June 18, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008

Radio Web MACBA (RWM)
MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona)
Barcelona,
Spain

Curated by: free103point9 in collaboration with Barbara Held

Radio Action III is a special program for Radio Web MACBA and the next free103point9 Audio Dispatch CD Release. RWM is a radio-phonic project on the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) website that explores the possibilities of the internet and radio as spaces of synthesis and exhibition. Radio Action III features five-minute sounds works conceptually tied to 'Radio' as instrument or theme, composed by free103point9 Transmission Artists working in collaborative teams. The resulting program will premiere on RWM on June 18.

Works by:
31 Down & Matt Bua
Damian Catera
Alexis Bhagat & Sophea Lerner
Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson
The Dust Dive & Latitude/Longitude
Joshua Fried & Todd Merrell
Anna Friz & Tianna Kennedy
LoVid & Michelle Rosenberg, with Howard Huang
Michelle Nagai with Kenta Nagai
neuroTransmitter
radio_ruido & ben owen
Tom Roe & Scanner

http://rwm.macba.es

Photo by David La Spina

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Audio

  • Radio Action III CD release performances at New Museum_080708, Aug. 7, 2008. Performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kenndy; George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid and Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude. All performerances inspired by recordings for free103point9's Radio Action III CD, with free103point9 Transmission Artists using radio somehow in their works. (audio/mpeg, 33.1 MB)
  • "When Radios Sleep" for RWM MACBA Opening, June 18, 2008. 061808 online radio performance from Tianna Kennedy, Anna Friz, and Twisty Cat, from Brooklyn. with special guests Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci. (audio/mpeg, 11.7 MB)
  • Party_Cove: The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude collaboration for Radio Action III for Radio Web MACBA Radio Action III is a special program for Radio Web MACBA and the next free103point9 Audio Dispatch CD Release. RWM is a radio-phonic project on the MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) website that explores the possibilities of the internet and radio as spaces of synthesis and exhibition. This song is a collaboration between The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude. (audio/mpeg, 6.9 MB)

Video

  • Radio Action III CD release video performances at New Museum_080708 Live performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kennedy; Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson's group that included George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid with Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude, all performing for the CD release at the New Museum. Video footage courtesy of the New Museum. (video/mov, 1.1 GB)

Press, Programs, & Ephemera

  • Radio Activity, June 10, 2008. by Marisa Olson. Published on Rhizome.org (application/pdf, 126.0 KB)

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