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Wave Farm Radio Art Fellow: Lia Kohl

Sep 01, 2023 - Nov 30, 2023
Lia Kohl

Lia Kohl. Photographed by Ash Dye.

The Radio as Collaborator Workshop Image

The Radio as Collaborator Workshop Image. Courtesy the Lia Kohl.

Variations on a Topography by Lia Kohl Image

Variations on a Topography by Lia Kohl Image. Courtesy the artist.

Wave Farm is delighted to announce that Lia Kohl will serve as Wave Farm's Radio Art Fellow September - November 2023. During her engagement, Kohl will make additions to the Wave Farm Broadcast Radio Art Archive online resource and to the syndicated weekly radio show "The Radio Art Hour." Kohl will also conduct workshops and listening sessions with WGXC programmers and interested members of the public, and create original radio artworks for broadcast.

Lia Kohl is a composer, cellist, and sound artist based in Chicago. Her wide-ranging practice includes solo composition and performance, installation, improvisation, and collaboration. Kohl tours nationally and internationally, working in theater, jazz, rock, and experimental contexts. Her work centers curiosity and patience, an exploration of the mundane and profound possibilities of sound.