Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Radio
A CKUT 20th Anniversary Event
October 19th-21st, 2007
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Cost: Pay what you can
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Sunday, Oct 21st, 2007, 2:30pm - Shatner Ballroom, 3480 McTavish, 3rd floor
Radio, Art and Freedom of Thought
Discover the origins of art on the airwaves and the relationship between artistic freedom and freedom of speech on the air. What role did sound artists play in the history of radio broadcasting, and how do avant-garde artistic traditions manifest in contemporary community radio and other forms of sound transmission?
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Speakers:
Charlotte Scott
Charlotte Scott works as CKUT's spoken word coordinator. She studied
communications and culture at various Canadian universities before
receiving her MA from Ryerson/York for a sound composition about
acoustic community and environmental philosophy. Charlotte plays
electric bass, cello, & glockenspiel and sings in a psychedelic rock
band called Triceratreetops. She likes to wander around in forests.
Tianna Kennedy, Free 103.9
Tianna Kennedy is the Brooklyn Program Director of free103point9. In addition to her administrative role with free103point9, Tianna is, herself, a curator and transmission artist. She also plays cello, recording and performing frequently. Tianna co-founded the August Sound Coalition in 2004 and the Empty Vessel Project in 2005. Tianna holds a MA from NYU's Performance Studies program. She frequently teaches free103point9 Radio labs, and has presented at Location 1, NY; at Pixelache particle/wave (hybrid radio workshop), Helsinki, Finland; at Deep Wireless's Radio Without Boundaries, Toronto, Canada; and NYC Grassroots Media conferences. In 2006/7, Tianna taught "Radio Culture" and "Sight, Sound, and Motion" at Brooklyn College.
Kathy Kennedy, CKUT and Studio XX
Kathy Kennedy is a community artist with a background in classical singing. She is a founding member of Studio XX, the digital media centre for women, and artistic director of the innovative women's choir, Choeur Maha. Her large scale works for radio and live voices have been performed at Place des Arts, for the innauguration of the Vancouver Public Library and at Lincoln Center's Out of Doors festival, among other places. www.kathykennedy.ca