Special Issue 22

Radio Worm: Protocols For an Active Archive

Exploring and creating techno-social protocols for potential active archives of Radio WORM while making radio.

Week 1

Monday 18

Getting acquainted with Aporee (https://aporee.org/) and discussing field recordings. We each had time to explore the platform and search for a sound relating to a memory. After looking (or listening) around, I picked this sound:

We then all individually recorded the specific metadata of the chosen sound, as well as an explanation as to why the sound was chosen/the memory that made us choose it.

"The sound of church bells on Sunday morning is a familiar one, that has woken me up over and over again, interrupting my sleep and informing me it was time to get up and start my day. So common at home and so rare here, that sometimes I find myself missing the comforting alarm."

We also played with a cassette player, learning how to record on cassettes from radio/other cassettes, as well as methods to "hack" them into being recorded (such as placing a post-it on the holes they have on top) and using magnets to delete sound.

We ended the day by picking the "caretakers" for Radio Worm for the week.

Tuesday 19

Listening to Bernadette, Victor and Maria on Radio Worm. We interacted with them by communicating through the pad (https://pad.xpub.nl/p/SI22-shownotes-week1). It was interesting and exciting to hear the show live for the first time, even though we only had one day to think about it.

Week 2

Tuesday 26

First Time live on Radio Worm!

Week 5 - Autumn Break

Monday 16

For the broadcast taking place during the autumn break with Rosa as caretaker, we all recorded some introductions for the show:

This is the intro for the holiday special

And this is an intro for the cassette tape experiment section

Rest of week

Meeting with Thijs and Rosa to discuss what we want to do as caretakers for next week more in-depth. We defined what had to be done to achieve our final goal on Tuesday, as well as

Week 9

As a cooldown from the chaos of Zinecamp, there were no classes on Monday and Tuesday, so I decided to work from home to focus while resting a bit. I brainstormed on ways in which the curtain and quilt metaphors could be potentially implemented inside the apocalypse, as I wasn't ready to let go of them. I also took this opportunity to relax and take a breath before the final sprint of the Special Issue Launch.

Week 10

Monday

Today we followed a workshop given by Ahnjili ZhuParris about Machine Listening and Deepfakes. Firstly, she explained to us the basics of machine listening and the algorithms she has developed as a result of her PhD thesis and most importantly talked about the idea of looking at ways (recorded) voice can be analyzed and annotated algorithmically. After that, we all together (following her guidance)