On this episode of the Radio Art Hour, we will hear two works: Of Local (and Tropospheric) Interest (2024) by Gib Cassidy and Conjure (1993) by David Moss.

Of Local (and Tropospheric) Interest draws from over 200 hours of archival material from local, community, and hospital radio broadcasts recorded between 1979 and 1989 in rural Ireland. This decade culminated in the prohibition of unlicensed local radio stations. This work reflects elements of consumerism, religious discourse, and political debate, capturing the influence of Catholicism, the Northern Ireland conflict, global Cold War tensions, and the impact of Thatcherism from across the sea.

Gib Cassidy is a sound artist based in Dublin, Ireland. His background is in music. He has contributed drums, percussion, synthesizer programming and production to several records and has toured extensively across Europe in a number of bands. More recently, his practice has evolved toward sound design, field recording, and working with found sound, to create works for radio, moving image, and public spaces. He received an Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award in 2022.

Conjure is David Moss's second audio piece based on an Italo Calvino text. Conjure was first broadcast in 1993 and was co-commissioned by Harvestworks, Inc., the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts., and New American Radio.