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Hosted by Andrew Bonacina , Victoria Brooks

The Island radio series, produced and presented by curators Victoria Brooks and Andrew Bonacina, regularly presents on-site recordings of UK-based performance, music, panels and artist interviews.

The Island also partners with the Clocktower Gallery on The Island Studio Sessions, a long-term research project that includes a series of residencies, exhibitions and radio broadcasts. The first two residents as part of the project are UK-based artists Haroon Mirza and Hannah Sawtell. These residencies are made possible by a collaboration between The Island (Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks, curators) and the Clocktower (Alanna Heiss, curator).

The Island is an itinerant non-profit organisation that develops curatorial projects in dialogue with international partners. The Island is committed to a collaborative model for working with organisations and artists across the globe to explore the critical potential of cultural exchange.

RADIO // The Island Hannah Sawtell, MAYDAY: The Booth Radio show This program documents the live mix broadcast by the artist during the 2012 May Day demonstrations in New York City. It was created from recordings, collaborations and contributions from workers who responded aurally to the idea of May Day. Hannah Sawtell's MAYDAY:THE BOOTH is a live radio broadcast for The Island on ARTonAIR.org which was presented during ‘lunch-hour’ 13.00 to 14.00 (EDT) on 1 May 2012 from the Clocktower Gallery in Downtown Manhattan.   MAYDAY:THE BOOTH was created... Originally aired 5/1/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Haroon Mirza's Machine Hosted by Victoria Brooks, Andrew Bonacina Radio show Artist Haroon Mirza's 2012 performance featuring a machine he created during his residency at the Clocktower Gallery (NYC) as part of The Island Studio Sessions. The construction is made of found furniture, circuits, gadgetry, optical devices and ??? On Tuesday 20 March 2012 artist Haroon Mirza streamcasted a performance featuring a machine he created during his residency at the Clocktower Gallery as part of The Island Studio Sessions. As in other projects, Mirza has assembled an eclectic... Originally aired 3/22/12 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Playlist: Haroon Mirza Radio show Artist Mirza chose a variety of tracks that illustrate music that shifts between pop and avant-garde; some tracks are designed to be popular while others use pop sounds to push more progressive ideas about music composition. Artist Haroon Mirza selected these tracks and wrote this about them: The playlist is a variety of tracks that somehow define for me a certain attitude towards music that shifts between pop and avant-garde. Some of the tracks are designed to be... Originally aired 3/19/12 Listen Read More »
RADIO // The Island Matthew Day Jackson, Everything Leads to Another Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Artist Matthew Day Jackson talks about his pop/rap music video, Everything Leads to Another, that functions as a point of departure for his exhibition of the same title, on view at Hauser & Wirth in London until July 30, 2011. Host Victoria Brooks sits down with artist Matthew Day Jackson to talk about his new pop/rap music video, Everything Leads to Another, that functions as a point of departure for his exhibition of the same title. The music video was done in... Originally aired 7/18/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island The Pony Tales, Black Summer Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Victoria Brooks hosts Black Summer by The Pony Tales performed at Sketch. Black Summer is a "film-album" by director Nadia Marquard Otzen and musician Kristoffer Sonne shot in the Faroe Islands featuring a live performance of the album. Victoria Brooks sits down with The Pony Tales' Nadia Marquard Otzen and Kristoffer Sonne to discuss their new "film-album," Black Summer, on the day of their performance at Sketch, London. Directed by Otzen and composed and performed by Sonne... Originally aired 7/11/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island A Lot of Pianos Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Recordings of performances pieces that used multiple pianos, taking place in the Markson Pianos showroom in London. Artists: David Cunningham, Leo Chadburn, Rie Nakajima, Daniel Jackson, Cerith Wyn Evans, Mieko Shimizu, Genevieve Murphy. Recordings of a series of performances pieces that used multiple pianos. The event took place in the piano showroom Markson Pianos, one of the most well-known piano suppliers in the UK, and was initiated by David Cunningham. Seven composers and... Originally aired 4/18/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // The Island Menasa Studio Dispatches, Part 4 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Short audio works by artists working in the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions: Naeem Mahaiemen, Malak Helmy, Zoulikha Bouabdellah, Ergin Cavusoglu, and Doris Bittar and Jonathan Glasier. Co-produced for radio with The Island. The MENASA Studio Dispatches are a series of over fifty short audio works, commissioned by The Island and Art Dubai Projects, by