TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE

Talking to a Loudspeaker

1989
Dan Lander
Recorded in the comfort of the artist's own home, the work offers a humorous challenge to traditional notions of radio production. In a series of short sketches, Lander pokes fun at the radio call-in show; the place of music in broadcasting; radio's "commercial" values; balance in news reporting; and the notion of "broadcast quality." A light-hearted work that reflects the artist's love hate relationship with the medium, Talking to a Loudspeaker also asks important questions about the listener's relationship to radio. Commissioned by New American Radio.