LW

Wireless is fondly remembered as a social phenonemon: transmissions fostered a sense of community, creating a sense of belonging, bringing a simultaneous experience to many, who imagined themselves-for better or for worse-as a collective 'audience'. Over the course of ten years, the wireless phenomenon has transformed into an ever-expanding global matrix of transmission, with the individual as both personalised reciever and transmitter.

We have asked five artists to send us their ideas about the wireless world, and we have gotten five very different views, which we present as different 'bands' on the dial:

Norman Armour and Andreas Kahre

FM

Darren Copeland
A Toronto composer and audio artist writes about the medium of radio and the consequences of contemporary listening habits and commercial pressures.

AM

Ian Pringle
Ian Pringle in Kathmandu, on the other hand, is working with radio as a community building tool. He observes a place where the traditional power of radio and 'old style' broadcasting, is only now emerging.

REALAUDIO

Kathy Kennedy
Sound artist and internet broadcaster in San Fransisco, Kathy Kennedy describes a global variant, using the example of an internet relief broadcast organized during the NATO bombing of Belgrade.

MP3

Tim Crook
Tim Crook chronicles the development of RealAudio drama in Britain, where the creative energies of a new generation, transmitting through an alternative network, has established the conditions for a new form of interaction bewteen audience and artists.

DIGITAL