Radio Art Zone - Hatje Cantz

A minimalist text layout on a white page with titles and authors at the top, including Irina Gheorghe, Elaine W. Ho, and Marold Langer-Philippsen. Below, lines of text form a large, incomplete oval. The top arc begins with a greeting, Good afternoon. The bottom arc discusses a pulsar. A straight line of text cuts through the middle, starting with a timestamp, 19:57, and an introduction from a host of a 22-hour event. Page numbers 10 and 11 are at the bottom.

A page with text about radio in a layered format. Questions in a black serif French font are overlaid by their English translations in a teal sans-serif font. The text asks: What is your radiophonic utopia? What is the future of radio? Disintegration or resurrection? What memories do we keep of radio? and states: When radio's like wallpaper, radio art attacks the glue. The bottom credits Boris Chassagne / 60 Secondes Radio.

A two-page book spread. On the left is a colorful, stylized illustration by Mariola Brillowska showing two figures in a radio studio, one placing an object on the other's tongue. On the right is the text for a radio play titled Borderadio, subtitled Conceptual inquiries about ownership of the airwaves.

A page from a publication with a two-column layout. On the left is a close-up photograph of a dark audio mixing board with many rows of square, green-lit buttons with white labels. On the right, there is text from the radio play Auris Interna, presented in both German and English.

A two-page spread from a publication. The text is a script of a conversation between a Performer and a Neighbour about the Performer being too noisy. On the left is a vertical column of five photos showing street art and an ON AIR sign. On the right is a large photo of a makeshift radio studio with a cluttered table, laptops, microphones, and a rack of clothes.

A diptych on a page spread from a book. On the left, a piece of black, translucent fabric is printed with the swirling pattern of a large fingerprint against a grainy background. On the right, a chaotic tangle of red and black wires hangs from electronic equipment on a stand, with a ball of blue yarn sitting on a small table beside it.

A black and white, low-angle photograph of a massive radio antenna array on a two-page spread titled Birth of a signal. A lattice tower stands on the left, part of a complex network of wires and geometric frames against a cloudy sky. The image is flanked by columns of text in French and English about radio engineering.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page has a stylized black-and-white photo of a person with closed eyes holding a radio. Below it, large blue text reads, NO ONE KNOWS YOU ARE LISTENING. The right page features a smaller photo of a hand holding a walkie-talkie next to a block of text about a mysterious radio station.

A two-page spread from a book. On the left page is a close-up, distorted photograph of a person's face singing underwater. On the right page is a photograph of a large, dense pile of old vacuum tubes. Text in German and English on the right compares the physical size of old radio tubes to the number of transistors in a modern smartphone.

A page listing the artists for the Radio Art Zone event, from 18 June to 25 September 2022. The list of names and titles is written in a variety of soft colors, creating a vertical rainbow gradient effect against a plain white background. Page numbers 228 and 229 are at the bottom.

A two-page spread from a book, showing a table of contents or index against a plain white background. The text, which lists names, titles, and page numbers, is styled with a soft, multicolored gradient that transitions from purple and blue to green and yellow.

A table of contents on a plain white background. The text is arranged in two columns, listing artists, titles, and corresponding page numbers. The text itself has a subtle color gradient, shifting from purple and green at the top down to yellow and orange at the bottom.

Radio Art Zone

€ 38.00

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Edited by: Sarah Washington

September 2023, 236 Pages, 150 Photos

Hardcover

158mm x 218mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5515-3

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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This book explores the central themes and techniques of artist-made radio, emerging from over 20 years of practice by a multitude of artists in the field. It brings to the page excerpts of long-form radio works from the world's largest exhibition of radio art, Radio Art Zone, a joint project by the artist duo Mobile Radio (Sarah Washington & Knut Aufermann) and the Luxembourg community station Radio ARA, which was broadcast for 100 days as part of the programme of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022. Interspersed with newly commissioned works ranging from micro-essays and texts on radio form, practice and poetics, to radio plays and illustrations, it is full of unique images which allow the imagination to expand outward into radio space. Radio Art Zone performs an exquisite transformation from airwaves to paper, providing a treasury of ideas and reflections about radio as art.