Pungwe Listening Rotations

The Pungwe Listening Rotations consist of open sessions that draw from the call-and-response tactics of the pungwe: a term used in Zimbabwe to describe all-night social gatherings. Founded in 2017, Listening at Pungwe began as a jam session of ideas centred on sonic memories and the archives of southern African histories. These Rotterdam sessions extend that lineage, offering listening as a way of accessing alternative archives: living, communal, and spiritual, beyond material taxonomy.
Through experimental playback and shared acts of listening, each gathering brings together guest selectors, collectors, artist-musicians, and audiences to create new modes of exchange and collective reflection.