With edited sounds of the common italian radio is Jackie Bruce commenting Marinettis 20 theses from the Futuristic Manifest “La Radia”, which was published in Oct of 1933 in Turin. The Manifest created a specific art-form for the media Radio, pathetic and utopistic – similiar to lots of Popsongs.
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Show 123: With Alexis Bhagat, Michelle Nagai, Ben Owen and Radio Ruido
A multi-lingual show from several free103point9 transmission artists, including shortwave radio at the beginning of the Iraq war, soundwalking in Canada, and English as a second language students in Manhattan.
Three multi-lingual tracks from free103point9 transmission artists with Alexis Bhagat’s survey of shortwave radio recorded in Dehli, India at the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle Nagai’s “Soundwalking at Night through Milkweed Au Grand Bois, Summer 2002,” and Ben Owen and Radio Ruido talking with English as a second language high school students at The Kitchen in New York.
Show 122: It all disappeared… by Milos Vojtechovsky and Stanislav Abraham
A commemoration of the glory of the microphone and sounding wires: radio essay.
sound and concept: Radio lemurie, july 2007, mixing and recording: Milos Vojtechovsky, Stanislav Abraham.
December 1989. In Bucharest President Nicolae Ceausescu was holding on the balcony his last famous speech. All of sudden something unexpected happened down on the square: a sign of turmoil, protest. Ceausescu is confused and starts calling repeatedly: halo!, halo!, halo! tapping with his finger on the microphone to get back the contact with the usually obedient crowd, bewitched and captivated by the magic of the amplified voice of the dictator. Several days later, on 25 of December the national tribunal condemned Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu. They have been shot to death. Their execution as well as the trial was videotaped.
Elena screams to the solders, who led them to the execution place: “Child do not do this to me! Don’t you listen? Stop touching me. Haven’t you heard? What are you doing?” Nicolae tells Elena “Relax. Leave it be.” “Let me go!” screams Elena. Let my hands go!” Nicolae shouts “How do you have the right to do this?” (Dec. 25, 1989).
Electricity and amplified sound of the human voice transformed deeply the social, psychological and political context of the human discourse. Certain traces of totalitarianism are imbedded in almost every bit of broadcasted and transformed voice. The collage combines different samples of voices, speaking via telephone, found on the internet with ambient sounds, recorded in Prague, Wroclaw, Muenster and Kassel.
Show 121: by Tilos Radio
The next Radia show by Tilos is a complete mix of the synthetic and the organic the first part is a live performance by Hungarian artist Mike Rosoft at the UltraSound Festival (Budapest, 2007 Spring). Attila Kenyeres is using his Apple computer to make soundscapes, and his first album at the Hungarian netlabel Syrup is called An Hour.
To make a full proof of what the Machintosh is good for in case of no matter how wet or dry weather, the second part is a fluid sample from the Thematic Day on the Danube at Tilos. It features Hungarian poet Attila József’s poem At the Danube first in Romanian, then in a 4-voice chorus in Hungarian with the sounds of a walk at the Danube in the background. (Although we don’t speak any Romanian here either – you’ll hear how easier it is to understand if you know French, Italian or other Latin-related languages than our Finno-Ugrian original – and that is not only because the Hungarian voice is quadruple.) The Romanian version is poetry and language for its own sake accompanied by music exclusively following the mood of the recital.
Show 120: cancelled
Show 119: The Tape-beatles on Radia
Music collage from Prague-based duo produced for Radia on behalf of Resonance FM. Selection of works combine voice, loops, and layered sounds.
The Tape-beatles formed in Iowa City, USA in 1987 and have been based in Prague since 2000, when Lloyd Dunn joined John Heck there. Some works in the program were created during the production of the CD and film Good Times, but were not included. ‘Stolen Bicycle’ was created for a uncompleted compilation of works based on DJ Spooky samples. The later portion includes the most recent work, completed June 2007. Go to http://pwp.detritus.net for information on Tape-beatles, discography, and live performed cinema.
Show 118: Svirachinja
“Svirachinja” – new group of young artists that started hosting program on kanal 103… artistic group consisted of sculptors, painters, writers..
svirachinja is new group of young artists that started hosting program on kanal 103 couple months ago. artistic group consisted of sculptors, painters, writers.. but they r also making music as a band under the name svirachinja.. making various art performances, movies/video art.. and at the end making art programs on radio.. this is one of their sound experiments/programs broadcasted live. pure example of their way of work. chaotic mix of sound, music, live performance with various strange instruments in the studio, inteviews where questions are on different lenguage than the answer, reading poetry, realtime edditing, manipulating pre recorded material, playing chess in the studio… art on radio or radio art?
Show 117: Two turntables to make one landscape by Pedro Lopes
From all the possible outcomes this is just one of them. Two turntables to make one landscape.
The turntables has a companion history with radio. For a long time, before the advent of clean and sanitized studios and the contact with the physical record was abstracted to bits and bites, the needle jumped on the groove and squided through the spiral of sound. Pedro Lopes paired two of these old tools of work and made them talk to each other. From all the possible outcomes this is just one of them. Two turntables to make one landscape.
Show 116: Bxl: on air by Vincent Matyn
The electronic piece is made in the french acousmatic tradition from archives of the french radio. While the radio broadcasted to the french colonies in East and in the Maghreb, Pierre Schaeffer has founded “Groupe de recherche musicale” in 1949 after he met John Cage. It was originally produced for theatrical issue in 2002 around testimonies of Harkis fighters and ex-french soldiers.
The project was aborted but in the meanwhile there were produced. Four years later, this piece can be heard for themselves.
Show 115: BriefVision by Lale Rodgarkia-Dara
BriefVision is the acoustic output of Lale Rodgarkia-Dara ‘s residency in St.Petersburg, Russia, at the art centre Pushkinskaya 10.
“During my stay I construct one shortfilm every two to three weeks. They are small letters from St.Petersburg and Vienna; a construction and product of rewriting St.Petersburg and the life in Vienna, I miss during the six months residency.”
BriefVision (Brief=letter in German) and PismoVidenie in the German and Russian meaning are the antithesis to TeleVision. Though, a letter itself can be read and is mostly read several times. A letter refers to a different reception of repetition, slowness, and even solitude.
The acoustic track of these small prose-shortfilms is representing the Viennese life. This audiopart is presented in a soundinstallation at the artcentre Pushkinskaya 10 at St.Petersburg.
Whereas the video track, representing the rewritten city of St.Petersburg, is shown at a video-installation in Vienna at the Museumsquartier (0-port).
The full lenght films of BriefVision can only be seen on the virtual bridge between these two European cities, the internet (click on the TV-set on www.speis.net and choose a channel).