Art Radio WPS1.org makes its second extraordinary appearance at the Venice Biennale and will moor its Broadcast Barge---a floating broadcast station, Internet hub, lushly furnished lounge and catered party headquarters--- at the entrance to the Giardini, near the Monumento della Partigiana. The si x day live broadcast on Art Radio WPS1.org, the Web radio project of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, will be the exclusive site for up-to-the-minute i nternational news, culture, and gossip as it unfolds at the most anticipated art event of the year.
Live programs that air in the middle of the night in the US and other time zones will be automatically archived at http://artonair.org/wps1/ for on-demand listening.
This year's Art Radio effort is supported by Malo, the renowned fashion house who will also outfit the Broadcast Barge. Working closely with the Pern a Foundation, a new Italian art foundation focused on contemporary artists from the Mediterranean area, and PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples's largest contemporary art center, Art Radio artists and staff will broadcast interviews, unmoderated commentary, historic audio and special surprises .
During the 52nd International Art Exhibition Preview Week, Art Radio will broadcast from June 4 through June 10 on local FM (101 MHz) in Venice and o n the Web. Portable pocket radios streaming Art Radio content will also be distributed for free to visitors, residents, and Biennale participants. Of fering refreshment, culture, and entertainment, Art Radio hopes to spur impromptu conversations between curators, critics, artists, collectors, galle rists, and other visitors as they explore the Biennale exhibitions.
PROGRAMMING
Art Radio and P.S.1 have partnered with The Perna Foundation and PAN to prepare radio segments on topics ranging from new media to the globalization of the art market, to be broadcast during the Biennale. Once on the Broadcast Barge, the three programming partners will conduct live interviews in a variety of languages with a broad range of participants in the sanctioned, and unsanctioned, events around the Biennale. For the worldwide audience, Art Radio WPS1.org will become the principal Web site for news from the Biennale.
Additionally, independent curators and artists have been invited to contribute material and a wide range of programming is planned, including contrib utions from Indonesian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Tunisian, Lebanese, Russian, Italian, German, and South American participants.
SCHEDULE
The live broadcasts will run from 6 p.m. local time in Venice on Monday, June 4 and continue, uninterrupted, through 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 10. Overn ight re-broadcasts of daily programs are available to online listeners in distant time zones along with the option to select from the on-demand Bienn ale archive. This allows for the individual user to select, replay and fast forward through programs broadcast the previous days. WPS1 will continuou sly augment the archive with on-demand programs as they become available throughout the week.
HOW TO LISTEN
Art Radio WPS1.org will broadcast 24 hours daily on 101 MHZ (signal licensed to Radio Base, www.radiobase.net, an established community news and info rmation station in Venice), overnight in surrounding regions (Venice, Treviso, and Padua from 22.30 to 06.30), in excerpts throughout the day on Cont roRadio Firenze, and 24 hours on the Internet at the Art Radio Web site, www.wps1.org.
The WPS1.org Web site will display a schedule of live and archived Venice programs and events available 24 hours daily to Internet listeners. Visitor s to the site can listen on their computers using one of several standard media players widely available to home listeners on all OS platforms. Speci ally manufactured miniature radios will also be distributed at no charge to fair attendees.
A number of Art Radio partnerships have been established to widen the outreach and availability of the programs. Listeners also tune in to a parallel streamcast of the Venice programs by clicking on the Exibart.radio banner in the www.exibart.com site - Italy's main source of updates and informati on on the world of art. Special correspondent Zefrey Throwell will contribute to a special series of remote interviews exclusively for WPS1.org from the pavilions, from special events, and from the streets of Venice.
ART RADIO WPS1.ORG BROADCASTS LIVE FROM THE 52ND VENICE BIENNALETUNE IN FOR 24 HOUR LIVE PROGRAMMING FROM JUNE 4 THROUGH JUNE 10, 2007
Art Radio WPS1.org makes its second extraordinary appearance at the Venice Biennale and will moor its Broadcast Barge---a floating broadcast station, Internet hub, lushly furnished lounge and catered party headquarters--- at the entrance to the Giardini, near the Monumento della Partigiana. The si x day live broadcast on Art Radio WPS1.org, the Web radio project of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, will be the exclusive site for up-to-the-minute i nternational news, culture, and gossip as it unfolds at the most anticipated art event of the year.
This year's Art Radio effort is supported by Malo, the renowned fashion house who will also outfit the Broadcast Barge. Working closely with the Pern a Foundation, a new Italian art foundation focused on contemporary artists from the Mediterranean area, and PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples's largest contemporary art center, Art Radio artists and staff will broadcast interviews, unmoderated commentary, historic audio and special surprises .
During the 52nd International Art Exhibition Preview Week, Art Radio will broadcast from June 4 through June 10 on local FM (101 MHz) in Venice and o n the Web. Portable pocket radios streaming Art Radio content will also be distributed for free to visitors, residents, and Biennale participants. Of fering refreshment, culture, and entertainment, Art Radio hopes to spur impromptu conversations between curators, critics, artists, collectors, galle rists, and other visitors as they explore the Biennale exhibitions.
PROGRAMMING
Art Radio and P.S.1 have partnered with The Perna Foundation and PAN to prepare radio segments on topics ranging from new media to the globalization of the art market, to be broadcast during the Biennale. Once on the Broadcast Barge, the three programming partners will conduct live interviews in a variety of languages with a broad range of participants in the sanctioned, and unsanctioned, events around the Biennale. For the worldwide audience, Art Radio WPS1.org will become the principal Web site for news from the Biennale.
Additionally, independent curators and artists have been invited to contribute material and a wide range of programming is planned, including contrib utions from Indonesian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Tunisian, Lebanese, Russian, Italian, German, and South American participants.
SCHEDULE
The live broadcasts will run from 6 p.m. local time in Venice on Monday, June 4 and continue, uninterrupted, through 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 10. Overn ight re-broadcasts of daily programs are available to online listeners in distant time zones along with the option to select from the on-demand Bienn ale archive. This allows for the individual user to select, replay and fast forward through programs broadcast the previous days. WPS1 will continuou sly augment the archive with on-demand programs as they become available throughout the week.
HOW TO LISTEN
Art Radio WPS1.org will broadcast 24 hours daily on 101 MHZ (signal licensed to Radio Base, www.radiobase.net, an established community news and info rmation station in Venice), overnight in surrounding regions (Venice, Treviso, and Padua from 22.30 to 06.30), in excerpts throughout the day on Cont roRadio Firenze, and 24 hours on the Internet at the Art Radio Web site, www.wps1.org.
The WPS1.org Web site will display a schedule of live and archived Venice programs and events available 24 hours daily to Internet listeners. Visitor s to the site can listen on their computers using one of several standard media players widely available to home listeners on all OS platforms. Speci ally manufactured miniature radios will also be distributed at no charge to fair attendees.
A number of Art Radio partnerships have been established to widen the outreach and availability of the programs. Listeners also tune in to a parallel streamcast of the Venice programs by clicking on the Exibart.radio banner in the www.exibart.com site - Italy's main source of updates and informati on on the world of art. Special correspondent Zefrey Throwell will contribute to a special series of remote interviews exclusively for WPS1.org from the pavilions, from special events, and from the streets of Venice.