artists working across the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions. Each dispatch reflects the artists’ current... Originally aired 4/4/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Menasa Studio Dispatches, Part 3 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Short audio works by artists working in the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions: Adel Abidin, Jananne Al-Ani, Abdulnasser Gharem, Vartan Avakian & Raed Yassin. Co-produced for radio with The Island during Art Dubai 2011. The MENASA Studio Dispatches are a series of over fifty short audio works, commissioned by The Island and Art Dubai Projects, by artists working across the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions. Each dispatch reflects the artists’ current... Originally aired 3/28/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Menasa Studio Dispatches, Part 2 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Short audio works by artists working in the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions: Faisal Samra, Faisal Anwar, Hamra Abbas, and Aman Mojadidi. Co-produced for radio with The Island during Art Dubai 2011. The Menasa Studio Dispatches are a series of over fifty 5-minute audio works, commissioned by The Island and Art Dubai Projects, by artists working across the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions. Each dispatch reflects the artists’... Originally aired 3/21/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // The Island Menasa Studio Dispatches, Part 1 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Short audio works by artists working across the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions: Leena Ahmed & Ian Fletcher, Marwa Arsanios, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Camille Zakhari, and Can Altay. The MENASA Studio Dispatches are a series of over fifty 5-minute audio works, commissioned by The Island and Art Dubai Projects, by artists working across the North Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions. Each dispatch reflects the artists’... Originally aired 3/14/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Studio Dispatches, Part 5 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Part 5 of Studio Dispatches, a radio series presenting the short audio works by over 40 artists from the UK. In this edition: Nicolas Deshayes, Giles Bailey, Celine Condorelli, Tim Etchells, and Haroon Mirza. The Island presents Studio Dispatches, a radio broadcast series with contributions by over 40 artists currently (2010) based in the UK, produced by Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks. The artists each created five-minute "dispatches" from their... Originally aired 2/21/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Studio Dispatches, Part 4 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Part 4 of Studio Dispatches, a radio series presenting the short audio works by over 40 artists from the UK. In this edition: Susan Stenger, Maria Zahle, Paul Simon Richards, Hannah Rickards, and Rette Pulver. The Island presents Studio Dispatches, a radio broadcast series with contributions by over 40 artists currently (2010) based in the UK, produced by Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks. The artists each created five-minute "dispatches" from their... Originally aired 2/14/11 Listen Read More »
RADIO // The Island Studio Dispatches, Part 3 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Part 3 of Studio Dispatches, a radio series presenting the short audio works by over 40 artists working in the UK. In this edition works by Dale Berning. Andrew Koting, Laure Prouvost, Ruth Ewan, and Hannah Sawtell featuring LC Celine Condorelli. The Island presents Studio Dispatches, a radio broadcast series with contributions by over 40 artists currently (2010) based in the UK, produced by Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks. The artists each created five-minute "dispatches" from their... Originally aired 1/28/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Studio Dispatches, Part 2 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Part 2 of Studio Dispatches, a radio series presenting the short audio works by over 40 artists working in the UK. In this edition hear sound by Babak Ghazi, Nick Byrne, Anthea Hamilton, Ryan Gander, and Hillary Koob-Sassen. The Island presents Studio Dispatches, a radio broadcast series with contributions by over 40 artists currently (2010) based in the UK, produced by Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks. The artists each created five-minute "dispatches" from their... Originally aired 1/21/11 Listen Read More »	RADIO // The Island Studio Dispatches, Part 1 Hosted by Andrew Bonacina, Victoria Brooks Radio show Part 1 of Studio Dispatches, a radio series presenting the short audio works by over 40 artists working in the UK. In this edition hear sound by Giles Round, Tom Woolner, Linder, Corin Sworn, and Shezad Dawood. The Island presents Studio Dispatches, a radio broadcast series with contributions by over 40 artists currently (2010) based in the UK, produced by Andrew Bonacina and Victoria Brooks. The artists each created five-minute "dispatches" from their... Originally aired 1/19/11 Listen Read More »