An initiative of the
Breathless. A Documentary Film Project /
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rádio d-cz. A Radio Art Project /
Vùng biên giới. A Theatre Project with Rimini Protokoll /
rádio d-cz. A Radio Art Project /
rádio d-cz in tranzitdisplay
16.11.2009 – 29.11.2009, Gallery tranzitdisplay, Prague
Radio creates a public space, and yet reaches its listeners mostly in private space: at home, in the car or through headphones…this paradoxical situation is ideal for creativity. Because you never exactly know where you currently are and which rules apply, you have to be ready for everything. Voices, ideas and sounds rush past us before we can even fathom if they have anything to do with art – or with what actually?
The magic of this vagueness and uncertainty was the impulse for realizing the project “rádio d-cz”, which brought together authors, artists, radio-play editors, musicians and sound collectors and resulted in five works for radio. These radio pieces tell true and fictional stories about adventurers, people who have worked their way to the top, about lines and fences which separate, and sounds which connect.
The Gallery tranzitdisplay in Prague presented these five radio works for two weeks in the form of a traversable acoustic installation in the rooms of its premises. As part of the exhibition, tranzitdisplay also staged four evenings for discussion on traditions and current trends in international radio art. The guests included Julia Tieke, Markus Gammel, Michal Rataj, Paul Plamper (radio dramatist and director), Wolfgang Schiffer (director of the programme group radio play and feature at WDR, Cologne), as well as Kateřina Šedá und Rolf Simmen.
Curators: Gaby Hartel, Frank Kaspar and Vít Havránek
An event staged by tranzitdisplay, Dittrichova 9, Prague
The radio art project “rádio d-cz” was only possible thanks to the commitment of the producing broadcasters, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Österreichischer Rundfunk, in cooperation with Czech National Radio.
Programme | Photographs
Background Materials
Programme poster (pdf)
Overview of the exhibition’s programme
Exhibition poster (pdf)
Imprint / Print