A Fiona MacNeill and Two-Artists Presentation, at The Soap Factory in Minneapolis.

Perhaps the blame should be placed squarely upon the shoulders of those higher up in the chain of command. However, in this world of multi-conglomerations, corporations and globalization, couldn't we always shift the blame higher?

520 2nd St SE

Hello Listeners,

1. We need to get some funding. Which means that we need some time beyond making the show to apply for grants.

3. We need to change podcast server so that our web page consistently works and the design can be updated. Also a lot of our listeners use Firefox and for some reason the Motif Radio page looks a bit weird and doesn't come up properly in that browser (I strongly suspect that this is a libsyn quirk).

5. We need to make our own work (which we coincidentally need funding for too). I Have a show coming up in October and I'm going to try and video podcast my performance for you guys some time during that month.

7. We may also have to, as we proposed before, become 'once-a-month'. I really don't want to do this and if I got a lot more submissions I wouldn't have to. 'Us' working artists have to prioritize though and I know what its like to work 25-30 hours and kill yourself to make art on top of that. We still haven't completely decided about whether we're going to do this yet.

At the moment Motif Radio is kind of an infant; a little moody and occasionally hard-to-handle. We need to move to the next level of our growth! We are aiming to start up again at the beginning of February and don't forget to join us for our first anniversary on February 22nd 2007 put it in your diary.

Fiona

"Transient Artists" by Tucker MacNeill

Motif Radio would like to thank: Xavier Tavera and Reem Bader, for helping to make this show possible.

E-mail Alert!!! Due to a rather annoying "web server" our e-mail is DOWN!
For the time being, please direct all your mail to our "Gmail" mail accounts:
fiona.macneill[at]gmail.com or tuckerphoto[at]gmail.com Obviously, please substitute a '@' symbol at the '[at]' - We're trying to avoid MORE spam than we already have!

Running Order:

1. Fiona explains Motif Radio's Tardiness

2. The Trials and Tribulations of the Transient Artist Community - The "premise" of the show, by Fiona MacNeill

3. Interview with Xavier Tavera, Part one - Fiona MacNeill and Xavier Tavera, at the Soap Factory Gallery in Minneapolis

4. The Historical context of the Artist's transient nature - Written by: Fiona MacNeill and read by: Tucker MacNeill

5. "Email" Interview with Reem Bader - Questions by: Tucker MacNeill and email read by: Fiona MacNeill

Further Information:

Artsourcing: An international Consortium of Outsourcing Artists
Curated and created by: Grupo Soap del Corazon - Gabriela Bertiller, Luis Fitch, Alexa horochowski, Douglas Padilla, Xavier Tavera and Marcela Rodriguez

Exhibition Dates: July 1st through August 16 At The Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN

Work "talked about" during the Xavier Tavera interview:

Universal Theme at: You Tube

Shatner Quote at: Drew and Mike's Fan Page

Motif Radio would like to thank: Xavier Tavera and Reem Bader, for helping to make this show possible.

E-mail Alert!!! Due to a rather annoying "web server" our e-mail is DOWN!
For the time being, please direct all your mail to our "Gmail" mail accounts:
fiona.macneill[at]gmail.com or tuckerphoto[at]gmail.com Obviously, please substitute a '@' symbol at the '[at]' - We're trying to avoid MORE spam than we already have!

Running Order:

6. Basic Modern Considerations - Written and read by: Fiona MacNeill

7. Interview with Xavier Tavera, Part two - Fiona MacNeill and Xavier Tavera, at the Soap Factory Gallery in Minneapolis

8. Political Considerations - Written by: Fiona MacNeill and read by: Tucker MacNeill

9. Shatner Screams - Mp3

10. The Elevator

Further Information:

Artsourcing: An international Consortium of Outsourcing Artists
Curated and created by: Grupo Soap del Corazon - Gabriela Bertiller, Luis Fitch, Alexa horochowski, Douglas Padilla, Xavier Tavera and Marcela Rodriguez

Exhibition Dates: July 1st through August 16 At The Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN

Work "talked about" during the Xavier Tavera interview:

Universal Theme at: You Tube

Shatner Quote at: Drew and Mike's Fan Page

It really pains me to do this listeners, however I have been working myself silly for this next episode.

