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Gene Pool#41: Audiograft
Crowd-funding, Ray Lee’s new installation “Murmer†and Steven Cornford’s piano-bashing and benching-dragging performance at Oxford Brookes annual sonic arts festival, Audiograft, all under discussion as Felicity Ford emerges from deep cover to hi
Gene Pool#40: I/O Artist Residency
The Art of the Handmade, from clothes to tech explored with artist, Thea Stallwood. The Gene Pool show hits 40 in this episode, where we talk to the current artist participant on our I/O Artist Residency Scheme. The I/O Scheme provides opportunity for ar
Gene Pool#39: Simon Whetham
Icelandic sagas and sounds from Pontoon Hotels in Thailand are among the pieces played during our Invisible Jukebox with globe-trotting sound artist, Simon Whetham in this episode. We spoke with Simon during the week when he was setting up his exhibition
Gene Pool#38: Creative Radio II
Sonic interventions, acoustic architecture and urban sounds of control are some of the audio projects being pursued for our forthcoming series of Framework:Afield shows on Resonance FM. We met with all of the contributing artists at the Royal Festival Hal
Gene Pool#37: Dark Net
Alternative internet, Freenet installed and discussed during this final show of our Autumn season on Soundart Radio 102.5FM, alongside a peek into the sonic doors in Sound Diaries "Sonic Advent Calendar" project. Presented by Martin Franklin & Felicity
Gene Pool#36: Sound Transit
With the looming closure of the sonic airline-themed web project, Sound Transit, we book one last journey via this imaginative web site, which is the brainchild of artist, Derek Holzer. Programme presented by Martin Franklin and Felicity Ford More: www.
Gene Pool#35: Theremin Day
Theremin Day was a sold out workshop day where participants built a 6 oscillator, photo-optic, sci-fi drone machine from electronic components, under the guidance of Mr. Underwood. This episode includes audio from the completed optical Theremin projects,
Gene Pool#34: Hidden Sounds
The hidden world of audio vibrations in buildings, environment, objects, interior and exterior locations revealed. Based on our very own "DIY Contact Mic" workshop day, we talk about the what and how of building your own contact mic, before auditioning so
Gene Pool#33: Underground/Overground
From the Victorian Sewers of Brighton to Ocean Drive in Miami, we present sonic artefacts from our sound-hunting expeditions. Amazing 3D binaural audio from a tour of the underground tunnel system below Brighton and nature and nightlife from bustling Miam
Gene Pool#32: Electronics for Artists
The maker of Southwold Pier's Cycle Pong, Iain Sharpe leads a weekend mixing electronics theory with it's creative application. Throw in an Arduino micro-processor, and you've got a programmable sound and light sequencer. We hear interviews and atmospher