THE TALE AND THE TONGUE. Growing Horizontally

Growing horizontally, the seventh episode of the series The Tale and The Tongue, follows a conversation with graphic designer Katharina Hetzeneder. In Barcelona, she began to question the contribution of graphic design to social and political change. Katharina highlights the difference between working collectively and working with collectives; Katharina talkes about the notion of home and the influence of the rural—a reality she knows first-hand—and her relationship with and in urban environments. The conversation with Katharina Hetzeneder took place on 30 December 2021. For many people the year ends by returning to the past, just before they start to flirt with expectations and promises from the recent future. This podcast episode is both, a spell for ending and beginning another year. It is sustained by a desire for conversation, between people but also within collective events larger than individualities.

Om Podcasten

Promise No Promises is a podcasts series produced by the Center for Gender and Equality, a research project of the Institute Art Gender Nature FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, conceived as a think tank tasked to assess, develop, and propose new social languages and methods to understand the role of gender in the arts, culture, science, and technology, as well as in all knowledge areas that are interconnected with the field of culture today. The podcast series originates from a series of symposia initiated in October 2018 in Basel and moderated by Chus Martínez and Quinn Latimer. Part of the Gender’s Center for Excellency, the symposia and the podcasts are the public side of this research project aimed to develop different teaching tools, materials and ideas to challenge the curricula, while creating a sphere where to meet, discuss, and foster a new imagination of what is still possible in our fields.