Salamèche

Radio Play was an independent, infrequent and idiotic radio show – a platform to host artworks and thinking by artists we admire. After an initial performance in 2017, we hosted seven live online broadcasts between 2018 and 2019.

First developed at Summer Lodge 2017 (at Nottingham Trent University), Radio Play is an experiment in organising an independent space for artworks, discussion and ideas. We got to play out our fantasies of being radio hosts, while we learned the ins and outs of producing and distributing sound, for in person and online events. We also learned the pleasures and demands of organising a semi-regular and unfunded platform in which we were inviting work by our peers. We were glad to do it, even if we realised that we had bitted off a little more than we could chew.

One thing in particular that became clear for us was the importance of inviting peers who had never worked with sound, alongside more expert practitioners – and thinking about how this context could offer an opportunity to think about how they might stretch themselves through, or find pleasure with, this medium. 

Live radio show: Previous broadcasts collected below and also available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts.

July 2017 | Contributions from Bettina Fung, Gerry Williams, Collette Rayner and Sophie Huckfield.

February 2018 | With: Fionn Duffy, Murad Khan, Hamish MacPherson, Sam Pardes and Ed Sanders.

April 2018 | With: Whipshift (aka Fiona Anderson), Laura Burns, Andy Edwards, Sami Itavuori and Nora Scherer.

July 2018 | Curated and hosted with Fionn Duffy , broadcast from Siobhan Davies Studios. With: Kelly Lloyd and Erika Råberg, Benny Nemerofky Ramsay, Katie Shlon, Ashley Bedet with pupils from Western Canada High School, Sulaiman Majali, The Silver Field, Tom Parker and Esmond Sage

September 2018 | With: EunJi Sung, Craig Pollard, Lilach Livne, Anastasia Shin, and Nastya Dzyuban.

November 2018 | With: Fruitbat Nonfrog (Francine and Richard Affourtit), Timothea Armour, Jane Francis Dunlop, Bahar Fattahi, Ash Kilmartin, Alisa Oleva and Rebecca Wigmore.

March 2019 | With: Geraldine Snell, Gareth Cutter, Moa Johannson, Ollie Howell and Yasmine Akamune Miles

September 2019 | With: Annie Abrahams, Rachael Murray, Paige Silverman, Collette Rayner and Sleepwalk Collective.