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May 17, 2010
Titre forgé : This is how it feels… (to be Alive on the radio)
Commissioned thematic podcast by media artist Valérie d. Walker for XX Files Radio Project
Sonic snapshot from 21 April 2010 (11:29 AM – 12:06pm EST) of The XX Files on 90.3FM, www.ckut.ca, 37 minutes.
This podcast is a sonic snapshot, a sensorial fingerprint of a live radio broadcast, the relentlessly dynamic, spur of the moment mixing of extemporaneous and pre-recorded into an immediate direct aural transmission.
So, this is how it felt April 21st, 2010 from the tech/producer/host chair, cueing inputs, counting down to “On Air” a sudden awareness of the final seconds, soft sounds ending the previous broadcast, (my thanks to radia.ca). Transition to a station ID by one of my Sheros, Angela Davis, made when she visited CKUT, slipping along the nearly endless XXxxxxXX intro, dip into steamy jazz by the fabulous Lodi Carr. Time and show boogie on; the volcano in Iceland, is it a way of looking at the weather, international banking, or are we figuring out the time of day? The XX Files’ long herstory of exposing internet scams (phishing attempts), is seen here as we expose the first post-volcano phishing scam. Skipping into an electronic circuitry workshop led by Darsha Hewitt, we celebrate electro-static radio signals with a student-created conductive circuit choir performance, and wow!, our time is up already! Close with a taste of Kalummnity Vibes jazz jamming at a CKUT fundraiser, time to clear the decks for the next act & until next week, Ciao! from Val Techie-Gal!
Valérie d. Walker, a technophillic transmedia artist, educator, media observer & commentator, with an environmentally-centered, Fibres based art practice, is celebrating 12+ years (so far!) curating and animating the XX Files Radio broadcasts. A craft-artist who adores Tesla, V has been awed by radio’s powers ever since she built her first tube-radio in elementary school. Observation of the daily moments of Being infuse and guide her creation instincts.