Posted by: Nadene Theriault-Copeland on May 12, 2005 04:05 PM | Comments (1)

What is radio? Is it simply a medium used to convey information and the mass promotion of popular culture? And if so, does this exclude any creative use of the medium? How about the many other forms of wireless technology? And what of radio art? What is it exactly? Shall we take the Kunstradio approach - ie. Art for Radio (Kunst radio; radio kunst)? What if it does not include drama or some reference to text or spoken word? Is it radio when it is pure sound?

These are only a few of the questions and topics that will be addressed at the Deep Wireless "Radio Without Boundaries" conference where the many potentials, boundaries and artist perspectives of radio will be explored through conference sessions by leading artists and producers in the field.

Speakers at the conference include Gregory Whitehead, Elisabeth Zimmerman (Kunstradio in Austria), Lidia Camacho (Radio Educacion, Mexico), Helen Thorington (New American Radio, USA), Steve Wadhams and James Roy (CBC Radio), Chris Brookes, Anna Friz, Darren Copeland, and the Deep Wireless commissioned artists (Yves Daoust, Milena Droumeva, Geoff Siskind and Dragan Todorovic). Conference attendees will also be treated to performances by this year's Radio theatre Ensemble (Anna Friz, Eric Leonardson, Chris Brookes and Evalyn Parry) who through their performances will be putting radio into a live performance context (ie. bringing back the "live" in live radio) while commenting on the medium. Other performancers include Emmanuel Madan, the Church of Harvey Christ and Gregory Whitehead.

So what are your thoughts on radio and radio art?

The "Art for radio" definition is a very inclusive approach when it comes to what can be aired on the radio. It opens up the airwaves to a myriad of possbilities. But does this mean that if something is not created specifically for radio that it cannot be radio art? Does this exclude the many soundscape pieces that work wonderfully on the radio? And what of the sound art and/or audio art that is quite radiophonic?

Nadene Theriault-Copeland
Radio Without Boundaries Conference Co-ordinator
Managing Director of New Adventures in Sound Art

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