Only connect - resistance and surveillance
2-4pm 31st of January at Cobalt Studios, 10-16 Boyd Street, Newcastle NE2 1AP
Together we will listen to two fantastic audio pieces from Rumania and the UK. Both works explore how technology, radio or simply sound waves travelling through the air, can connect or disconnect us. What are the potentials and dangers attached to new and old communication technologies? I am sure this two very different radio pieces will inspire some interesting thoughts and discussion.
For more information: https://cobaltstudios.co.uk/
Waves Of Resistance Tonnta Friotafochta, 2022 by Magz Hall, UK is a 10 min audio work exploring how radio can help us during times of isolation. Radio waves can cut through forced isolation and invisible boundaries as an act of resistance.
A Mermaid’s Song, 2025 directed by Attila Vizauer is a full length audio play from Radio Romania Broadcast. A Mermaid’s Song undergoes the process of a retrospective understanding of surveillance, abuse and manipulation. Looking back to an era where snitching on people was justified even by the whirlwind of a passionate and heart wrenching young love.
The work will be presented in the original Rumanian language with a full simultaneous video translation. This is a very unique opportunity to experience this fantastic work from Rumania.
I hope many of you can make it to this relaxed communal listening event. It has been a great joy to explore international audio drama with such a committed audience at the recent events. Please forward this newsletter to anybody who might be interested in listening together and engaging in international audio and radio art.
The entrance is free but if you would like to support Cobalt you can buy a donation ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
Next month Radiophonicx will be on the 21st of February featuring:
Words and silence by UK artist Paul Rooney and babblesnatch, by award winning audio maker Leona Jones from Wales. Gabriele Heller
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