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"Capture All" was the motto of this year's transmediale festival for ar and digital culture. And the sister festival Club Transmediale invited us to explore the field of adventureous music – this time focussing on the physcial, psychic and emotional effects of sound. As always, our February issue of GUNSTradio is dedicated to both festivals…

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stolen radia #512: die gestohlene figur + radia #119: tape beatles in concert

taking from. whom? where? what if there is no case in case. no burglary. but artistic endeavor. and necessity?

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Social media? Well: media may facilitate and foster community buiding. As it coud be said for netorks. To be and to act socia, however, is a privilege of living beings. Now, this in mind, let us think – and talk – about Socio-Digital Sculpture…

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Digital media have changed our images and our imaginations in many ways. By digging into the histories of imaging technologies we can get a better idea not only about the past, but about the presence as well. Let us take a closer look at two artistic projects exploring this field.

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hardware orchestras radia #474: rectangular grinder + radia #258: algorhythmic noises

hardwre makes the musik. literally. how? basically, it's due to the curiosity of sound researchers: open your maschines. and/or your ears…

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noisy radia #472: UIOR + radia #455: the quiet noisy interview

what is noisy? let uns try to define. or better: explore it before we do so. and how? of course the radia way. theory and practice combined.

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Looking back to look forward: with a review of the recent Club Transmediale and Transmediale 2014 festival – both of which were inviting us to travel this very direction: From the present back into history towards past, present and tomorow's futures…

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quiet noisy talk show radia #455: the quiet noisy interview + radia #258: algorhythmic noises

noises are setting the tone and the rhythm for this hour of art radio and radio art – consisting of two lessons about the sound and the poetic qualities of noise(s).

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aut(h)o(r)-poetry radia #450: the death of the authors + radia #187: les forteresses du ciel

ever heard about the death of the author? sure, for there is an ongoing debate in literature studies. however, in a culture traditionally reading authorship and copyright together, there's also a very profane, yet tremendously important reason to literally remember the date: for this one counts (again, literally) for counting towards the day the work will become accessible for the public domain.

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RANDOM TIME RADIO TIME von | by TBC RADIO (radia #443)

time. measure, number and rule. rhythm and beat. synchronization. but what if clocks run differently? if they get out of synch, stop, get rid of the regime of time zones, world time, standard time? what time do they show? and how will those come together, who – knowingly or not – set their time according to them? is it possible that in the end chance provides the only key to synchronize these times from time to time?

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