<nettime-ann> Talk/Workshop: The Radio and the Commons, 20-21st Nov, Edinburgh, UK

[Dave Young <dvyng@riseup.net>]

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<Apologies for cross-posting!>

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T H E   R A D I O   A N D   T H E   C O M M O N S
The Radio and the Commons is a two-day events programme of talks and a 
workshop. The programme explores the power of radio in contemporary 
society, and to propose radical ways in which it can be co-opted by the 
public in the digital age.

==The Radio and the Commons [talks]==
17.30 - 19.30, Forest Centre Plus, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

The Thursday evening talks will be lead by visiting artists Roel Roscam 
Abbing (NL) [http://roelof.info], and Jack James (UK) 
[http://aftersound.co.uk]. Roel will take a historical view of the 
political power of radio technologies, and describe how its original 
imagined potential as a "mass broadcast medium" has not *yet* been 
realised. Jack James will present his work Temporary Local Broadcast, 
consisting of conversations recorded with locals during his artist 
residency at Metal, in Peterborough, and subsequently broadcast on a 
"hyper-local" radio station in the community.
More info: http://freemachines.info/events/radio-and-the-commons/about

==Write the Wave workshop==
11.00 - 17.00, Forest Centre Plus, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

For the Write the Wave workshop on Friday, we will build radio 
transmitters and collectively prototype some methods for writing digital 
data into the airwaves.
*The workshop is free to participate, and equipment/materials are 
provided, but booking is necessary - send me an email for more details 
or to reserve a place at the workshop.*
More info: http://freemachines.info/events/write-the-wave/about

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Regards,
Dave Young
http://freemachines.info
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