Posted by: Nadene Theriault-Copeland on May 21, 2007 12:37 AM | Comments (0)

Harmon e Phraisyar is a radio comedy series created by UK artist Jim Whelton and aired weekly on Resonance-FM in the UK. For the month of May, Jim is in Toronto as the artist-in-residence creating a new show each week aired each Thursday afternoon in May on CKLN's Art on Air show between 2 and 3 pm. Jim creates his shows quite literally by Adapting Trash and Stealing from Life.

It's a lesson in Studio Production on a Shoestring Budget. Jim writes a script reflecting the community around him, records unusual sounds from that community in which the story resides and lines up as many volunteers as possible to read the script.

After everything's recorded he pulls out his magic mixing wand and pulls together a 1/2 hour episode in 2-3 days.

Have a listen on CKLN each Thurdsday in May between 2 and 3pm. Have a listen Download file

Jim Xentoz aka Jim Whelton has worked as sound and radio artist, sound designer and filmmaker for longer than he cares to remember. In the past five years he has produced over two hundred programmes for Resonance FM including a long running conceptual comedy - The Harmon e. Phraisyar Show. He has also been commissioned to create radio pieces for Austrian and Dutch national radio. Xentoz has designed sound pieces for installations in The Science Museum, The Royal Opera House, Tate Modern and also performs live regularly using home made, badly constructed electronic devices. He calls these noisy circuits his ‘Unstraments’.

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