
MÆKUR is the collaborative project of Maia Urstad, Anton Kats, and Eva Rowson. The collective synthesizes artistic, sonic, and radiophonic practices to research communication technologies, amateur radio networks, and archival practices. As new technological forms open up and others become obsolete, MÆKUR explores how methods of self-organizing, listening, and transmitting—as well as the sounds of the technology itself, including its errors, interruptions, and signals—also evolve.
At the core of the MÆKUR collaboration is an ongoing archive that emphasizes multiple soundings of technical development and the different communities that form around it.
CONDITIONS : 1218–0719 features live performances and excerpts from the MÆKUR archive, including recordings from the Blind Veterans UK Amateur Radio Society, Bergen Kringkaster (Bergen Broadcasting Association), and the Deutsche Welle radio archive. The recordings were gathered and improvised during residencies at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2018), and Lighthouse, Brighton, UK (2019), as part of Who’s doing the washing up?—an 18-month artist commissioning programme exploring how different voices, histories, and types of work are valued in imaginations of the future, and with what consequences.
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MÆKUR is the collaborative project of Maia Urstad, Anton Kats, and Eva Rowson. The collective synthesizes artistic, sonic, and radiophonic practices to research communication technologies, amateur radio networks, and archival practices. As new technological forms open up and others become obsolete, MÆKUR explores how methods of self-organizing, listening, and transmitting—as well as the sounds of the technology itself, including its errors, interruptions, and signals—also evolve.
At the core of the MÆKUR collaboration is an ongoing archive that emphasizes multiple soundings of technical development and the different communities that form around it.
CONDITIONS : 1218–0719 features live performances and excerpts from the MÆKUR archive, including recordings from the Blind Veterans UK Amateur Radio Society, Bergen Kringkaster (Bergen Broadcasting Association), and the Deutsche Welle radio archive. The recordings were gathered and improvised during residencies at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2018), and Lighthouse, Brighton, UK (2019), as part of Who’s doing the washing up?—an 18-month artist commissioning programme exploring how different voices, histories, and types of work are valued in imaginations of the future, and with what consequences.
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