r a d i o q u a l i a information zone

 

r a d i o q u a l i a is a new online electronic portal into the eccentricities of antipodean radio space.

r a d i o q u a l i a is an online art collaboration by New Zealanders, Adam Hyde and Honor Harger. It was founded in 1998 in Australia.

Using various streaming media softwares, r a d i o q u a l i a experiments with the concept of artistic broadcasting, using the internet and traditional media forms, such as radio and television, as primary tools. We work in gallery, performance, broadcast and publishing contexts. r a d i o q u a l i a creates the latitude for musicians and visual artists to explore distances between cultural understandings. To this end r a d i o q u a l i a regularly feature performances and netcasts which bring collaborators from remote locations together in online performative spaces.

r a d i o q u a l i a have developed our own software and hardware tools to facilitate artistic streaming media projects. Key amongst these tools is The Frequency Clock, a multi-platform system which enables users of the internet to timetable webcasting content for broadcast on the internet and on FM radio and television. The Frequency Clock can also be manifested as a gallery installation.

r a d i o q u a l i a celebrates the hidden spaces where the alchemic transference of intent and error happens. While exploring intersections between contemporary and historic communications art movements is intrinsic to r a d i o q u a l i a's politic, the eye of the loop is in a convergence of format and aesthetic. r a d i o q u a l i a critique the frailties of our chosen media format (Real Audio / Video, Desktop Computers, Internet connections) within the aesthetic of our sound art and netcasting. We work, with, rather than against the limitations of the media.

r a d i o q u a l i a have mounted exhibitions in many places, including: the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK; Iona Gallery, Scotland; Sonar 2001 in Barcelona, Spain; VideoPositive2000 in Liverpool, UK; the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan; Infowar - Ars Electronica 98 and LifeScience - Ars Electronica 99 in Linz, Austria; the Bregenz Festival 98 in Austria; the Lux Centre in London; the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide, Australia; CACSA in Adelaide, Australia; The Physics Room in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the HDLU in Zagreb, Croatia.

r a d i o q u a l i a have also undertaken performances and presentations in many places including: the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, UK; Site Gallery in Sheffield, UK; the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, USA; Banff Centre of the Arts, Canada; Museum of Science and Technology, Vienna, Austria, and at large festivals and conferences such as the Oberhausen Film Festival in Germany; Sheffield Documentary Festival in Sheffield, UK; Doors of Perception in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Digital Media World in Earls Court, UK; VIPER Festival in Zurich, Switzerland; Next 5 Minutes in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; MediaTerra00 in Athens, Greece; net.radio-days in Berlin, Germany; From Station to Station at Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna, Austria; Baltic Media Culture Festival in Riga, Latvia; LADA98 in Rimini, Italy; and CommXchange in Basel, Switzerland;.

In 2000 r a d i o q u a l i a co-curated and produced net.congestion - the International Festival of Streaming Media, held in Amsterdam ±http://net.congestion.org».




SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS


2003
Stream & Shout
Consultant artists to Stream & Shout, an artist commissioning program hosted by FACT in Liverpool, UK. June 2003 (ongoing).

Playing Field
Artists in residence during the Playing Field program of Montevideo Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March - April 2003.

FC@Tenantspin
Exhibited a new version of the Frequency Clock developed for community housing projects, at the opening exhibition of the Film Art and Creative Technology Center (FACT) in Liverpool, UK in February, 2003.

Frequency Clock Free Media System
http://www.frequencyclock.net
An open source software system created to manage streaming audio and video channels. It allows creators and users of streaming media to organise their files into dynamic channels.. Key features of the system include an inventive customised streaming media player, which can handle different file types, searchable archives, and real-time statistical analysis. This system has also been exhibited this year at Open Cultures Symposium, Public Netbase, Vienna <#>, Playing Field, Montevideo Time Based Arts, Amsterdam <#>, Translocations, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA < http://latitudes.walkerart.org/translocations/>.

radio astronomy v 0.1: listening_stations
Exhibited at the Geography and the Politics of Mobility exhibition at Generali Foundation, Vienna in January 2003.

Free Radio Linux
Exhibited at Chapter, Cardiff, September 2002, the Fruitmarket Galleries in Edinburgh, February 2003, and at the Turnpike Gallery in Leigh, UK in April 2003.


