*Most listened podcasts - February 2014 - Ràdio Web MACBA*
*1-* *SON[I]A #187. Interview with Diedrich Diederichsen. *
The cultural critic and music journalist Diedrich Diederichsen talks about
the role of criticism in contemporary art, the social dimension of today's
music, and the links and differences between the art and music worlds.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/diedrich-diederichsen/capsula
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*2- INTERRUPTIONS #16. On duration: silence is unavailable, please buy time
or switch dimensions. Curated by Dave Phillips. *
Dave Phillips' mix is a true assault on the senses that reflects on extreme
durations in music and our relationship with the temporality of sound.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/dave-phillips-on-duration/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140220/16Interruptions_eng.pdf
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* 3- FONS ÀUDIO #24. Antoni Abad. *
Antoni Abad charts a course that begins with his early sculptural works and
ends with his current community-based mobile communication projects, by way
of his video installations and net.art.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/fons-antoni-abad/capsula
PDF:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140213/Fons24_eng.pdf
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* 4- MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH.... Andy Votel. Part II*
A selection of records that use eccentric voice manipulation techniques;
from human existentialism and sound poetry to electronic, mechanical and
computer distortion.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia-andy-votel-collection/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140113/Memorabilia_andy_votel_partII_eng.pdf
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*5- MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH.... Brian Shimkovitz. Part II.
*Islamic,
Christian and traditional praise music, all have a place in the market
stalls across Africa, and are widely represented in Brian Shimkovitz's tape
collection.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia_brian_shimkovitz_collection/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130903/Memorabilia_brian_shimkovitz_partII_eng.pdf
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* 6- MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH.... Andy Votel. Part I*
Over the past twenty years, Andy Votel has travelled far and wide in a
quest to buy as many records as he could. His main motivation is to listen
to music, and the only way to get the music he likes is generally to buy
and collect it.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia-andy-votel/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20131212/Memorabilia_Andy_Votel_eng.pdf
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*7-* *PROBES #7 Transcript. Curated by Chris Cutler*
PROBES #7 examines some of the preparations applied to percussion and
voice, before beginning to look at the recovery and invention of extended
performance techniques; starting with the piano.
PDF:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/probes7-chris-cutler/capsula
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*8- INTERRUPTIONS #15. **Cumulative Tails. Curated by Vicki Bennett*
Since the late eighteenth century, speech therapists, linguists,
entrepreneurs, artists and musicians have nurtured the dream of emulating
human speech. In this mix, Genís Segarra offers a personal overview of a
subject that fascinates him, with the story of voice synthesis as a
narrative thread.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/vicki-bennett-cumulative-tails-/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20131230/15Interruptions_eng.pdf
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*9- INTERRUPTIONS #13 The inhuman voice. Curated by Genís Segarra*
Since the late eighteenth century, speech therapists, linguists,
entrepreneurs, artists and musicians have nurtured the dream of emulating
human speech. In this mix, Genís Segarra offers a personal overview of a
subject that fascinates him, with the story of voice synthesis as a
narrative thread.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/genis_segarra_inhuman_voice/capsula
Playlist:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130626/13Interruptions_eng.0.pdf
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*10- **SON[I]A #188*
Bartomeu Marí, Beatriz Preciado and Valentín Roma talk about the conceptual
structure that will drive the MACBA's programming from 2014 to 2016.
Link:
http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/conceptual-structure/capsula
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Enjoy!