Due to the nature of artists and their extreme avoidance of deadline-meeting I have been forced to postpone the show as I try to garner more of their reponses to the topic over this week.

Gagh!

Motif Radio: Show 12, The trials and tribulations of the transient art community.

This show will require a lot of time, research and discussion with artists and in order to consider and cover the issue fully. I need a further two weeks to collate this information.

Fiona MacNeill

Motif Radio: Show 11, Camberwell Arts Festival Special.

Check out Camberwell Arts Festival website: www.camberwellarts.org.uk

Camberwell Arts Festival is an annual event that celebrates the thriving cultural scene in the SE5 (postal/zip code) area. Camberwell is located in the London borough of Southwark and is probably best known for its College of the Arts. The festival is a platform for work by both established and emerging artists and it boasts a packed programme of contemporary exhibitions, performances, talks, tours activities and film screenings.

Where is Camberwell?(look it up via this link)

Motif Radio would also like to thank Ann Lawlor of Camberwell Arts, who contacted us with this fantastic opportunity and has inspired us with her enthusiasm.

1. Extended Play: Remixing Camberwell by Anita McKeown.

2. Repeater by Caroline Wright.

A five-hour performance and sound installation based upon the Ten Commandments. Repeater formed a connection between the building's history as a place for reflection and the repeated observance of religious vows.

Sound recording of a live interventionist performance starting on Camberwell Green, and public speech in Camberwell public library, June 29th 10am - 7pm

You will also hear some of Lucy's controversial speech, later performed at the Camberwell Public Library, about the history of Elevationary missions in the Southwark area. The talk explains how the improvement of the degraded white working classes was thought, by the wealthy to be achievable through the encouragement of self-transformation.

A consciously hybrid live music performance mix, devised and directed by Charles Hayward with Tymon Dogg, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson, Hugh Hopper, Chris Cornetto, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Ashleigh Marsh, Rob Mills, Peri Mackintosh and improvised projections by Rob Flint and Lucy Renton.

Live art piece exhibited on 1 July. Camberwell Green/Camberwell Church Street, 12 to 1pm & 3 to 4pm.

6. Two Senses by Iris Garrelfs, Music for One, Anita McKeown. Short excerpts of both featured.

Three artists explore relationships of sound and visual representations. Iris Garrelfs and Music For One filled the South London Gallery with very particular combinations of sounds and images in live performance, whilst Anita McKeon presented her work Extended Play, as an audio visual psycho-geographic portrait of Camberwell, created during Camberwell Arts Festival.

Music For One's stark and simple guitar motifs that draw melodic inspiration from old acoustic blues and Erik Satie are part of a collaborative visual project with video artist Mari King and animator/artist Neng Yu. Combining animations, super 8 film, and digital video footage, they observe the textures in our surroundings. Emotive narratives surface when the sound and pictures meet, uncovering the extraordinary in ordinary places.

Live art exhibited at Number 67 Peckham Road, next to the South London Gallery, Sat, 1 July, 5 to 7pm.

8. Voice Human Action by Caroline Wright and Andrew Lovett. Excerpt: live performance sound.

Exploring human communication and working with the natural resonance of the body in a performance that manipulates harmonics, resonance and reverberation. Voice Human Action was performed by the artist, Caroline Wright and composer Andrew Lovett who collaborated on the piece and the local community of Camberwell, using the church's architecture to describe and inform the piece.

Live art. A walking talking tour of Camberwell Leisure Centre, 2 July, 12 to 5pm.

She was joined by The Leisurettes: Miss Denna Cartamkhoob; Miss Paloma Faith; Miss Ella Finer; Miss Charolette Duboc and Mr Jack Brennan.

William Shatner quote of the week:

Elevator Music:

Images of Deborah Aschheim's finished installation entitled Episodic.

Please join us next week, same time, same place, for our Camberwell Arts Festival Special.

See you soon,

Motif Radio: Show 10, featured artist Deborah Aschheim.

