Anna Friz: Tuner A radio receiver, designed for mass production and consumption, invites a small narrative reflecting some aspect of radio’s changing cultural reference over the past century: I am the future, I am mobile, I am young, I am a connection with the world, I am a safety precaution,…
Radio works by Anna Friz -info & audio in Kunstradio/ORF The last program of Kunstradio’s focus on Canadian radio art presents works by Canadian artist Anna Friz, who divides her time between Chicago and Montreal. Since 1998 she has predominantly created self-reflexive radio for broadcast, installation or performance, where radio…
From 2001-2002 I recorded the soundscapes of abandons factories and wharehouses along the Lachine Canal in Montreal. In the intervening years, all of these unique acoustic spaces are now lost -either demolished entirely or renovated into condominiums. I linked these field recordings touring specific empty places with more ethereal cities…
In 2009, I published an article entitled “Radio as Instrument” in the Wi Journal of Mobile Media. You can find the original publication (complete with functioning audio links) over here, as part of the excellent issue on the theme of “Active Radio” edited by Owen Chapman.