[spectre] call: radiovisionen 2007, radiotesla/berlin

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:41:47 +0200
From: Moritz von Rappard <production.mvr at tesla-berlin.de>


Call for proposals


RADIOVISIONEN
250 Years of Radio

RADIOVISIONEN: a series of productions and a prologue look back at a 
confrontation with the future
of the medium radio. The format of RADIOVISIONEN places the focus on 
the future, as seen against
a historical backdrop. The development of and practical reflection on 
utopian and dystopian visions
of radiophony form the center of RADIOVISIONEN - 250 Years of Radio. 
The title suggests a chance
to gain insight beyond current discussions of technical developments, 
and the subtitle is a both fictional
and an historical anticipation: a double flip with a twist. As bold 
as these concepts might appear, their intent is serious. Independent 
from the actual business of broadcasting, the planned discussions of 
radio's future should reach well beyond questions of ratings and 
format, registering constructive demands on
the medium itself.

Prologue
The project begins with one weekend in March, 2007: the prologue. 
Artists, scientists, radiomakers, futurologists, and related thinkers 
come together in an informal context to present their visions of the
future and discuss their work in an interdisciplinary environment. 
Attention will not only focus on new media in general and radio in 
particular, but also on political, economic, and sociological trends 
and utopias. The prologue will be documented using various media; its 
goal is to determine materials and scenarios for four radio visions, 
which will be developed by selected artists and presented on four 
weekends in October, 2007. Radio visions are Science-Fiction.

Production
In order to cover the broadest possible spectrum of subjects and 
interests, the four radio visions should have very different points 
of departure. Productions should emerge which are independent from 
the contemporary broadcasting business. RADIOVISIONEN grants the 
invited artists as much freedom as possible to find the most 
appropriate form to communicate their conceptions. A minimum of 5000 
EUR
and the TESLA Berlin Studio are available for the realization of each 
vision. In addition, Deutschland-
radio Kultur, WDR, SWR, ORF, and the c-base have expressed interest 
in cooperation.

Program
The highlights are the premières of the four radio visions: four 
designs for a radio of the future, an invitation to reflect on what 
radio can achieve and signify in the future; ideally, a stimulus for 
the daily routine of the media. The radio visions will be presented 
Fridays and Saturdays from October 5th until
the 27th, 2007 in the Kubus of Tesla. In the week after each 
première, the supporting program will
include discussions, lectures and presentations of historic utopian 
visions of radio. In addition, listening stations will provide access 
to previous presentations and materials from the prologue.

Parallels
The process of RADIOVISIONEN has indirect forerunners in other media; 
examples can be found in the proto-LSD novel, “St. Petri Schnee", by 
Leo Perutz (Vienna, 1933); Robert Scheckley's, "The Prize of Peril" 
(1958), which was the model for Wolfgang Menge's and Tom Toelle's 
“Das Millionenspiel" (WDR, 1970) - killer TV in reality format - or 
Stanislav Lem's "Wielko urojona" (1973), a series of fictional 
reviews.

People
RADIOVISIONEN will be supervised by Martina Groß, Andreas Hagelüken, 
Séamus O'Donnell, Moritz von Rappard and Johannes Wilms - the team 
from RADIOTESLA, which has presented "programs, fragments and 
impressions from the past, present and future of radio", since 2005 
in the Podewils'sches Palais.

Contact
Please send comments, questions, and project proposals before 
November 30, 2006 to:
Tesla Berlin / RADIOTESLA, Moritz von Rappard, Klosterstraße 68, 10179 Berlin
or: production.mvr at tesla-berlin.de

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