Transmissions
Bread and Roses
Soveks Lo (UK 2023)
Soveks Lo (UK 2023)
17 min
A behind the scenes radio documentary about the making of the Enfield Peoples Theatre production of Bread and Roses. The play focuses on the 1915 Edmonton Rent Strike and community action led by (and won) by women during World War 1. However, it draws comparisons with the current housing crisis and the issues of homelessness.
Producer - Soveks Lo
Maroon Community Media
Where do I Belong: Shock Waves and City of the Richter Scale
New Perspectives Theatre ( UK/IQ 2023)
New Perspectives (UK / IQ 2023)
5 min
7 min
A collection of short poems and stories from twelve writers living in Baghdad and Nottingham, offering a unique window into the lives of those in two distinct UNESCO Cities of Literature, featuring original writing from emerging and established artists, with an emphasis on under-represented voices. The 12 podcast episodes have developed through online conversations, pairing the writers to reflect and explore themes that connect their pieces to create a series of duets:
Episode 1: City on the Richter Scale
by Sadek Mohammed (poet, translator, essayist and academic; Baghdad)
A contemplation of a blood-stained city
Episode 2: Shock Waves
by Andy Barrett (writer and performer; Nottingham)
broken promises and new beginnings
Produced by New Perspectives
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Traffic Circle
Grant Harris (US 2023)
Grant Harris (US 2023)
10 min
A limo driver navigates the road, the weather, her thoughts, and the radio.
A short film for the ears playing with inner, outer voice and recognisable radio tropes, this piece invites you to lean in.
Written, Directed, and produced by Grant Harris
Edited by: Grant Harris & Joe Miles
Featuring: Shamarah Hernandez, Florence Friebe, Kate Scott & Joe Miles
Music by Dandelot
Dancing Ideal: Maja
Ioannis Valasakis (UK 2023)
Ioannis Valasakis (UK 2023)
8 min
Reflections from Maja, a dancer who studied in Gothenburg's Ballet Akademie, on her relationship with dance and her body, shared in hushed nighttime confessions. A poignant sonic portrait of a dancer in the throes of self-discovery and acceptance.
Producer - Ioannis Valasakis
In The Dark What’s New: Bedstuy Beats
Vivienne Schutz (DE 2023)
Vivienne Schutz (DE 2023)
1 min
Vivien Schütz is a German radio maker living in Brooklyn, New York. She typically produces radio documentaries and fictional stories for German public radio, but this was her first time experimenting with something non-narrated piece using only field recordings.
The piece was inspired by the prompt "What does your neighborhood sound like to you?". It’s called “Bedstuy Beats”. Bedstuy is short for Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, where Vivien has been living for the last two years. A lot of the recordings were spontaneous — she just grabbed her phone when something interesting was happening around her.
Produced by: Vivienne Schutz
In The Dark What’s New: For the Love of Reptiles
Grace Heerman (US 2023)
Grace Heerman (US 2023)
16 min
Grace Heerman is a new audio producer living in New York. She was primarily a copywriter, until she started experimenting with audio last year.
“For the Love of Reptiles” is a fun account of what it means to be a reptile owner today.
Producer - Grace Heerman
In The Dark What’s New- Hey I'm in a Bit of a Hurry
Rasmus Malm (SE 2023)
Rasmus Malm (SE 2023)
3 min
Rasmus Malm is a journalist from Sweden who has made documentaries for Swedish radio and podcast platforms, but this is his first time experimenting with a personal story.
Hey I'm in a Bit of a Hurry" is short piece made up of fragments from Rasmus’s diary. Telling this story may have even changed his life.
Produced by Rasmus Malm
In The Dark What’s New: Life Begins in the Stillness
Julie Censullo and Gabriel Rodreick (US 2023)
Julie Censullo and Gabriel Rodreick (US 2023)
10 min
Julie Censullo is an audio producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Her piece, "Life Begins in the Stillness", was produced as part of the Spring 2023 In the Dark short feature course, and was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts. It’s Julie’s first non-narrated and heavily sound designed piece. It was recorded in the Quaking Bog in Theodore Wirth Regional Park in Minneapolis. The interviewee is a man named Gabriel Rodreick He is a musician and artist who goes by “Freaque”, and he created the bog spirits heard in the piece.
Produced by: Julie Censullo
Music by: Gabriel Rodreick, AKA "Freaque
In The Dark What’s New- Diary of a Young...
Alexandra Valahu (CH 2023)
Alexandra Valahu (CH 2023)
13 min
Alexandra Valahu is a writer and emerging audio producer living in Switzerland. “Diary of a Young...” was made over a few weeks during the In the Dark course, and — in Alexandra’s words — “what started as a somewhat lighthearted inquiry … evolved into something deeply surprising”.
This piece is a letter of love from Alexandra to her sister Adri.
Produced by Alexandra Valahu
In The Dark What’s New: We Were Being Taught a Lesson
Shivangi Mariam (IN 2021)
Shivangi Mariam (IN 2021)
8 min
Shivangi Mariam is a writer, independent researcher, and translator from India. The piece is about the function of memory in the face of mass violence.
The poem was written in response to a massacre that happened in Shivangi’s home city Delhi in 2020, a massacre where the victims continue to await justice. This is their first time matching their poetry to sound design. To do this, they collaborated with Osloob, a Palestinian rapper, singer, and music producer. For Osloob this is an experiment in style too, because he had never created sound design for spoken word.