A photo montage hint. Deborah's finished installation shall be shown on this site after the exhibition opening on Saturday July 1st.

Also check out some of Deborah's previous exhibitions:

Panopticon (Neural Architecture No. 5): http://www.diacritic.org/blog/archives/2005/10/the_one_at_ngc.html

1. 4A Gregory Scranton (cc) (creative commons) 2004 , check out his website: http://www.tactical20.com/

Roy talked about Arle Haeberle, I found out that she had an afternoon talk show called 'Talk of the Town'. Original source.

3. Jim Murray talking about Wind-up Wanda.

I'm not entirely sure what this drawing means but Jim said that it referred to the structure of memory (thank you for your permission to show it and for taking part in the project, Jim)

4. A Declaration of the Independence, a Motif Radio AWOL special by Shem Booth-Spain, David Icke and Anima. Thanks guys. Shem's website

William Shatner quote of the week - No Tears for Caesar from the film Free Enterprise.

Notes: Deborah and I went on a road trip to Minneapolis High schools (North and Washburn) but the recording didn't work properly. I thank Deborah for her patience and enthusiasm for collaboration.

Also, I have to plug my next show on the June 12 when I shall be doing Camberwell Arts Festival Special. Those of you in or around London...there are no good excuses for you not to go! The festival is on from 24 June until the 2 July. Don't miss out, check out their website here.

I have been working hard,

no one knows but me,

I know that you will appreciate,

because you know what?

but the artists have devoted their time,

but shall remain bi-weekly.........

is that the artists have saved the day.

A note from the worst poet in the galaxy and......presenter of Motif Radio.

Show 9 feat. Sound Artist Abinadi Meza.

360 Degree Concert, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2006. Photograph by Laura Hoyt.
Show information at the Walker website.

Video still from The Perfect Room, Abinadi Meza, 2006. Recently shown at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis.

Checkout Abinadi's website: http://abinadimeza.net/

1. 360 Degree Concert Excerpt - Sound Piece by Abinadi Meza (2006). 3 minute excerpt of '360 degree Concert' performed at Walker Art Center in April 2006 as a part of the 'Open-Ended (the art of engagement)' exhibition. Using Rirkrit Tiravanija's wooden spiral-stage sculpture as a performance platform, Abinadi re-mixed and sculpted recordings of the construction of the stage and sounds from related events (artist talk, people in gallery) into a 60-minute live performance.

3. Acre - Sound Piece by Abinadi Meza (2006).

5. Rain - Sound Piece by Abinadi Meza.

Samples:

Jaws theme: http://www.jawsmovie.com/jsounds/jaws2.aiff

Dear listeners,

unfortunately due to the lack of submissions this week and a mounting workload I have been unable to compile the show. I want to be honest and say that Tucker and I have been killing ourselves to make the show, but it was just too much work for even our creative juices to muster. I have however, as a peace-offering put up my own newly completed, Dystopiano Tetralogy, which I hope you enjoy. I have also recently been formulating somes plans for the show, I detail them below.

The show has to become a 'once a month' occurrence. Yep I have now entered the grown-up world of employment and thus I have less time to formulate ideas for the show and harrass people for submissions. This means that from this point forward the Motif Radio will fill a once a month slot. I think that overall this will lead to more care and attention on my part to each show and full artist line-ups.

On our next show on the 14th of June is going to be fantastic. I have Abinadi Meza on the show, an artist based in Minneapolis confirmed. Those of you in the States may have seen his work in the 8x8x8 show at the Soap Factory.

Well I'd best be off, I'll be all yours in a couple of weeks.

Fiona

Motif Radio: Show 7, Music Special

Checkout our featured Musicians' links:

The Dufflefolks Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thedufflefolks

Resonance FM: (I link to them begrudgingly I have to admit, we have history!) http://www.resonancefm.com/

Teen Anal Terrorist: http://www.myspace.com/teenanalterrorist

The Two-Artists have a new demo video online so check that out at: http://www.two-artists.com

1. Battlefunk Galactica - The Dufflefolks

3. William Shatner - The Dufflefolks

5. Kite Flying (windy day) - The Dufflefolks

7. Je t'aime Enron & Halliburton (I (heart) Halliburton) - Two-Artists' cover/appropriation of Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's Je t'aime moi non plus.

Sampled Shatner quote of the week the transformed man Available from: http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Shatnersings.htm

Enron tapes Available from: http://www.enrontapes.com/files.html

Royalty Free Updraft Soaring Panoramic Boundless,Adult Contemporary,Medium Fast,Saxophone,Brian Beshears (ASCAP),S.I. Publishing (SOCAN) Available from: Sounddogs

Motif Radio: Show 6, featuring Frog Morris.

Frog's Website, Check it Out!: http://www.frogmorris.net/

Watch his videos and experience explore the many facets of his practice.

Running order:

1. Tomorrow's World - Frog Morris [previously unreleased]

Check out, Wikipedia for more details.

2. Democracy of Mediocracy - Frog Morris [New!]

4. The Pig Semen Delivery Man - Frog Morris [previously unreleased]

6. Interview segment

8. Trancendence of Chicken Nuggets - Frog Morris [New!]

10. Let Me Disapoint You [iPod] - Frog Morris

Samples:

Pigs sound effect http://www.grsites.com/modperl/soundview.cgi?dir=animals&fn=animals025.wav&desc=Pig%20squeal

Badger sounds http://www.badgerland.co.uk/animals/voice_detailed.html

Portrait of the Artist Failing - Fiona MacNeill

Easy 4 Whom (Medley)

Subliminal suggestion (transition). Can you spot the hidden tune in the bass line?

Barenboim's original lecture (transcripts/audio/podcast): Barenboim, D. (2006) Lecture 2: The Neglected Sense [Internet] Lecture transcripts. Original lecture: 14/04/06 Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2006/lecture2.shtml [Accessed 15 April 2006]

'The Mozart Effect' explained: Meyer, R.H. (2003) The sounds of music: music can have remarkable benefits for your health, or it can be destructive. [Internet] Vibrant Life Magazine Nov-Dec. Available from: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0826/is_6_19/ai_111111453 [Accessed 15 April 2006]

Shatner/Kirk quote, source http://www.frogstar.com/trek/index.asp

References: BBC test card 1996: British Broadcasting Corperation (1996) [Internet] MHP: The Test Card Gallery. Available from:http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/testcard/bbc_test.html [Accessed 17 April 2006]

Atari Games: Pong (1972) Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong

Featured Artist: Shem Booth-Spain

Running Order:

1. Dystopiano - Fiona MacNeill
2. Future Jam - Shem Booth-Spain, Album: Gemini Critical Mass
3. Beer, a poem adapted from Paul Atreides speech in the movie Dune by Drew Nerdahl.
4. The Hacker - Shem Booth-Spain, Album: Gemini Critical Mass
5. Computer game medley, unknown sources, music written from memory - Fiona MacNeill

6. Feature: Motif Radio A.W.O.L.

Short sample: There She Goes excerpt The La's, Album: The La's (Remastered with bonus tracks, 2001)

Yes I know that Jane Goodall studied Gorillas, she wasn't an anthropologist.

A great quote from a scientist on art

de Grasse Tyson, N. (2000). A cosmic muse - the similarities of art and science - Brief Article [Internet] December. London. Available from: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_10_109/ai_68148545[Accessed 29 March 2005]

Good exhibition write up from the BBC 'Beautiful science inspires artists' to read it click Here.

Glenn Brown, who has painted detailed utopian landscapes based upon science fiction illustrations. Brown was shortlisted for the Turner prize in 2000

Thanks to, Tucker and Drew this week. All works attributed to Shem are Copyright © Shem Booth-Spain 2004-2006.

Featured artist, Shem Booth-Spain.

The video piece above is entitled "TO FOLD SPACE" A Sound and Video Remix of "Dune" and it is by our featured artist, Shem Booth-Spain. The piece is a re-formulation of the original Dune soundtrack by Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Daniel Lanois and the group, Toto. Shem's version concentrates on the psychological and representational intentionality of the sound/music in relation to the image and the emotional tone of events within the original filmic context. Below is an excerpt from his accompanying reseach essay explaining the composition of the piece. The original essay, "Dune" Sounddesign Analysis. May 18 2005 is linked to Here.

