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P O L A R R A D I O
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A talk & performance by r a d i o q u a l i a
London, UK
1900, 25 September
Date: Thursday 25 September
Time: 1930
Format: Talk / Live music
Cost: Free
Address: The People Speak HQ, 17-25 Cremer St, London, E2 8HD
A talk and sound performance presenting Polar
Radio - Antarctica's first artist-run FM radio
station.
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ABOUT POLAR RADIO
In 2007, Adam Hyde from r a d i o q u a l i a
voyaged to Antarctica to help establish the first
phase of Polar Radio - a research project which
tests the feasibility of establishing community
radio stations in the two Polar Regions -
Antarctica and the Arctic Circle.
He was part of the first Interpolar Transnational
Art Science Consortium (I-TASC) reconnaissance
expedition to Antarctica, and was a guest of the
South African Antarctic Programme, based in the
Dronning Maud Land sector of Antarctica, at the
base, SANAE IV. (72ƒ 03' S 02ƒ 47' W)
Adam and the I-TASC crew created a mid-range FM
radio station. This involved installing and
configuring FM transmitters and receivers,
designing and erecting antennae in the Antarctic
ice. The first prototype radio station began FM
broadcasts on 29 December 2006.
The broadcasts consisted of radio art developed
by r a d i o q u a l i a and hundreds of hours of
music, radio art, sound art, DJ-sets,
documentaries and podcasts produced by musicians,
documentary makers, podcasters and DJs from
around the world, collected via a public call for
content.
Researchers and scientists at SANAE IV were
trained in the skills necessary to make radio
shows for their station, and now run the station
themselves, using audio provided by people from
around the world. They call their Polar Radio
station, "Radio SANAE",
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THE EVENT
This informal event will consist of a
presentation about Polar Radio and a discussion
about working in Antarctica, followed by a sound
performance by r a d i o q u a l i a.
The talk will give an overview of the
establishment of Radio SANAE, the first node of
Polar Radio, in Antarctica, and will cover such
salient points as:
* the role of radio in Antarctica
* how to build your own antenna from found objects
* what the net looks like over a 1k connection shared between 70 scientists
* can artists really teach scientists anything?
* common symptoms of contextual hyper neurosis
The sound performance will be comprised of
elemental field recordings made on the ice, and
VLF radio recordings made of the Antarctic
ionosphere.
Drinks will be provided.
The event and the research phase of Polar Radio
is supported by Arts Council England
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
r a d i o q u a l i a is an artist collective
formed by Adam Hyde and Honor Harger, which
creates radio and sound art. Their work has been
exhibited at the ICC in Tokyo, New Museum of
Contemporary Art in New York; Gallery 9, Walker
Art Center in USA; Sonar in Barcelona; Ars
Electronica in Austria; Artspace in New Zealand,
among other places. r a d i o q u a l i a
projects include Radio Astronomy
http://www.radio-astronomy.net (2004 - now),
The Frequency Clock (1998 - 2003) and Free Radio
Linux (2002 - 2004).
In addition to r a d i o q u a l i a, Adam Hyde
manages FLOSS Manuals
http://www.flossmanauls.net/. He has been
involved in free technology and art for 10 years,
mainly within the broadcast realm but lately
Adam's work is centered in community building and
publishing. Recent artistic projects include the
Geekosystem - recycling technojunk into art
http://www.geekosystem.org, Kumara - free media
email blogging
http://www.xs4all.nl/~adam, and
the Paper Cup Telephone Network
http://www.papercuptelephone.org. Recent
non-art projects include managing the production
of the OLPC and Sugar manuals
http://www.flossmanauls.net/about.
Honor Harger also works as a curator and
organiser. From November 2004 - July 2008, she
was director of the AV Festival
http://www.avfestival.co.uk in Newcastle,
Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in the
UK. In 2008, she curated the third edition of
the festival on the topic of broadcasting. She
is also a PhD researcher at Z-Node a facility ran
by the Faculty of Technology, University of
Plymouth, and the Zürich University of the Arts,
(ZHDK) in Switzerland. Her research aims to
combine traditional and practice based research
methods to create a sonic understanding of
astronomical space, placing emphasis on the way
that radio can be used to make space audible.
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CONTEXT
I-TASC (Interpolar Transnational Art Science
Constellation) is an official project of the
International Polar Year 2007-2008. I-TASC is a
decentralized network of individuals and
organisations working collaboratively in the
fields of art, engineering, science and
technology on interdisciplinary development and
tactical deployment of renewable energy, waste
recycling systems, sustainable architecture and
open-format, open-source media. I-TASC is a
lichen-like structure sharing and integrating
local knowledge, resources and skills across six
continents in order to symbiotically engage with
common issues concerning the air, ocean, earth
and space.
I-TASC website:
http://www.i-tasc.org/
SANAP website:
http://www.sanap.org.za/
Map showing Antarctic bases, including SANAE
where the I-TASC crew visited in 2007.:
http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/InfoAntarctica.html
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Getting there: The People Speak HQ
17-25 Cremer St, London, E2 8HD
http://www.theps.net/
Directions: Cremer St is just under the bridge
half way between Hackney Road and Kingsland Road,
Public transport options: Shoreditch Tube station
is sometimes open, and is close, alternatively,
Old St, or Liverpool St are quite near. The TFL
website
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ should give you
some useful directions.
Map:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+E2+8HD&ie=UTF8&ll=51.530773,-0.076153&spn=0.006461,0.015836&z=16&iwloc=addr
For data on Polar Radio, contact: r a d i o q u a l i a
Email: adam@flossmanuals.net or honor@va.com.au
Phone: +44 7765834272
http://www.radioqualia.net
For data on I-TASC, contact: Thomas Mulcaire or Marko Peljhan
Email: tm@interpolar.org or mx@interpolar.org
http://www.i-tasc.org/
r a d i o q u a l i a would like to thank Arts
Council England, SANAP, I-TASC, The People Speak
and MediaShed.