What would the Rondout Creek tell us if we listened? from the banks? from the current? from the flow of people and creatures who have lived along, traveled through, swam in, the 63 miles of the creek for 10 years, 100 years, 10,000 years?

Rondout Creek runs from the Catskills to the Hudson River through distinct environments—mountains, agriculture/towns, and tidal creek—and approximately 1/3 of the creek's water is diverted to flow into NYC's drinking water supply. The Rondout is significant ecologically and historically, and yet, there are few public access points and many forget it’s there.

"Rondout Radio" creates audio access points. We will report on the creek - the water levels, temperature, smells, speed of the current - from standing in the water. We will talk with neighbors who live by the creek. We will talk with community members who are taking care of the creek. And we will listen to the creek from above and below the surface. Tune in.

We are two interdisciplinary artists (Gretchen Burger and Sarah Cameron Sunde) who live in Kerhonkson and share studio space in Ellenville, within the town of Warwarsing, Ulster County, NY. Over the past five years, we have been engaged in questions of belonging in our community: Who belongs and why? And what creates points of connection—to each other, to the land and water where we live, to the values we share, and the value we make together. A series of community listening and conversation projects have emerged from these questions. Our shared work takes many forms: conceptual, audio, video, performance, social practice, and public intervention. This website details some of our past work together: www.325main.com.

"Auditions" features prospective WGXC volunteer programmers trying out their proposed radio programs on air for listener feedback.

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