"The acoustic cyberspace formation of the remix track revolves around sounds of flight radio conversation that are overlade by Celtic war drums war dance of "Yanni". This juxtaposition of a futurist mechanical sound structure and natural highland music, force a contrast of cultural paradox between past and present sonically. This apparent contrast is an emotive empowering force which magnifies the feelings of importance, war dance, epic grandeur and powerful acoustic intensity of the scene. The feel throughout the piece conjures emotions of grand and epic interest of importance. The music and sound reactivates the importance of the scene in relation to the rest of the film, as the scene encapsulates the crux of huge epic battle. The music in this piece portrays an empathic quality in which the sound follows the mood of the track, charging and reinforcing the emotive power. A matching tempo and warlike epic scene is both mirrored and reinforced by the sounds. Although at times the vision follows a trajectory the sound sometimes does not flow, this is an apparent attempt to form a relationship were the expected sound and harmony converge and separate. The sliding in and out of the feedback sounds that scratch the ear drawing and falling pulls the acoustic trajectory up and down following the Celtic drumming melodic line of orchestral symphony which tides the visual portion." Copyright© Shem Booth-Spain 2005. Used with permission. Shem's practice is based in London and last year he completed an MA in Sonic Culture at the University of East London, he is currently studying for his phd. Please check out his website, http://medialab.freaknet.org/shem/ Information on the original Dune film Click Here.

Motif Radio - Show 3

Photography Special - A discussion of issues in contemporary photography.

Featurring: Tucker MacNeill, Brett Kallusky, Alexa Kent and David Heberlein.

Running Order:

"Propagandapanda" - Excerpt - Fiona MacNeill

Photography commentary - Tucker MacNeill

"Julie Andrews" - Fiona MacNeill

Interview of Brett Kallusky - Tucker MacNeill

Photography commentary - Alexa Kent

Photography commentary - David Heberlein

"In Progress" featuring sound samples from the Minneapolis city-scape - Fiona MacNeill

References and Samples:
• Woodward, Richard B. â��Altered Statesâ�� ARTnews, March (2006). Pgs 104-109 (online: Altered States)
• Mapplethorpe, Robert. Famous Photographerâ��s Quotes: Artquotes.net. Viewed on March 18th. [http://www.artquotes.net/art_quotes/photographers/index.htm]
• Shatner, William. I am Canadian: Frogstar.com (Jeff Goebels Star Trek Fan Pages). Viewed on March 21, 2006
[http://www.frogstar.com/trek/index.asp]

Art by the Photographers:

Croive, by Tucker MacNeill
Copyright © 2005 by Tucker MacNeill. Used with permission.

Senzo Titulo (Untitled) by Brett Kallusky
Copyright © 2006 by Brett Kallusky. Used with permission.

Underwater 1 by Alexa Kent
Copyright © 2005 by Alexa Kent. Used with permission.

We introduce our first ever, featured artist: The DOCTOr aka Richard Cobelli.

Richard's website: http://www.illeboc-r.com/

Pictures of one of Richard's installations at Not For Human Consumption Sept. 6th 2004

Running order:

BushTalk - Fiona MacNeill,

Howdell - The DOCTOr,

What it feels like to die - The DOCTOr, (Incorrectly labelled as 'What it feels like to be dead' in the show. Motif Radio apologizes to the artist for this mistake).

Part 2 - The DOCTOr,

Part 18 - The DOCTOr,

Part 22 - The DOCTOr,

Part 24 - The DOCTOr,

A side-effect list - Two Artists,

My Love - The DOCTOr,

Womely Wanderings - The DOCTOr,

A business list - Two Artists,

Get on Down - The DOCTOr

Samples: ABC source:http://www.geocities.com/netnewsmusic/abc.html "William Shatner, 1965, in the first American movie ('Incubus') using the "universal" language, Esperanto." Source: http://www.clayloomis.com/movypage.html

Easy-listening music (p) licence