2002
radio astronomy v 0.1: listening_stations
An installation which makes audible data captured from the planet Jupiter and the Sun. Exhibited at the Iona Gallery in Kingussie, Scotland November 2002

Free Radio Linux
http://www.radioqualia.net/freeradiolinux
An art project, featuring a live net.radio stream, commissioned by the Walker Art Center's Gallery 9 online exhibition space. Exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, May - July 2002.

i s o l
http://www.radioqualia.net/isol
A series of artistic online and on-air radio programmes for Kunstradio, on Austrian National Radio.

makrolab residency
http://www.radioqualia.net/makrolab/
A residency in a remote art/science research station, makrolab, stationed from May - August 2002 at Blair Atholl Estate in Scotland. The residency focussed on radio astronomy and surveillance techniques.

r a d i o q u a l i a on resonanceFM
http://www.resonancefm.com
A fortnightly radio show on Resonance 104.4Fm in London, focussing on experimental approaches to net.radio, broadcast radio and radio art.

Radiotopia - Long Night of Radio Art
http://www.aec.at/radiotopia
An 8 hour broadcast on ORF (Austrian National Radio SW and AM service). An outside broadcast from the Ars Electronica festival in Linz Austria in September 2002.

2001
frequency clock - gallery installation - [sNr v.0.1]
New media art exhibition at Sonar 2002, Barcelona, Spain
http://www.radioqualia.net/freqclock/snrframe.html

«re:Con»
Exhibition of software art and new media artists' games at HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia

pHoNic
Exhibition of new media artists' sound games and tools, at The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand http://www.radioqualia.net/phonic


Take Over Cultural Channel
Workshop, performance, and television broadcasts, Takeover, Ars Electronica 2001
http://www.fro.at/connect_systems/content.html

Acoustic Space-Lab
Workshop and performances at the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre, Irbene, Latvia

The Arts and Streaming Media
Lectures, project presentations, and Master Classes on Streaming Media at the American Film Institute, Hollywood, USA http://www.AFI.com/content/cdaw/default.html

2000
net.congestion: International Festival of Streaming Media
Inaugural artistic festival of streaming media with 3 major cultural institutions in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
http://net.congestion.org

frequency clock - gallery installation - [ vp00 v.0.0.3 ]
New media art exhibition at Video Positive, Liverpool, UK
http://radioqualia.va.com.au/freqclock/gallery.html

Closing the Loop 2000
An international research and performance project examining how sound, technology and gameplay can create collaboration and inventiveness across networks. A collaboration with Time's Up.
http://radioqualia.va.com.au/ctl/

D-Net Cultural Channel
Screenings and projections, Lux centre, London, UK

Tuning the Net
An artistic workspace for streaming media, video and sound and text. Part of Tech_nicks, Lux Centre, London, UK

1999
pso.Net / Sound Drifting
Exhibition at LifeScience - Ars Electronica 1999, Linz, Austria
http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au/psonet

frequency clock - gallery installation - [ eaf v.0.0.2 ]
New media art exhibition in Adelaide, Australia
http://radioqualia.va.com.au/freqclock/gallery.html

Illata
Online art project commissioned by the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
http://www.radioqualia.va.com.au/illata

e Q
Exhibition of sound installations at the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
http://www.radioqualia.net/eq

1998
frequency clock - gallery installation - [ aec98 v.0.0.1 beta ]
Prototype installation and 56 hour live broadcast performance with Xchange, INFOWAR, Ars Electronica98, Linz, Austria

The Qualia Dial
Finalist in major international net.art awards and part of internet group show, Art on the Net, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/mcmogatk/ & http://www.radioqualia.va.com/switch

gl^tch.bot
5 week exhibition of a live sound transmission for the Immersive Sound exhibition, Bregenz Festival, Bregenz, Austria. Produced in collaboration with farmers manual from Vienna, Austria
http://thing.at/orfkunstradio/BREGENZ/IS/index.html & http://www.radioqualia.va.com/glitch

