The ffiles (fka XX Files) is an intersectional feminist media collective grounded in community radio. Through innovative programming, the collective produces work that explores our current technological landscape in the broadest sense. Their work reflects an interest in themes that center around but are not limited to transmission practices, sound healing, electronic music discourse, noise, techno-feminisms, the voice, and much more.
The collective hosts a weekly radio show on CKUT 90.3 FM every Wednesday at 11:30 AM EST, as well as a monthly show on Montreal’s N10.AS. They also program and present live audio-visual performances, artist talks, pirate radio installations and DJ sets.
The ffiles is committed to validating and disseminating the voices and work of artists who face systemic barriers as a result of their race, sexuality, gender, lifestyle, class, ability. Through their programming, the collective seeks to create space for marginalized artists within the local scene, while mindfully trying to resist processes of tokenization and commodification in their efforts to participate in and contribute to anti-oppressive community networks.
Started by Deborah VanSlet and Kathy Kennedy, The ffiles first aired in 1996. In 1997, Valérie d. Walker joined the show that she will fuel for over 16 years along with co-hosts Anita Cotic, Bérengère Marin-Dubuard. In 2010, she welcomed Britt Wray. In 2011, the co-hosts Maia Iotzova and Maya Richman, and in 2014, Stéphanie Dufresne, aka Fanie de la Fresne, Amanda-É. Clément and Nnedimma Nnebe, aka The Urban Dweller.
The current team is composed of Julia Dyck, Amanda Harvey, Miranda Jones, Sophy Merizzi and Sophie Marisol. To learn more about the history of the ffiles, listen here.
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Interview recorded in Paris with Active Ingredients member, Rachel Jacobs. Active Ingredients is an art company specializing in interactive media – creating innovated projects that merge locations, social networking , bio-sensing and play, and researches into the new uses in interactive videos.
Interview with Françoise Lavoie-Pilote, digital artist who’s represented Canada at the Canadian Digital Art Presentation in Beijing, as well as an interview with Paulina Abarca-Cantin, Director General, Studio XX. Re-broadcast of interview with Dyan Akiada who speaks of her project entitled “Pink Room Project”.
Interview with Steve Anderson about NetNeutrality, bandwidth throttling and the campaign for Democratic Media.
Re-broadcast of a talk with Mike Geist on NetNeutrality and bandwidth throttling. What does “unlimited” really mean and who’s in charge of trafficking the internet?
Interview with Jessica Field, a major contributor and creator in the world of digital and electronic art, speaking about programming and controlling robots.
Re-broadcast of a panel discussion entitled “Cosmetics, Chemicals & Breats Cancer”, which took place on March 13th, 2007, with Jeanne Rizzo, executive director of the San Francisco-based Breast Cancer Fund.
She speaks on the need to curb the breast cancer epidemic by expanding the definition of prevention beyond routine screenings to include public-health policies that recognize the link between toxic chemicals and the rise in the disease.
Re-broadcast of the the “Women, Gender and Media Panel” which took place at Concordia. Panelists: Linda Kay, professor in Concordia’s Journalism department, a columnist and sports reporter; Leslie Shade, teaches in Corcordia’s Communication Studies department and is Director of the Master’s Program in Medias Studies; Carrie Rechtler(?), Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Director of Communication Studies at Concordia.
Interview with Tara Rogers, who will speak about an upcoming multichannel sound performance entitled “Butterfly Effects” as well as her background in gender research in electronic music cultures
Interview with Marije Baalman about the creation of sonic realities by the use of wave fields synthesis, how she created models of creatures in computation and sound and founded the Institute for Predictive Sonobotanics.
Interview with Paulina Abarca-Cantin, Director General at Studio XX, speaking about WIFTI (Women in Film and Television International), and Geneviève Poulette, a filmmaker who’s film will be screening at WIFTI’s “Short Film Showcase”
Second part of the interview with Ayah Bdeir from the EyeBeam Center for the Arts and Technology.
Interview done in New York with Ayah Bdeir, media artist, technologist, designer and activist doing an internship at EyeBeam Center for the Arts and Technology. She looks at the role technology plays in a cross-cultural communication.
Interview with Caroline Loncol Daigneault: Editor and Project Manager at Oboro, who talks about the project “Mediations”.
Second part of Nat Mueller’s Méta Femmes Branchées talk. Nat will talk about and analyze a video she did called “From Beirut – From Those Who Love Us”, as well as talk about media representation and related issues for artists from countries like Lebanon.