radio aporee ::: app v1 is out!

probably it has tons of bugs, crashes your phone and does anything but playing sounds... however, give it a try... go to the android market, search for radio aporee and install. let me know! find out more at http://aporee.org/maps/mobile/info/ --u

Ethernet Orchestra - Distant Presences II - Sunday 14th November, 2010

_Distant Presences_ is an improvised sound work which reflects the nature and aesthetic of the ensembles dispersed interaction. As divergent musical cultures meet in improvisation, the work is ameditation on the multifarious nature of location and being. It formspart of an ongoing series of networked improvisations curated by Furthernoise.org for .Explorations in Sound. Vol 4.Ethernet Orchestra is the research project of Roger Mills at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. It is aninvestigation of networked improvisation, examining cognition, intercultural collaboration and learning in networked audio platforms.

live stream on radio aporee Sunday 14th November, 2010, 11.30 am Germany UTC+1 CET / 10.30 am UK /Sydney 9.30cpm UTC+11 EST http://radio.aporee.org

read more @ http://www.blackhole-factory.com/

--u

radio aporee ::: miniatures for mobiles

( - working title - )

this project doesn't want to subtitle your reality. it's intention is to intensify and enrich the experience and perception of the world around you, while listening to it. you may think of it as a form of radio which literally surrounds you, and which may, if you like, dissolve the borders between listening and performing. read more at http://aporee.org/maps/mobile/mfm/

ON2: Test Signals - Exploring new forms for radio and software

ON2: Test Signals
Fri 22nd - Sat 23rd October 2010, Direktorenhaus Berlin.

On Saturday, 23rd from 11:00am I will show particpants of the workshop how to connect sound, space and narration with a new collaborative sound mapping platform and an experimental radio app for android phones.

"We advise you to arrive early to all talks as capacity is limited and
entrance will be on a first come, first served basis." ...

http://www.testsignals.org/
--u

Future Places. Porto, Portugal, October 2010

if you by chance are around next week in Porto, let's meet for a coffee. I'll be there together with Rádio Zero from Lisbon, in a 2 days workshop.

http://futureplaces.org/

Efford / Plymouth Sound Walks

Most recently Crazy Glue, the High View community arts group, worked with Take-A-Part, Plymouth Arts Centre and artist Tony Whitehead to develop a series of audio talks around Efford, follow the link to listen to the walks and see a map of where they went...

http://aporee.org/maps/projects/efford

radio aporee ::: app

some years ago, i've started to explore the so called augmented realities (is there another?) created by the superposition and intersection of physical space with media and information right at your current location. for companies and consumers, this translates to improved shopping. i'm skeptical about the new hype and the "mobile revolution", and since i prefer to create and manage my own spaces and realities as far as possible, i decided to dig into the ideas and techniques behind the touch screen. so here's my first "app" for android based phones:
it finds and plays sounds from the aporee maps near you, and it's a receiver for the aporee streaming radio. but the feature i like most is the walkman mode. while walking, it always pulls the nearest sounds around you from the aporee maps and crossfades them into a continuous sound play, which naturally mixes with the actual sounds reaching your ear along your promenade. this can be a very intense listening experience, depending on where you are and what's on the map in that particular area. in the near future, i'll try an experimental spatial radio, combining sounds and narratives. it slowly goes into the direction of a radio i'd really like to listen to. but how to break the 100% individualistic approach? what can others hear while you are browsing your personal psycho-geography? do you have an idea? --u