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Ear Expansion PodcastAuthor: LaMont Hamilton
Ear Expansion Podcast is a multi-part series of recorded, long form conversations between host LaMont Hamilton and various artists of color working in all aspects of sound. This podcast aims to highlight artists who are invested in the idea of making art that extends the listening experience. Traditionally this has been described as sound art or experimental work. Ear Expansion Podcast; however, hopes to advocate for a new descriptive language- aural art. Aural Art is a move away from less defined terms such as ambient or experimental in order to specify art made for the hearing body- both the act of listening and its somatic extension. Language: en Genres: Arts, Music, Music Commentary, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ear Expansion with Masimba Hwati
Episode 73
Wednesday, 4 November, 2026
In this episode of Ear Expansion, host LaMont Hamilton speaks with Zimbabwean artist and author Masimba Hwati about his early assemblage practice in Harare—building hybrid figures from discarded factory materials—and how that resourcefulness informs his sculptures and use of found audio and field recordings. Masimba discusses Chidzimbahwe Philosophies of Sound, arguing Sound is a relational knowledge system produced by encounter, extending beyond hearing into multisensory vibration, politics, and relations with humans, non-humans, and unseen entities, including an ethic of humility and improvisation. He explains “terra ancestral ontology” that centers earth as sacred and ancestral as well as atmosphere as an inhabited space. They address "pfukwa"/ancestral loops, Sankofa (((ring))), Zimbabwe’s post-independence fractures, and the black market as recurring revenant. Masimba describes durational sonic pressure as a kind of quantum sufficiency, and the subsequent release in performance. He also shares personal memories resonating with a myriad of sounds.
