You Tube For Drive Time?
"Come on in!" gestured the woman in the Whitney's storefront window at 941 Madison. Do, or just listen in at 91.9FM or website because for the duration of the biennial Neighbohood Public Radio invites everyone to participate in their broadcast, which will feature programming by local artists, activists, musicians and "talkers' that you are not likely to encounter anywhere else. The concept - to provide what they call "access in excess" - an alternative media platform at the community level.
A refreshing counterpoint within the biennial, the project - "American Life" - presents an ongoing journal of the social and cultural context of the today's art as seen in the rest of the exhibition. A live evolving document, it represents the milieu more vividly and engages the viewer at a deeper level than any printed manner accompanying the visual works possibly could.
Given the popularity and range of user-generated content for your computer, a similar surge in the traditional broadcast media is inevitable, if resources ar made available. Will the art world embrace this spotaneous content spoken by the non-annointed? Can real voices and sounds lure Americans away from their beloved "reality" programming, which is really pre-digested by the commercial interests to function in their own behalf?
Bring it on.
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