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n o w h e r e r a d i o

A Visual Art and Sound Art Project By David Sanchez Burr

About

n o w h e r e r a d i o was first executed in a town called Badger in 2010 at the foothills of the Sequoia National Park. The exhibition was curated by New York Artists, Tom McGlynn and Bill Doherty and California artists Bachrun LoMele nd Anné Klint. The exhibition was completed in a large industrial building in a very remote region that allowed ample space to accelerate experimentation and create unique works of art.

The intent of this first iteration of n o w h e r e r a d i o was to give people the opportunity to adjust the outcome of an art exhibit through participation. Is it possible for art to work as a broadcast? The function of interactivity can create a relationship between the participant and the broadcast. The relationship becomes intriguing when we an audience becomes a momentary community and a set of exchanges of ideas and expressions through the broadcast range.

n o w h e r e r a d i o is composed of experimental sound devices and instruments, microphones, armatures, a mixer, digital processors and a low powered FM transmitter, it is designed to be highly transportable and can run on the battery of a standard car. Participants are encouraged to create their own sounds and generate their own projected and broadcasted thoughts and ideas.

Since the first exhibition of n o w h e r e r a d i o it has been exhibited in its entirety or in parts at The Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas, Nv, Pop Up Art House in Henderson Nevada, Jen Kleven Contemporary in Las Vegas, and at Art Murmur 2012 in June as part of the Mobile Arts Platform directed by artist Peter Foucault, and in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the Memphis Social an Apex Art Exhibition.

Instruments and Devices

The instruments and devices used to make sound in n o w h e r e r a d i o are created from found objects, custom manufactured materials and hand made electronic parts, ranging from kitchenware to heavy machinery the objects are created with a dual purpose. One is to create a work of art that can stand alone as a visual element and two is to take advantage of the resonant acoustic property of the objects and materials themselves. It can be said that n o w h e r e r a d i o is as much a collection of individual works as it is a complete art installation. The instruments and devices are made to endure rugged contact and can be repaired easily. The instruments acoustics are based on traditional instrumentation but are also constructed to be un-intimidating and approachable, the point here is not to replicate music but to generate new sounds.

Exhibitions

Each exhibition is custom engineered to fit the specific dynamics of the space, four exhibitions so far have revealed that the project has different outcomes and the space the installation occupies also affects the broadcasted sounds. Different spaces inspire different levels in interactivity.

Transmissions

The installation uses several types of microphones and sensors to capture sounds, the microphones are hand constructed and the electronics and software are tested thoroughly. Multiple channel processors, MIDI devices and sensors are also used. The transmitter is a legal FM transmitter for large building use and can be adjusted in power and signal strength. The transmission is received and amplified via radios located strategically around the installation and within the transmitter range, the range can vary from a couple hundred feet to a mile in diameter depending on the installation space.

The sounds created during the day can themselves be inserted in the broadcast layering the activities of the participants over a span of time.

Literature on the subject of communities, utopias and dystopias, is made available to be read through a microphone, the viewer is encouraged to write their own ideas and add to the project.

Related Press

“Please play the art at David Sanchez Burr’s exhibit” Mark Adams Las Vegas Weekly Wed, Apr 4, 2012

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2012/apr/04/please-play-art-david-sanchez-burrs-exhibit/

“David Sanchez Burr wants to kill the radio” Radio interview on KNPR Las Vegas

http://www.knpr.org/son/archive/detail2.cfm?SegmentID=8763&ProgramID=2475

“Sensory Overload” Jenessa Kenway November 10th 2011

http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2011/11/10/ae/art/iq_48670697.txt

“Artist Talk About east of Fresno” Donald Munro Fresno Bee

http://fresnobeehive.com/2011/09/participating_a.html

“Recapping East of Fresno” Donald Munro Fresno Bee

http://fresnobeehive.com/2011/09/recapping_east.html

10 x 10 Exhibit Appears through Dec. 2, 2011 Channel 4 Broadcast November 17th 2011