Radius, Episode 04: 8 Silences by Art of Failure :: April 9 and April 16 at 8:00 pm (CST) :: online.

8 Silences (part of the Laps series) offers a sensible representation of Internet by broadcasting audio streams that travel and reverberate trough the web. Initially silents, the streams progressively incorporate an infinity of transformations or “errors” that modify the sound as it circulates on the network. These alterations are comparable to a form of erosion caused by the network space – they are a key to allow different mental representations of this digital topography. Presented as a live performance, 8 silences is a sound immersion in the heart of data flows.

Episode 04 presents a special mobile broadcast of 8 Silences from Urbana, IL, USA as part of the art exhibition Bricoleurs at the Independent Media Center in association with the 2011 Boneyard Arts Festival.

Art Of Failure is a duo of the French artists Nicolas Maigret and Nicolas Montgermont. Their work is fueled by avant-gardes movements and artistic and scientific experiments. Within their various projects, they operate shiftings or transpositions that highlight problems and aesthetics peculiar to contemporary technologies. Their work is presented under various forms: performances, installations, on-line projects or editions.

Radius is an experimental radio broadcast platform based in Chicago, IL, USA.The goal is to support work that engages the tonal and public spaces of the electromagnetic spectrum. Radius features a new project semi-monthly with statements by artists who use radio as a primary element in their work. Radius provides artists with live and experimental formats in radio programming.Radius is administered by Jeff Kolar.