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

2006PRM30348O

Interview with Freida Abatan, an interdisciplinary artist and musician, speaking about her background in mathematics, computer science, fine arts and electroacoustic music.

2006PRM30349O

Interview with Miriam Verburg, speaking about website designing.

2006PRM30350O

Interview with Sara Kolster, video and new media artist, with a background in design and web-based documentary-projects.

2006PRM30351O

Interview with Sophie Le-Phat Ho, cultural organizer and researcher, co-founder and director of the festival Artivistic and part of the curatorial collective The Upgrade!! Montreal, speaking about a event called CPR: Critical Practice Resuscitation.

2006PRM30352O

Interview with Nicole Gingras, prolific independent curator and writer, speaking about her recent curatorial work as part of FIFA (Festival des Films sur l’Art).

2006PRM30855O

10th Anniversary of Studio XX, with a recording of a talk from two of the founders, Kathy Kennedy and Patricia Kearns, on how Studio XX came to be and the impetus for creating such an organization.

2006PRM30353O

Focus on “Histoires Orales”, a mentoring project which consisted of audio production workshops that were given at Studio XX. Conversations were recorded between adolescents and seniors, all women, and the theme was an intergenerational audio documentary exploration of technology’s impact on women’s lives. produced by Chantal Dumas, Kathy Kennedy and Valerie Walker.

2006PRM30354O

Interview with Lynn Hughes, speaking about her current practice which focuses on interactive pieces for the screen that use non-traditional (non-mouse/keyboard) interfaces, about Hexagram, the Montreal Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts and Technologies, where she teaches in the Studio Arts Department.

2006PRM30355O

Recording of the panel discussion held at Studio XX as part of the BEMF (The Bernie’s Electronic Music Festival) with Bernadette Houde from Lesbians on Ecstasy, JD Samson for Le Tigre, DJ Mini and Anne-Françoise Jacques from Minibloc, speaking about electronic music production strategies and gear tips.

2006PRM30356O

Fundraising Week, with a brief history of the XX Files and Studio XX.

2006PRM30357O

Interview with Bernadette Houde, aka Bernie Bankrupt, speaking about her musical projects Lesbians on Ecstasy and Boyfriend.

2006PRM30854O

Interview with Anne-Françoise Jacques, electroacoustic musician, sound technician and co-founder of the micro label Le Son 666, a collective that produces experimental/noise and electronic music.

2006PRM30358O

Entrevue avec DJ Mini, artiste de tables tournantes et musicienne de musique électronique, nous parle de son album “Audio Hygiene”.

2006PRM30359O

Interview with Sophie Le-Phat Ho, Émilie Monnet and Melissa Dupuis, about the event Remix: Voix de Femmes Autochtones, as part of International Women’s Day and organized by The Upgrade!! Montreal, an organization of monthly gatherings for digital culture and the technology arts.