Tonight 9PM-1AM (CST) & again tomorrow 1PM-5PM (CST).

https://www.radioisaforeigncountry.org

“Waves Beneath an Ocean of Wet Air” is an interactive sound collage that explores the connections between desert and sea. Imagine 7 exotic “radio stations” slowly drifting and crossfading into one another – field recordings from the Empty Quarter in the Arabian Peninsula (e.g., singing sands, dune sediment, foraging ants); submarine recordings from the Indian Ocean; Riyadh web radios, radio sound effects and static; electromagnetic interference and more. It’s a bit like turning on a shortwave radio; listeners can remain on a fixed frequency or use the tuner to cycle through the “stations” to produce seemingly endless and shifting layers. Every hour or so, a gong signal reverberates through all the stations simultaneously. The result is a vibrant sonic metaphor capturing the subtle, often unnoticed intimacy between desert and sea, blurring the boundaries that separate them in the human imagination.

Although this is an interactive sound installation (tune in yourself at the link below), Robin Meier, sound artist and professor of sound arts at the Academy of Arts in Bern, Switzerland, has graciously put together a 4-hour demonstration for broadcast here.

https://garden.dcab24.art/en/commission/robin-meier-wiratunga-waves-beneath-an-ocean-of-wet-air

Many thanks to Robin Meier Wiratunga, Rahul Gudipudi, Clément Cerles and Alan Woo.