Balance
Contribution to a group exhibition, Fabrica New Media Art Institution, Italy
http://www.fabrica.it/fabrica/balance/index.html

net.radio unlimited
Remote sound performance at Art Servers Unlimited, ICA, London, UK
http://asu.sil.at/

Trans-Tasman Tea Party: m i x i n g m e s s a g e s
Remote sound, video and hypermedia performance simultaneously based in Adelaide and Newcastle, Australia, & Dunedin, New Zealand


SELECTED TEXTS BY R A D I O Q U A L I A

Waveforms and Transmissions, Makrolab Reader, Arts Catalysts, London, UK, 2003

Free as in Media, Media Architecture, RIXC, Riga, Latvia, 2003

pitch shifting, One Bit Louder, Video Positive 2000, Liverpool, UK, March 2000
http://mi.cz/obl/intext/hargarhyde.htm

sound shape shifting, Realtime 29, February 1999

Looking Through Sound, PhonoTAKTIK: Music for Hearts and Minds, May 1999

The Apparatus As Interstice: FM & Real Audio bisect, Acoustic Space Vol2, September, 1999
http://radioqualia.va.com.au/ctl/texts/hh1.html

Keep The Faith: Radio B92, Belgrade, Acoustic Space Vol2, September 1999

Visionen Vom Friedern, Neue Medien und Politik, Informationen zur Ploitischen Bildung, Nr. 16, November 1999

Uncertain Information Exchange, Media & Ethnicity, Crash Media Vol 2, May 1998

Flexible Bodies on Frequency Modulation (with Zina Kaye), READ ME!: Nettime Book, September 1998
http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/199809/msg00146.html

Frequency Clock, ClosedX discussion series, Ars Electronica, September 1998

Net.Radio Round Table, edited by Alex Galloway, Polygraph, December 1998

 

Honor Harger

Honor Harger was born in New Zealand and lives in London, UK.
She is an artistic practitioner working with design, curation and art-making, and has a particular interest in artistic uses of new technologies. She is one of the co-founders of r a d i o q u a l i a , an artistic collaboration with Adam Hyde.

Since 2000, she has been working for Tate Modern in London, UK, where she is the Webcasting Curator within Tate's Digital Programmes department. She also produces events and concerts for the Interpretation and Education department at Tate Modern.

In the mid 1990s while based in New Zealand, Honor edited the artistic publication, SPeC; co-founded sound art collective Relay, and worked with radio station, Radio One and the art gallery, Artspace in New Zealand. In Australia she worked with the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT). After relocating to Europe in 1999, she undertook projects with the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in Germany, the publishing house, Arkzin and the new media art organisation, mama in Croatia, and the Kiasma contemporary art museum in Finland. She also co-curated the Communication Front 2000 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and was one of the producers of Net Congestion: the International Festival of Streaming Media, held in Amsterdam in October 2000. Since 2001 she has curated exhibitions at The Physics Room in New Zealand, the HDLU in Zagreb, Croatia, the Queens Gallery at the British Council in New Delhi, India, and is presently working on an exhibition which will be shown in cape Town in 2003.

 

Adam Hyde

Adam Hyde was born in New Zealand and lives in London, UK.
He is a musician, developer and format artist working at the convergence of broadcasting and Internet technologies. He is one of the co-founders of r a d i o q u a l i a , an artistic collaboration with Honor Harger.

Adam has a background in television and radio in New Zealand, where he founded the b.net radio network and Static Television, New Zealand's first community television station. He relocated in Europe in 1999, and worked as a producer and manager at the internet service provider, XS4ALL in Amsterdam between 1999 - 2003. Whilst in Amsterdam, he co-founded HelpB92 and Open Channels for Kosovo, which assisted independent media in the former Yugoslavia. He was also the initiator of Net Congestion: the International Festival of Streaming Media, held in Amsterdam in October 2000, and a co-founder of the Open Source Streaming Alliance, an initiative that has established several internationally distributed, streaming media servers for arts and cultural use. He has taught new media at the University of Amsterdam, and other institutes, and has recently been working with the Walker Art Center in the USA.

Under the name 'eset', Adam works as a software artist and musician. He has designed and built several applications including the Theory Machine and the Frequency Clock. His performances as an electronic musician have incorporated live software development as an integral and demonstrative part of the performance.

 

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