Ten pieces about the mysteries, realities, and prospects of airwaves. 30-minute mix with works by The Android Sisters, Dan Lander, Negativland, Phil Harmonic and others.
Forming a loose community of interdisciplinary collaborators, Fluxus artists are rethinking the role of art in society during the Sixties. 47 minutes with Carolee Schneemann, Henning Christiansen, Terry Riley, Yoko Ono and others.
Early Electronic Music – Fieldwork and Funny Sounds (1952-68)
- 20. June 2020
- Tagged as: Alireza Mashayekhi, Axel Meijer, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, Cybernetic Serendipity, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Early Electronic Music, Electronic Music Studio Turin, Else Marie Pade, Enore Zaffiri, Gaudeamus Electronic Studio, Gerald Strang, ICA, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Philips NatLab, Richard Maxfield, Tod Dockstader, Tom Dissevelt, Utrecht Studio Of Sonology
The electrification of music during the 1950s led to a multitude of artistic concepts. 50 minutes of fieldwork and funny sounds with Alireza Mashayekhi, Delia Derbyshire, Else Marie Pade, İlhan Mimaroğlu and others.
Enhanced Poetry (1956-1991)
- 30. May 2020
- Tagged as: Augusto De Campos, Bernard Heidsieck, Bob Cobbing, bpNichol, Charles Amirkhanian, Demetrio Stratos, Enzo Minarelli, Ernst Jandl, Four Horsemen, Gerhard Rühm, Henri Chopin, Jean-Claude Gagnon, Ladislav Novák, Neil Mills, Paul de Vree, Poetry, Polypoetry, Sten Hanson, text sound, Tibor Papp
With reel to reels, poetry reaches the next level in the 1950s – language gets arranged in completely new ways. 37 minutes with Ernst Jandl, Henri Chopin, Neil Mills, Sten Hanson and others.
Synthesizers brought new sounds into the world. 43 minutes of oscillators, filters and envelopes controlled by Conrad Schnitzler, Daphne Oram, Erkki Kurenniemi, Laurie Spiegel and others – between the early Sixties and 1977 (plus an exception).
Hello, USA! – Observations From the Land of the Free (1966-2002)
- 27. April 2020
- Tagged as: Abbie Hoffman, Amiri Baraka, Ann Magnuson, Culturcide, Henry Rollins, Jerry Dreva, John Cage, Madeline Ridley, Matmos, Negativland, People Like Us, Peter Roehr, Randy Greif, Sapphire, Tellus, The New York IPS, The Tape-beatles, USA, Wendy Chambers, William S. Burroughs, Wobbly
Snapshots on national pride, cars, country music, and human abysses behind proper facades – 51 minutes with Amiri Baraka, Ann Magnuson, Henry Rollins, Madeline Ridley and others.
New York in the Sixties – A Hotbed for Experiments
- 26. March 2020
- Tagged as: Angus MacLise, conceptual art, Fluxus, Gerard Malanga, Henry Flynt, Henry Flynt & The Insurrections, Ingrid Superstar, Jack Smith, John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, minimalism, New York City, Plastic Clock Radio, Richard Maxfield, Steve Weber, The East Village Other, The Velvet Underground, Tony Conrad, Tuli Kupferberg, William S. Burroughs
Whether conceptual or performance art, electronic music, counterculture, minimalism, drone sounds, or Fluxus – New York City is a hotbed for all sorts of experiments during the Sixties. 62 minutes with Angus MacLise, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Richard Maxfield and others.