User:Thijshijsijsjss/Notes on SI22
This page reports on my explorations, findings, unfindings and (more) during Special Issue 22. In the spirit of the wiki, I will resist my current urge to write this introduction in detail -- because I can't write it in detail, yet.
Week 1
Tour at WORM
Field Recording task
My field recording explorations
Show
Maria, Victor and Bernadette are this show's Caretakers. They are present in the Radio WORM studio, while the rest of us are gathered around stereo boxes connected to the (previously tellingly broken) digital screen. Communication between Caretakers and the Caretakers' caretakers goes via an Etherpad. This communication is semi-continuous. I notice I am hesitant to write in it.
(Retroactive) playlist
| Time | Data | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 0-25 | 20.6MB | About Radio Aporee |
| 25-27 | 3MB | Chat from Victor, Bernadette |
| 27-53 | 23MB | Collective Audio Field Recording |
| 53- 57 | ~3MB | Studio Field Recording |
| 57 -65 | ~11.5MB | Cassette Tape Recording |
| 65-68 | 1.5MB | Bells |
| 68-70 | 1MB | Victor: making the mixtape |
| 70-77 | 4 MB | Riffusion Jingle |
| 77-86 | ? | Maria Reads a text (might be called 'Snow', might be by 'Ina Blom') |
| 86-98 | ~11MB? | Aporee Mix / Voices / Westminster |
| 98-105 | 6MB | droning windows movie maker music + voices |
| 105-120 | 15MB? | The remainder |
Shownotes discussion
In the afternoon after the show, we had a discussion with the classroom, this show's caretakers, Michael and Joseph. There are some important takeaways (for me):
- We all like the tension between a preprogrammed playlist and improvisation and the mysterious dynamic it creates for the listerner.
- Personally, I was impressed by the cohesion of the show.
- We liked the overlays between music / sounds / voices. There is some balancing here that is important, it is easy to overwhelm the listener.
- One of the highlight's of the show was when the caretaker's used the etherpad as a script. This back-and-forth between the caretakers and the classroom is something to be fleshed out over the coming week(s).
We have chosen new caretakers already. Actually, my first instinct was not to pick them already. It will be interesting to see how this will change the dynamic between programmed and improvisational radio. Something to reflect on next week.
Prototyping
Tuesday afternoon we had our first prototyping session. In it, we set up a Raspberry Pi and create our own personal user profiles on it. Some useful commands we used today:
- Log in to the pi:
ssh thijsoid@145.24.139.16 - Broadcast a message:
wall [message] - Print to the lineprinter:
echo "[message]" > /dev/usb/lp0
Week 2
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