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RADIO TAXI

Kirsten Lavers, cris cheek, (TNWK) and Simon Keep invite sound artists(including writers, poets, visual artists, musicians working with sound) tosubmit work for a short range FM and internet radio event in late May and early June

2005.BACKGROUND

RADIO TAXI is a Taxi Gallery narrowcast and webcast initiative. Taxi Gallery is literally a black cab situated in a council estate on the outskirts of Cambridge,England. Since Sept 2001, over 25 different artists have made new works inresponse to the specific context offered by the gallery and its location. TaxiGallery is a project that reaches for an extended conversation with local, nationaland international audiences (via its website) in response to a broad range of challenging contemporary artworks, approaches and ideas.For more info on Taxi Gallery - please visit www.taxigallery.org.uk

The translocal or "glocal" philosophy of Taxi Gallery is reflected in the forthcoming RADIO TAXI project which will integrate a 3 mile radius analogueFM broadcast with a worldwide digital transmission via a server capable ofhandling multiple streams.RADIO TAXI will be a live(ly) mix of locally originated programmes and interventions (significant community involvement by neighbourhood residents ofall ages will be developed, including several major projects with ColeridgeSecondary School and an evolving radio club), a curated programme of invitedsound works and a schedule of sonic art from all over the world. The Radio Taxi webcast will be technically supported by Liam Wells (NorwichSchool of Art and Design) of n0media.

Transmission dates:

6pm 27 May - 6am 31 May (GMT)& 6pm 3 June - Midnight 5 June (selected highlights)

The selected highlights will remain archived on the Taxi Gallery website for theforeseeable future. An audio CD selection will also be included in a forthcomingfull colour Taxi Gallery publication.

SUBMISSION DETAILSTHERE ARE THREE WAYS TO TAKE PART IN RADIO TAXI:

1. A 1hour (unedited, raw) field sound recording made at night (anytimebetween dusk and dawn) from a specific location anywhere in the world.Please include exact details of the location, date and time of the recording.

2. A recording made for the duration of a taxi journey (see Jan Cain's 'Ride'in the Taxi Gallery web archive). Please include details of the journeyincluding departure and arrival destinations and reasons for the journey.These recordings will be played during the overnight programme during the broadcast period - a programme inspired by Jim Jarmusch's film 'Night OnEarth'. All submitted recordings will be fully credited on the website.

3. Contribute to the curated programme by submitting new or existing soundworks that in some way address at least one or more of the followingthemes:

NeighbourhoodThe CommonsEverydayLocation Transition Conversation Collection Transmission

No other limits and we're also happy to receive proposals/ideas for works to becarried out on site or via live - streaming. Submissions should be sent (preferably in audio CD format - please get in touch if this is a problem) withdetails, credit info and weblinks to:

38 Stanesfield Rd, Cambridge, CB5 8NH England. Queries to: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Submission Deadline: 1 May 2005 latest - though we'd encourage earlysubmissions.

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