[spectre] what does a doomed cosmonaut sound like? Find out here

[Taylor Nuttall]

Own (sound) art:
Podcasting. Or how to own art by subscription

folly launches a month-long series of downloadable podcasts to promote the
medium and its potential. folly has commissioned SoundNetwork to produce one
podcast a week for the whole of February, and audiences can expect strange
sounds, electronica, documentary, politics and music in this experimental
series.

The 4 part series begins with "Transmission K" by Columbian sonic artist
Andres Burbano: an account of the fall to earth of doomed cosmonaut
Vladimir Komarov.

Podcasting has quickly become a broadcasting medium of the masses. It is
often said that 'anyone can do it'. All you need is an audio file and a
server from which to distribute the file. What is so appealing about
podcasting, and sets it apart from just streaming audio from a website or
server, is that a listener can subscribe to a podcast and automatically
receive updated files whenever they are connected to the internet.

SoundNetwork invited 4 artists to create a podcast in an attempt to define
what the medium could offer as a means of creating and exhibiting art on the
internet. The artists, who incidentally are not all 'sound' artists, have
been asked to exploit the medium the way they feel best suits their work.
Check out the results, and sign up to the weekly podcasts at
<http://www.folly.co.uk/soundnetwork>

folly is a leading digital arts organisation. Working in Lancashire, Cumbria
and online, folly is committed to enabling new audiences to explore art
through technology.