TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE

Border_Radio

Sisters Akousmatica
Foraged Frequencies found at Wave Farm

Foraged Frequencies found at Wave Farm. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Portrait of Julia Drouhin

Portrait of Julia Drouhin. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Portrait of Phillipa (Pip) Stafford

Portrait of Phillipa (Pip) Stafford. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Portrait of Sisters Akousmatica at Wave Farm

Portrait of Sisters Akousmatica at Wave Farm. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Portrait of Sisters Akousmatica on Wave Farm's Art Park paths

Portrait of Sisters Akousmatica on Wave Farm's Art Park paths. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Sisters Akousmatica foraged for frequencies while in residence at Wave Farm

Sisters Akousmatica foraged for frequencies while in residence at Wave Farm. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Sisters Akousmatica with their foraged frequencies in the Wave Farm Study Center

Sisters Akousmatica with their foraged frequencies in the Wave Farm Study Center. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 28, 2023)

Border_Radio is a conceptual inquiry about ownership of the airwaves. Originally commissioned as a video and ‘radio play’ script for Donner forme à l’éther (curated by Pali Meursault at Espace Multimedia Gantner, France), the project is a research project that has manifested in performance lectures, the evolving radio play script, a series of sound works that expand and contract on the original script, as well as public and individual consultation. The project is an unfolding conceptual space, exploring questions about sovereignty, ownership, transmission law, international treaties, history, and potentialities. The aim of this on-going, long form process is to unravel the edges of transmission legitimacy and to try to understand how we can better engage and collaborate with electromagnetic forces beyond the colonial paradigm. At Wave Farm, Sisters Akousmatica will experiment with different modes of transmission, including Earth-Moon-Earth propagation, IRLP, and amateur radio to explore and blur the limits of broadcast territories and borders.