We are delighted to announce “SHAWR” Space21 Radio Art Festival 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. “SHAWR” will take place from the 14th to the 17th of December 2020 in the city of Slemani, Kurdistan. SHAWR is a Kurdish word that describes a sound made by a wind instrument or a traffic police whistle. SHAWR is used to raise awareness, provoke, or draw attention. Therefore, this year we decided to make SHAWR the theme for SPACE21’s first radio art festival. SHAWR aims to draw attention to the critical aspects of listening and sound through various media. SHAWR is a platform that reflects on the everyday life of Kurdish society and culture through listening. Sounds can foster awareness of our surroundings through listening, thinking, and reflecting, because we live in a time when it is vital not only to understand but also to listen deeply to the things around us and shape our lives. In this 2020 edition, during the pandemic, Space21 explores the sounds of SHAWR through a radio art festival featuring public radio live-streaming on the streets of Slemani, online streaming of music improvisations, experimental and noise music, talks, and more. We open our ears and bodies to listening. We will broadcast our festival via online streaming worldwide and via small FM transmitters in public spaces in Slemani. The programme is also broadcast on Cashmere Radio (Berlin), Radio Corax (Halle), Sphere Radio (Leipzig), and TeslaFM (Barcelona). Four groups will create four independent shows on different topics. Each day we broadcast two programmes: Talk and Performance. Locations: Public Spaces in Slemani, local FM, and online. Curated by Hardi Kurda, co-curators: Klaas Hübner and Abel Korinsky. Programme coordinators: Tina Klatte, Khanda Sarchl, Khabat Abas, Niga Salam