Transmissions
The Process: What Is Financial Astrology?
Alanna Chance (UK 2022)
Alanna Chance / Somerset House (UK 2022)
29 min Episode 2 of 6
We’re used to experiencing the work of an artist in its final form – in the gallery, on the stage, or mixed on an album. But what has been the journey to get there? Somerset Housemersethouse.org.uk/ is home to a community of over 70 artists and makers.
This series goes behind the scenes of the process that some of these artists go through to get to the finished work.
Gary Zhexi Zhang is an artist interested in exploring the chimeric edges of global systems. Recently his research has taken him into the world of finance, where he’s been drawn to the sorts of speculative ways of thinking we might normally associate with the occult. Enter Financial Astrology, a way of forecasting the markets based on the positions of the cosmos. In this episode of The Process, Gary goes down the rabbit hole to try to understand this field and grasp why cryptocurrency in particular is so obsessed with the stars. He hears about some seismic events on the horizon from Christeen Skinner, a financial astrologist who has been working in the City of London for over 20 years and talks to social anthropologist and former equity fund manager, Philip Grant about how ideas of magic and finance overlap.
Produced by Alannah Chance
Produced as part of the Creators-in-Residence Programme 2021
Supported by The Rothschild Foundation
Edgeland
Hayley Suviste (UK 2021)
Hayley Suviste (UK 2020)
24 min
As Manchester’s streets and skyline are warped by the ever-accelerating process of urban renewal, the city’s edgelands and green spaces are at risk of being swallowed by waves of property development. Not only does this raise questions about the ecology of the city, as carbon sinks are flattened and wildlife is displaced, but it speaks to broader trends pushing urban residents away from shared space, community and local identity.
This project shines a light on these spaces and the activists, academics, and local people who have taken up the daunting fight against corporate interests in the city in the name of biodiversity, urban ecology and community wellbeing. As we are faced with crises of both environment and mental health, the role of public green spaces has become ever more crucial in the eyes of those who enjoy, nurture, and maintain them
Hayley Suviste is a sound artist and composer based in Manchester (UK). She works with field recordings, archival material, electronic hardware, and live instrumentation to create long-form compositions, sonic installations, and multimedia art projects. Inspired by folk traditions and oral histories, Hayley is interested in the role of sound and voice in constructing and reproducing cultural identities and socio-historical narratives and how new compositional technologies can engage communities with overlooked stories about their environments.
Produced by Hayley Suviste
Commsioned by HCMF
High Street Tales - A Reading of London Street
Aundre Goddard and Richard Bentley - High Street Tales (UK 2021)
Aundre Goddard and Richard Bentley (UK 2021)
32 min
Ok this is technically a location based sound walk of London Street in Reading but it’s an engaging listen even at a distance. (Some of the historical dramatised parts are a little wooden but entertaining none-the-less)
Artists Aundre Goddard and Richard Bentley’s sound walk ‘A Reading of London Street’ tells the story of the community at the heart of London Street bringing London Street’s history to life and capturing its unique identity.
This is part of High Street Sound Walks, a series of self-guided, immersive sound walks to help people discover the magic of their local high streets for Heritage Open Days.
Produced by Aundre Goddard and Richard Bentley for High Street Sound Walks a commission by Historic England, National Trust and Heritage Open Days with support from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery and produced by Sound UK.
Tender: Ep1 Something Burning
Broadwave (AUS 2021)
Produced by Broadwave (AUS 2021)
19 min / Episode 1 of 6
Tender takes listeners on a personal journey through what happens when women leave abusive relationships. Each season follows one woman’s story as she pieces herself back together.
In this season we meet Roia Atmar and the crucial moment of deciding to leave her abusive husband begins in a burns unit hospital bed. Not an easy listen but Roia’s bravery and poetic wisdom shines through as we follow her journey to freedom.
Co-producers: Madison Griffiths and Beth Atkinson-Quinton
Lead Storyteller: Roia Atmar
Sensitivity Editor: Shakira Hussein
Assistant Producer: Danae Gibson
Sound Designer and Engineer: Jon Tjhia
Ridley Road
May Robson - History Workshop (UK 2021)
May Robson (UK 2021)
19 min
Ridley Road Market has been around for almost 140 years and has been described as a “hub of connection, interconnections and social interaction”. Historically and today, the market is run by and for diverse communities and forms a public space which is political. Like many markets, however, Ridley Road is at risk from "regeneration", gentrification, and social cleansing.
