Today’s episode highlights the Sonic Hugs collection curated by Colin Black. Sonic Hugs features nine Australian composers and sound artists that were invited to create original radio art pieces that try to connect the ideas of "Sonic" and "Hug".  Colin Black shared with Darren Copeland the motives and interests in starting the project and his impressions of the outcomes and responses that emerged. Black also elaborated on his experiences making and producing radio art in Australia and the impact programs like The Listening Room had on the direction of his work. All of the pieces in the Sonic Hugs collection can be heard on the Bandcamp site for the project. In this program we will listen to Eve Klein’s Mantra of Enfolding, Ros Bandt’s Sonic Hugs, Cat Hope’s 7 Options and Jim Denley’s Mixmaster Troposphere.

This monthly one hour program is about radio art and sound art, and is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective.