Monday, February 6, 2012

Danielle Marie Kelly and Dave Sanchez Burr on Thursday

Artist Danielle Kelly writes:

"Although I am not yet certain exactly how it is shaping my work, I find that over the last year/year and a half I have consistently revisited the attached essay/manifesto by Emily Roysdon...A second reading is Jorge Luis Borges' short story "The Labyrinth". I revisit it on a regular basis and I find that it always has new significance for me."

You may wish to read Borges' short story.  Here is a link go the Roysdon project.  Note that there is a link to a nicely illustrated PDF download on the top of the essay.  Also, if you look through the menu to the left, you will see Ecstatic Resistance under "curatorial projects" and can look at images here.

http://emilyroysdon.com/index.php?/hidden-text/er-text/


Artist Dave Sanchez-Burr writes:

"For a great audio representation of my talk there is a song by Shellac called The End of Radio, below is a youtube link to Shellac performing the song and also the lyrics. The song  holds great relevance to the N O W H E R E R A D I O project."


Lyrics to The End of Radio

is this thing on?
can you hear me now?
are we going?
is this thing on?
test, test, test, test, test, test...
can you hear me now?

as we come to the close of our broadcast day
this is my farewell transmission
signing of
mr. and mrs. america, and all the ships at sea
anyone within the sound of my voice
i've got 50000 watts of power
i want to ionize the air
this microphone turns sound into electricity
can you hear me now?
out on route 128, the dark and lonely
i got my radio on
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
it's the end of radio

and that snare drum
that drum roll
means we've got a winner
if you're the fifth caller
or any caller at all...

welcome to my top ten
i'd like to thank our sponsor
but... we haven't got a sponsor
not if you were the last man on earth
she was prepared to prove it
this one goes up to a special girl
but... there is no special girl

it's the end of radio
the last announcer plays the last record
the last watt leaves the transmitter
circles the globe in search of a listener
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?

is this really broadcasting if there is no one ever recieve?
it's the end of radio
as we come to the close of our broadcast day

i got my radio on
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?
can you hear me now?

this is the test
if this had been a real emergency...
hey, hey, this is real god damn emergency

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