Why Radio? by Helmut Kopetsky (Berlin, Germany)

A quote by Helmut Kopetsky (Berlin, Germany)

Phonetic transcription BG > EN:

 "Vto-rach-vam se v za-cher-ve-ni-te si ochi v og-le-da-lo-to sre-shtu men, sled kato sum pre-ka-ral osh-te den i po-lo-vin nosht pred kom-pyu-ta-ra i si za-da-vam fun-da-men-tal-ni vap-ro-si: Za-shto radio? Za-shto do-ku-men-ta-lis-tika? Ot-govor: Nya-ma dru-ga media, ko-ya-to mo-zhe da mi pre-dos-ta-vi po-ve-che svo-bo-da v saz-da-va-ne-to i iz-sled-va-ne-to. Ta-zi ot-go-va-riya na zhi-via mi in-te-res kum real-nost-ta i zhe-la-nie-to mi za "mu-zi-kal-no" iz-ra-ziya-va-ne. Ma-te-ria-lat e zvu-kat. A zvu-kat vi-na-gi ni za-o-bi-ka-liya. I sa-shto ta-ka: ne mi do-pa-dat tol-ko-va opi-sa-ni-yata na zas-ti-na-li si-tu-a-tsiy, kol-ko-to pred-sta-viya-ne-to im ka-to pro-ces. Na-sha-ta me-dia ne e pro-stran-st-vo, a vre-me; na-shi-te is-to-riy ne sa vko-re-ne-ni v ze-mi-ya-ta, a-mi i-mat dvi-zhe-nie, zhi-vot. Eto za-shto!"

BG to EN translation:
I stare at my red eyes in the mirror in front of me, after I have spent another day and a half night in front of the computer screen, asking myself fundamental questions: Why Radio? Why documentaries? Answer: There is no other media that can provide more freedom in creation and examination. It aligns with my vivid interest in reality and my personal desire for a "sonic" / "musical" expression. The materiality is the sound. And sound always surrounds us. Moreover, I don't like that much the description of static(still) situations, instead, their description as a process. Our media is not a space, but time; our stories are not rooted in the ground, they possess movement, and life. That's why!"