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Radiophrenia Redux: Joe Howe and DinahBird and Jean-Phillipe Renoult

Aug 05, 2017: 1am - 2am
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This monthly broadcast from Glasgow art radio station Radiophrenia features "The Sand Hills" by Joe Howe and "What You See" by DinahBird and Jean-Phillipe Renoult.

The Sand Hills by Joe Howe - Inspired both by the short-lived ‘Funkoper’ (or Radio Opera) movement of the 1920’s in Germany and British storytelling from the same period, ‘The Sand Hills’ is a Quasi-Operatic Radiophonic work exploring ideas of magic, control and influence through the power of the recorded (and broadcasted) voice.

What You See by DinahBird and Jean-Phillipe Renoult - In June 2016 during a residency in Kilpisjarvi, Northern Finland, the artists came across the crash site of a WWII German Junker bomber plane, brought down in the midst of the bleak Arctic landscape in 1942. Over seventy years later remnants of the aircraft are clearly visible, possible wing parts, piping and rusty metal are fused and fossilized into the stony lunar landscape, like a decaying dinosaur carcass, or perhaps a forgotten memorial to those who perished. The recordings in this piece were made almost entirely on site.

Radiophrenia was a temporary art radio station – a two-week exploration into current trends in sound and transmission arts. Broadcasting live from Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, the station promoted radio as an art form, encouraging challenging and radical new approaches to the medium. The broadcast schedule included a series of newly commissioned radio works, live shows, pre-recorded features and 12 Live-to-Air performances. The majority of the program was made up from selections submitted to an international open call for sound art and radio works. The 2016 Radiophrenia station was managed by Mark Vernon and Barry Burns and was funded through Creative Scotland’s Open Project Funding with additional support from CCA Glasgow.