Sebastiane Hegarty - Tapping the Air: weak signals for six radios at nightfall by NAISA published on 2019-01-02T19:59:04Z A recording of a live micro-FM transmission performed at the Lizard Wireless Telegraphy Station, Cornwall: site of Marconi’s first ‘over-the-horizon’ wireless transmission in 1901. The composed transmission is based on field-recordings collected on the Lizard Peninsular, a landscape littered with the architectural remains of listening and communication. Haunted by the did-dit-dit of Marconi’s test signal tapped out on the towers and blast walls of these architectural ghosts, the emerging soundscape mingles local sounds with others recorded on the Isle of Wight, from where Marconi’s original signal had arrived. The transmission begins as the first illuminated arc of the Lizard Lighthouse signals nightfall. Sebastiane Hegarty is an artist, writer and lecturer. His research explores the perceptual geographies of sound and listening, through field-recording, live radio transmissions and the production of phonographic objects and actions. Sebastiane has exhibited, performed and broadcast across the UK and Europe, including works for BBC Radio 3, Radiophrenia (Glasgow/Bergen) and IMT Gallery (London). The Deep Wireless 14 Online Album was produced by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) for the 2019 edition of the annual Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art. The contents of the album were curated by NAISA from an international call for submissions on the theme Off the Beat(en) Track. Editions 9 through 14 of the Deep Wireless Compilation are available on NAISA's Soundcloud site. Previous compact disc editions can be heard online at naisa.ca/media-archive/compactdiscs/ Copyright of the works belongs to the artists who have agreed to have their work on NAISA's Soundcloud page. Note that Deep Wireless 14 is not available for download. Community and public radio or internet broadcasters should contact NAISA directly for access to the works for airplay. Contact naisa@naisa.ca for more information. Artistic Director: Darren Copeland Executive Director: Nadene Thériault-Copeland Image Illustration: Prashant Miranda Genre Radio Art
