses - Jay Allison
The Brown Students Fear - Salman Ahad Khan
Your Mum Does the Washing - Joshua Idehen
Want to hear more? Follow the OORZAKEN Podcast and discover even more audio highlights every week. Next Oorzaken Festival will take place on Dec. 11 & 12 2026 in Amsterdam.
Mixage: Tijmen Bergman
Tune: Wisse Beets
Oorzaken was made possible by AFK, Nederlands Letterenfonds, Fonds 21, Fonds BJP, De Brakke Grond, BUMA Music in Motion, de Buren, VPRO, ntr:, Explore the North, Podimo/Dag en Nacht, Domein voor Kunstkritiek, Impact Lab.
