"unknown sounds" is intended as a radio archive of experimental artists’ interior worlds, these that are externalized through their work, and the interchange through artist communities. This is an contemporary archive of experimental art-making in communities around the world, the inherent politicism of art, and the social change this may or may not represent. In short, it is intended mostly as a look into these small worlds, with the idea of generating more thought on both human fallibility and potential, and how art can engender hope. Each section here is meant as a studio visit, but also a glimpse into the doings of a wider community and the cultural, political repercussions of experimental sound and art-making.

On this month's program is Eric Kosarot: who was born 1988 on the autumn equinox in Everett Washington. Eric attended Everett High, most always looking forward to band and jazz band classes. In 2015 he gradated from Fairhaven college of interdisciplinary studies with a BA in Earth Arts Journalism. He worked as a music, art and improv drama teacher at Cascade Montessori from 2014 - 2017. He was a member of the bands “Cave Swallows” and “The Garden Bards”. Currently he is attending Prescott College for an MFA in Transformational Arts. He works with horses, garden, and is a painter, poet and performing musician. His solo music projects can be listened to and purchased at erickosarot.bandcamp.com. Love, and connection with natural land scapes and water ways continue to be a source of inspiration for his art. 

"unknown sounds" is produced by Elena Botts and organized by the unknown sound collective, an experimental international multimedia collective.

Elena Botts has lived many places in the northeast and abroad. Elena's poems and writings have been published in over a hundred literary and scholarly magazines. Elena has been the winner of four poetry contests and has had many books published. Elena's visual artwork has won numerous awards and has been exhibited in various galleries. Elena has collaborated on, released, and installed sound and moving image artwork, as well as multimedia and conceptual art, and has organized a multimedia collective for this purpose, while pursuing graduate school and academic, policy, and activist work and projects.