[Sudo-radio] From Our Sister Hackerspace in Belgrade: "participate in a show far away:)"

[Max Klein]

Naomi,

That's a good point, the barrier to our entry was prohibitive. Junkyard, no
more though - as I marvelled last night at the fine organization.

If you want to listen to what the two way transmission sounded like - hint
it doesn't include sudo-radio - then the art recording is up.[1]

Max
[1] https://soundcloud.com/gig_a_bite/8-3-2013-on-transmitting-is-a


On 21 March 2013 00:37, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is cool!  Too bad I didn't have the wherewithal to read this
> whole thing before it effectively expired (march 7th).
>
> I'm motivated to shape up the radio room to the point where
> participating in something like this in the future will be effortless.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Max Klein <isalix at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sudo Radio may want to rep in this Serbian WorldWide art show.
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Darija Medic <needles.and.pinheads at gmail.com>
> > Date: 8 March 2013 09:22
> > Subject: participate in a show far away:)
> > To:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I'm having a show in Belgrade, and if you want to participate by
> > broadcasting yourself on radio,
> > you can do it remotely,  by downloading the Firefox add on from
> > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserradio/
> > and whatever you type from 12-20h every day except Sunday will be
> > broadcasted in the gallery and its surroundings until the end of the
> show.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > official invite>>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Transmitting is a two way channel is an exhibition that deals with the
> > perception of “old” and new media through the concept of radio
> broadcasting.
> > Throughout the space there are computers with a modified Firefox browser-
> > everything that the visitor types into any browser text field (such as a
> > search engine) is broadcasted via a text to speech synthesis software on
> on
> > an empty frequency on radio ad can be heard on several radio devices
> placed
> > around the space. Visitors also have an opportunity to broadcast their
> > wanted material from other locations, using the Internet, by installing
> the
> > Firefox add on that makes it possible, creating an accidental dadaist
> radio
> > show as a collage of collective text. By setting things in such a way,
> > attention is placed on the physical aspect of information and the
> > controversial consistency of digital data on the Internet, indicating the
> > problematics of the visibility of information technology structures. All
> > typed material stays archived and publicly accessible after the show.
> >
> >
> > This show aims to question the social nature of digital information, as
> well
> > as participative network systems (Internet), that are seen as the
> opposite
> > to a one directional model of old mass media. Offering a strategy of
> Reverse
> > search engineering (search engine and reverse engineering), we gain the
> > possibility to use search engines or any other browser text field as a
> > subversive broadcasting unit, consciously communicating with “smart
> > algorithms” that find practical meaning in any textual form.
> >
> > Paying attention to the physical aspect of information, it becomes traced
> > and tangible over radio transmission, filling up the space of the
> gallery,
> > making the webs of communication happening everywhere around us visible.
> The
> > title Transmitting is a two way channel refers to Brecht's critique of
> the
> > one sidedness of the radio system (later to be mass media in general) in
> > which he argued that every signal recipient should be capable of
> > broadcasting himself,in a way foreseeing the development of the
> Internet. On
> > the other hand, the sole expansion of the Internet has passed a long way
> > from a utopian image of a decentralized network for knowledge exchange
> to a
> > bureaucratized commercial medium for advertising on which intellectual
> > debate, as well as banal information become the source of capital.
> > Appropriating a free FM frequency, as a squatting strategy, reminds us
> that
> > the FM spectrum became a subject of ownership over time, and at the same
> > time consists of an ephemeral structure- air. It could have also stayed a
> > common good, free in both senses of the word, whereas wi-fi technology
> as a
> > technology of radio is telling of the common use of this technology for
> the
> > purpose of controlling information systems, as well as, consequently, the
> > unexplored possibilities of the radio spectrum.
> >
> > During the whole show the artist will be present, contributing her
> everyday
> > typing activity to the radio broadcast and inviting people to join her.
> > There will also be a workshop on hacking fm transmitters will be held in
> the
> > gallery space by Filip Dulić, the Belgrade hacklab electronic guru, on
> > Friday, Tuesday and Thursday from 18h.
> >
> > Good frequencies from Belgrade!
> > darija
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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