ffiles radio

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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Archive

2008PRM30796O

Nat Mueller was invited to host a conference on her curatorial work. Her primary research directions have concentrated on the intersections between aesthetic, technology and politics.

2008PRM30795O

Second part of the excerpt from event "Gender Amplified: Women and technological innovation in hip hop", which took place at Bernard College, a liberal arts college for women in New York City. The event aimed to show how women are using technology to redefine the boundaries of music-making and music production and to redefine their own roles. The keynote address was done by Trisha Rose, entitled "Turn the tables: Women and technology in hip hop".

2008PRM30794O

Chantal Dumas interviewing Magali Babin.

2008PRM30793O

Excerpt from event "Gender Amplified: Women and technological innovation in hip hop", which took place at Bernard College, a liberal arts college for women in New York City. The event aimed to show how women are using technology to redefine the boundaries of music-making and music production and to redefine their own roles. The keynote address was done by Trisha Rose, entitled "Turn the tables: Women and technology in hip hop".

2007PRM30849O

Excerpts from the CD entitled “A Shrinking Violent” by Skidmore, a trans-media trans-disciplinary performer and stand-up artist.

2007PRM30848O

Recording made during the Pure Data convention with Alejandra Nuñez-Perez, a.k.a elpueblodechina, a Chilean sound artist and performer, working with open source tools.

2007PRM30366O

Interview with Leslie Ann Coles, an award-winning filmmaker and actress, and founder of The Female Eye film festival.

2007PRM30367O

Recording of the Montreal International Game Summit session by Samuelle Ducros-Henri(?)(samuelle.ducrocq@uqat.ca) on “Serious Gaming”.

2007PRM30368O

Weekly news and events listing.

2007PRM30844O

Interview with Deb Van Slet about the history of the XX Files.

2007PRM30369O

Interview with Reena Katz, a musician and audio installation artist. Her work explores gender, ethnicity, migration and anachronism though experimental electro-acoustic, performance and sound art formats. She will speak of her project entitled “The Sonic Tree Ecology Project”.

2007PRM30834O

Weekly cultural and tech-oriented events listing.

2007PRM30832O

Interview with Sophie Le-Phat Ho, about the opening of the Artivistic festival, an international trans-diciplinary 3-day gathering on the interplay between art, information and activism. Also, Ralph Homann and Farida Heuck speak about their project “Schleuser.net”.

2007PRM30370O

Interview with Nicolas Rousseau, programming coordinator for the New Media Section of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal; as well as an interview with Alejandra Nuñez-Perez, a.k.a elpueblodechina, a Chilean sound artist and performer, working with open source tools, electronics and texts.