Gene Pool - Digital Culture

Fragments of conversation, interviews, sound recordings and demonstrations from the "Field Recording & Creative Radio" weekend with Patrick McGinley. This programme documents the origin of planned a 4 part "Framework:afield" series. Info: www.frameworkradio.net www.digitalmediacentre.org The Gene Pool Radio Show is presented weekly at 7pm on Wednesdays on Soundart Radio 102.5FM.

Four sound artists and one Steinway Grand piano are the centre piece of this episode. We present exclusive live recordings from Jonathan Coleclough's spine-tingling performance during the sound:site Sonic Arts Festival, where he performed solo, and with the assistance of Simon Whetham, Patrick McGinley and Geoff Sawyer. More: www.october-editions.co.uk The Gene Pool Radio Show is presented weekly at 7pm on Wednesdays on Soundart Radio 102.5FM. The podcast version can be delivered directly into your iTunes via subscription from our iTunes Channel.

Framework broadcaster and artist, Patrick McGinley, interviewed in the Sultan Balti House, Birch Hill. We hear about the evolution of Framework's global network of field recordist contributors, the beginnings of the Phonography Yahoo group, field recording as contemporary Folk Music and Patrick's own sound work, as Murmur. Interviewed by Martin Franklin & Felicity Ford More: www.frameworkradio.net www.digitalmediacentre.org

The first of our exclusive recordings from the Sound:Site sonic arts festival. The evening concert featured performances by Jonathan Coleclough, Simon Whetham and Framework's producer, Patrick McGinley. Each artist recreated or recomposed pieces which feature on the Framework250 double CD compilation. This episode of the Gene Pool features the performance by Simon Whetham who took extracts of each of the tracks on the compilation and performed with them, layering and manipulating the source tracks into a seamless 25 minute audio journey. More: Information about broadcasts of the Framework radio show and the Framework250 compilation can be found at: www.frameworkradio.net Simon Whetham: www.simonwhetham.co.uk The Gene Pool Radio Show is presented weekly at 7pm on Wednesdays onSoundart Radio 102.5FM. The podcast version can be delivered directly into your iTunes via subscription from our iTunes Channel.

Helen Frosi, curator of London's first sound-based exhibition space, SoundFjord Gallery talks about the recent launch event, and the first show by American sound artist, Yann Novak. More : www.soundfjord.org.uk www.yannnovak.com

Recorded on a evening outing for the Gene Pool, when we visited the monthly Reading Geek Night: a community organised event attracting software developers, creative professionals, researchers, hackers and makers. The event features four crowd-sourced tech talks per month and provides opportunity for announcements and lots of networking. We spoke with various attendees, some only known by their Twitter handles, so many thanks to @JimAnning, @mikethebee, @digi4life, @Chris_Alexander. More Info: www.readinggeeknight.com www.digitalmediacentre.org

Extracting sound from silence – sound artist, Jonathan Coleclough talks about his installation and performance work, and explains his method of filtering recordings or empty rooms to reveal amazing sounds. Paul Whitty, talks about the Sound Diaries project and we hear examples from the “First minute of 2009″ contributed to the project from around the World. Presented by Martin Franklin & Felicity Ford. Links: Jonathan Coleclough – www.coleclough.plus.com Sound Diaries – www.sound-diaries.com

Artist, Kathy Hinde, more Sound Diaries and the London Sound Survey feature in this episode as part of the run up to the Sound:Site sonic arts festival on 2nd October 2010. Presented by Martin Franklin & Felicity Ford. More: www.kathyhinde.co.uk www.soundsurvey.co.uk www.domesticsoundscape.com www.digitalmediacentre.org www.codetrip.net

Locative Media, with Bristol’s Pervasive Media Studio Director, Clare Reddington talking about the Studio's exciting relationship between artists, technologists and academic institutions. PM Studio's resident artist, Duncan Speakman talking about technology that knows where you are and interaction with public spaces around us and his work creating urban "subtlemobs". More Info: www.pmstudio.co.uk www.digitalmediacentre.org

Preview of our sonic arts conference and performance event, Sound:Site 2010. Exploration of the British Library Sound Archive with artist, Felicity Ford and sounds of the dark Estonian night with Simon Whetham. Both artists appear at the Sound:Site event at South Hill Park, 2nd October 2010. Further info: Felicity Ford: www.thedomesticsoundscape.com Simon Whetham: www.simonwhetham.co.uk BL Sound Archive: sounds.bl.uk Digital Media Centre: www.digitalmediacentre.org

A piece of Art with your Chow Mein? Artists, Kay Sentance and Ann Rapstoff talk to us about their proactive exhibition programmes hosted in a Chinese Take Away, a local launderette and door to door delivery: Take Out, ArtWash and Art Delivery. Exploring ways to activate community engagement in unlikely locations, the duo have curated a series of innovative exhibition spaces for the last 5 years, presenting live and static artworks in unusual spaces. Podcast hosted by Martin Franklin & Janet Curley Cannon. More Info: http://www.digitalmediacentre.org

Hardware hacker and circuit-bender, Stu "ASMO" Smith, interviewed during our Atari Punk Console workshop weekend, tells us all about creating strange, new electronic instruments, performing at the National Space Centre, and his residency at STEIM. Audio from the weekend event includes comments from the participants and the colossal final APC jam session. More Info: http://asmo23.wordpress.com http://www.digitalmediacentre.org

A plunderphonic performance, using field recording, contact mics, keyboards, radios, turntables, toys and MiniDisc. Original recordings from our "Found Sound Stories" workshop weekend at South Hill Park, led by Janek Schaefer in November 2009. The full version of this recording was broadcast on the "Framework: afield" show on Resonance FM, Dec. 2009. http://www.murmurings.com/radioshow.html for details and the Framework podcast. Recorded and Produced by Martin Franklin, featuring audio and performances from: Janek Schaefer, Margaret Marks, Thea Stallwood, Sam Levine, Matt Rose, Felicity Ford, Sarah Britten Jones, Sheralee Gordon, Matt Scoins and Tom Menday.

Nikki Pugh of Birmingham hackerspace, FizzPOP and Julie Hoyle from Ochre Print Studio, Guildford join us to explain their differing approaches to housing facilities for their creative communities. Podcast hosted by Martin Franklin & Janet Curley Cannon. More info: http://www.digitalmediacentre.org

Artist, Advocate and A-N magazine's NAN Scheme Co-ordinator, Emilia Telese joins us for a discussion that ranges from Brain Machines and MacJob's to Artist networks and issues around the valuation of culture in the UK and abroad. Emilia's own work has moved from digital media and sound work, through interventionist performance which articulates ideas around social politics, celebrity, religion and individual freedoms. Join our listener mapping project by emailing: martin [at] digitalmediacentre [dot] org, saying where and when you listened to this episode. Further Info: http://www.digitalmediacentre.org http://www.emiliatelese.com