La acción directa es la insistencia, al enfrentarse con estructuras de autoridad injusta, en actuar como si ya se estuviera libre.

David Graeber, Direct Action: An Ethography. AK Press 2009, p 203

La cumbre #COP26 – la 26a Conferencia de las Partes en la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático – tendrá lugar en Glasgow entre el 31 de octubre y el 12 de enero. La cumbre será también el núcleo de un amplio movimiento de protesta por parte de diferentes colectivos y organizaciones de activismo medioambiental – y ni que decir tiene que el activismo sonoro y radiofónico experimental también tendrá su hueco allí.

De la mano del equipo de SoundCamp nos llega esta convocatoria abierta de AIR.. (As if radio..) para su programación radiofónica durante el evento. El énfasis de la convocatoria de As if radio.. está en el directo, lo cual puede incluir streams remotos, y en la participación y difusión del trabajo de los colectivos presentes en Glasgow, así como el uso de medios de transmisión que se podrían enmarcar dentro de la radio ecológica: entramados de streaming de bajo consumo energético (algo que ya está en la agenda de SoundCamp para su edición de este año). Pero también se buscan trabajos sonoros experimentales, así como otras formas de arte radiofónico.

(AIR) emitirá desde su estudio en el Civic House Project de Glasgow a través de los servidores de Wave Farm en Acra, Nueva York, desde donde la señal podrá ser retransmitida por relay por otras emisoras.

La convocatoria nos ha llegado sin fecha límite, así que lo más sensato es asumir que «es para anteayer».

Aquí tenéis la convocatoria. Se pueden enviar propuestas a través del siguiente formulario, y para dudas consultas se puede escribir a asifradio.glasgow@gmail.com.

As if radio.. AIR — A LONG-FORM RADIO SHOW DURING COP26 GLASGOW 31 OCT — 12 NOV 2021 Open Call for Sound, Radio and Transmission works.

[D]irect action is the insistence, when faced with structures of unjust authority, on acting as if one is already free. David Graeber: Direct Action: An Ethography. AK Press 2009, p 203

As if radio.. is a collaborative radio space created in response to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021.

Based on ideas and practices of ecological radio and acts of listening, this long-form broadcast will bring together contributions by climate activists and artists, both those gathering around the Conference in Glasgow and those individuals and communities around the world seeking to bring their voices to the collective demands for climate justice. Situated in Glasgow for the duration, As if radio (Air) will provide a platform for the voices less often heard at such events, interweaving these with ecological sounds combining live coverage and commentary from the COP and widening the soundfield to areas out with the official event. We anticipate a rich listening experience combining environmental streams from the Acoustic Commons network with a mix of reportage, radiophonic works, critical perspectives and environmental sounds, sonic interventions and untold stories of the climate crisis. There will be an emphasis on live content wherever possible.

Please make proposals using this short form.

We invite diverse audio contributions by artists, activists, ecologists and other sound workers that engage issues of climate and ecological crises in their broadest conceptualisation, including societies relationship with nature, ecology and multispecies relations under extractive capitalism. Submitted works might include live streams, soundscapes, field recordings, audio storytelling, sounds of nature and more. We are also looking for those doing live projects, performances or interventions coinciding with the COP that may have either a sonic dimension or could be adapted or captured for radio, or reporting on actions from your location.

The (Air) Station will be situated at the Civic House Project space in Glasgow, providing an essential physical presence and open studio where people can join the programme in person. We anticipate the radio space will provide a public platform for sharing work, learning about making radio, bringing remote places into conversation, organising, experimentation and acoustic commoning. The show will stream to a server at our broadcast partner, Wave Farm in Acra, New York, from where it will be available for other broadcasters to pick up.

Key words: ecologies; environmental impacts; anthropogenic climate change; extractivist capitalism; fossil fuel economies; toxicity; air-pollution; CO2 production, multispecies, climate justice; greenwashing;

Guidelines

Air.. is interested in real-time. Where you wish to propose recordings, please consider if you can also come talk about the work and its relevance to the occasion.

You can come to the studio in central Glasgow and join the programme in person, you can stream in from a mobile or streambox, or link us to a live feed on most any platform.

Works can include:

— reporting on actions from your location — sounds from your location (live streams / field recordings) — live music — readings / writings relevant to the themes / audio storytelling — sound / transmission works engaging with ecologies of persons, groups, environments

Works can be of any length.

Please make proposals using this short form. Or email: asifradio.glasgow@gmail.com

Thank you!

Best wishes AIR

contact at soundtent.org soundtent.org acousticommons.net

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