Transmissions
A Walking Scientist
Jasmina Al Qaisi (2020)
Jasmina Al Qaisi (2020)
10 min
Drawing thin lines between imagination and reality in an odd, yet common life situation- missing a flight. The monologues take the listener through different noisy layers of one voice changing tenses, presenting a possible future-past self which is just a coping mechanism for diverting racing thoughts of guilt. The play is centred around creating a new identity in a possible future: a walking scientist, a humorous being, but also an occasion for social critique from a dissident to conforming with a life ruled by capital. The piece is created with vernacular sounds: computer cooler, street shop alarms, walking sounds - mostly translated from noise to voice and back.
Written, performed and produced by Jasmina Al Qaisi
This piece was a recipient of Works for Radio from The Lake Radio and a longer version 2nd place in Burning Mic non-german speaking category for Berliner Hörspiel Festival of free Radio Plays
In The Dark: Surveillance
Derick Armah and Ivan d'Avoine (UK 2021)
Derick Armah + Ivan d'Avoine (UK 2021)
9 min
This audio essay is a young Black man’s observations on hyper-visibility in one of the most surveilled cities in the world.
Produced and written by Derick Armah and Ivan d'Avoine for 'The Hidden Part' on Short Cuts BBC Radio 4.
Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark
In The Dark - Di Major
D Peterschmidt (US 2022)
D Peterschmidt (US 2020)
5 min
An abstract take on the traditional public radio two-way format, D explores the relevance of names.
Produced by D Peterschmidt as part of Union Doc’s “Augmented Audio Realities”
Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark
In The Dark: Lithium Mania
Alice Boyd and Laura Grace Simpkins (UK 2021)
Alice Boyd + Laura Grace Simpkins (UK 2021)
5 min
Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed lithium. Here she recounts the beginning of a troubled new relationship with a mysterious drug.
Co-Produced by Laura Grace Simpkins & Alice Boyd
Written and narrated by Laura Grace Simpkins
Music and Sound by Alice Boyd
Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection
Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark
The Balloon
Talia Augustidis (UK 2022)
Talia Augustidis (UK 2022)
5 min
Balloons are usually about celebration, yet this one represents so much more. This subtle and touching piece takes the listener into a deeply personal moment.
Producer: Talia Augustidis
The Painting
Neil Sandell (CA 2019)
Neil Sandell (CA 2019)
9 min
This we much we know. The woman in the portrait is wearing pearls, leaning forward, smoking a cigarette. But the rest is unknown – who she was, her relationship with an unknown artist. It is open to speculation. This absence of information invites those who see her to project their own stories onto her. She is like a mirror. Knocked off balance by the painting, the narrator ponders what lies behind his obsession with the woman in the portrait. He revisits an upheaval in his life and a stark truth that he has been avoiding.
Writer/Narrator: Neil Sandell
Producers: Neil Sandell with Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime & Sarah Geis Sound Design: Mira Burt-Wintonick & Neil Sandell
Selected by guest curator, sound artist and podcast producer Cristina Marras
“I find this piece fascinating yet disquieting for the way in which it manages to embody absence, making us feel all the melancholy of not knowing, that transcends the search for information on the object at the centre of the narration, to become subtle nostalgia, a sensation well known to all expats around the world.”
Bad Taste: Will native grains be key to saving Australia’s water?
Jess Ho for SBS (AUS 2022)
Jess Ho for SBS (AUS 2022)
35min Episode 2 of 3
Farmers have grown grain in Australia on a commercial scale for years, but none of it is indigenous to our country. We talk to industry experts Bruce Pascoe and Jacob Birch about the potential of native grain crops and the impact they can have on Australia.