May Robson works with Tamara Stoll a photographer and oral historian n who works in Ridley Road Market and is part of the Save Ridley Road campaign to speak to local residents' memories of Ridley Road's anti-fascist history and about the struggles that market traders face today - from gentrification to lockdown.
Produced by May Robson for The History Workshop
Fully Amplified: Ep3 When Two Armenians Meet…
Future Theatre (UK 2021)
Future Theatre and Reduced Listening (UK 2021)
30 min / Episode 3 of 8
Fully Amplified is a seven-part original drama-documentary series exploring the untold stories of over 30 women and non-binary people from all walks of life, brought to you by some of the UK’s most dynamic writers, brought together by Futures Theatre
In this episode we meet two Armenias.
Ojen wakes up in the early hours to find the women of her family taking over her kitchen. The noise, smells, tastes and sounds fill up her small flat with memories: of her past, of her heritage, and of distant horrors that bubble just underneath the surface. Drawing on her own Armenian heritage and celebrating the lives of the Bedrossian women OLD DOUGH is a story by Abi Zakarian about the power of memories, food and resilience in order to preserve a culture and heritage in the face of genocide and denial.
Produced by Reduced Listening
Featuring Old Dough by Abi Zakarian
Directed by Caroline Bryant
Performed by Jessie Bedrossian
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Vanishing Postcards: The Boldness of Black Cowboys
Even Stern (US 2021)
Even Stern (US 2021)
30 min / Episode 12 of 15
Vanishing Postcards is a documentary travelogue in which listeners are invited on a road trip exploring the hidden dives, traditions, and frequently threatened histories that can be discovered by exiting the interstates of the US.
In this episode Even is in Rosenberg, where he meets two cowboys who debunk the Hollywood and comic depictions. in fact alongside the many Mexican vaqueros one out of four cowboys was black in the 1800’s. Larry Callies and Myrtis Dightman Jr are not only working hard to change perspectives surrounding these narratives, but whose stories are epic on their own terms.
Evan’s style is very NPR but he does meet some extraordinary people.
Produced and narrated by Even Stern
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Birds Eye View: Ep1 Making Herstory
Story Projects (AUS 2020)
Produced by Story Projects (AUS 2020)
38 min / Episode 1 of 10
BIRDS EYE VIEW is the culmination of a two-year audio storytelling project run by StoryProjects in the Darwin Correctional Centre. One of a number of public health initiatives designed to minimise alcohol-related harm, the project involved workshops and mentoring in field recording, interviewing, editing, vocal techniques, body percussion, scripting and slam poetry.
Framed by three questions - Who are we really? How did we get here? and Where to next? - project participants documented their memories, reflections and the everyday routines of prison life.
Episode 1: Travel into the Darwin Correctional Centre where you’ll meet Rocket, who has spent most of her adult life in prison, along with a bunch of birds.
Executive production: Johanna Bell
Production: Cinnamon Nippard, Leah Sanderson and Johanna Bell
Mixing: Hamish Robertson
BIRDS EYE VIEW was co-created with women in the Darwin Correctional Centre. Over two years, more than 70 women engaged in the project, with more than 30 regularly involved.
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We Are Voices: Ep 1 Small Heavens
Produced by Bridey Addison-Child and Jude Shapiro (UK 2021)
Produced by Bridey Addison-Child and Jude Shapiro (UK 2021)
34 min / Episode 1 of 6
Through a series of remote workshops, the 12 refugees and asylum seekers involved learned about creative storytelling, scripting, interviewing and sound design. As new podcast producers, they’ve developed the creative skills to tell their own stories, with complete control over the narrative.
Episode 5 invites you to choose your own adventure as an asylum seeker (We couldn’t include this here but follow the link and play/listen there)
Executive Producers: Bridey Addison-Child and Jude Shapiro
Featuring: Diamond and Rima
We are VOICES is a co-produced podcast series made by VOICES Network in collaboration with The British Red Cross
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Let’s Stick Together : The Calm Before The Storm
Sarah Cuddon (UK 2021)
Produced by Sarah Cuddon (UK 2021)
14 min / Episode 2 of 2
'Let’s stick together’ explores the process of collage, using found image and sound, and how it reflected our lives during the Covid pandemic.
A beautifully produced collage of sound and interviews with the Bromley By Bow Centre participants. The best way to describe this piece is a patchwork quilt of sound.