Major

Thu, Aug 7, 2008
7:30 PM

New Museum theater (directions)

Radio Action III

Music / Performance

Join free103point9, in collaboration with Radio Web MACBA (RWM) and Barbara Held, for a live performance celebrating Radio Action III, an online radio program produced for RWM and the next free103point9 Audio Dispatch CD Release. Radio Action III features twelve five-minute sound works conceptually tied to the idea of “radio” as an instrument or theme, composed by free103point9 transmission artists working in collaborative teams. RWM is a radio-phonic project on the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Web site that explores the possibilities of the Internet and radio as spaces of synthesis and exhibition. Performances from: Damian Catera, Melissa Dubbin, and Aaron S. Davidson, The Dust Dive and Latitude Longitude, Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell, Tianna Kennedy, LoVid with Howard Huang, Tom Roe, and others. Attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Radio Action III with admission.

About Radio Action III
Radio Action III features five-minute sound works conceptually tied to the idea of “radio” as an instrument or theme, composed by free103point9 transmission artists working in collaborative teams. 31 Down and Matt Bua comment on the consumer market’s hunger for all that is wireless. Damian Catera explores FM spectrum broadcast content as a symbol of social decline. Alexis Bhagat and Sophea Lerner utilize the transmission spectrum as a networked space for communication. Melissa Dubbin, Aaron S. Davidson, and neuroTransmitter stage reenactments or use archival recordings in homage to historical radio experiments and actions. The Dust Dive and Latitude Longitude infuse their musical practice with “celestial forces.” Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell, Tom Roe and Scanner, and LoVid and Michelle Rosenberg with Howard Huang employ the electromagnetic spectrum (signal and interference) as their sonic palette. Anna Friz and Tianna Kennedy consider conceptual and poetic radio space. Michelle Nagai, Kenta Nagai, radio_ruido, and ben owen explore transmission and reception as a means to map an interior space.