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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by KWMR and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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by Amy Friedman. For artist Felix de la Concha it's not enough to just paint his subjects, he needs to know and remember them as well. He brought h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
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by Maarja Merivoo-Parro: Mu Performing Arts latest production sheds light on the Hmong-American experience by zooming in on a few remarkable days i...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:42
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by Amy Friedman: Many of the artists in the Russian Museum of Art's newest exhibit, "Concerning the Spiritual in Russian Art", remember a time when...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
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WTIP's Cathy Quinn welcomed Inuit throat singers Nina Segalowitz & Lydia Etok to Studio A Mar. 15 for conversation, laughter, and demos of the trad...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 18:50
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Mitch Skinner looks at the use of bikes as a symbol for freedom and for protest.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
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Mitch Skinner talks about table top games in today's electronic-oriented market. Includes an interview with singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:27
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Art is all around us. It’s in museums, in the creativity we employ when our choices are limited, it’s in the way we keep music in our lives and let...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Culture Queue, we explain what exactly a "queue" is. Our show begins with a look at light painting from producer Marcheta Fornoff. New...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Lego Deco by Mitch Skinner. Whether it's an art or just a really cool hobby, Brickmania in Northeast Minneapolis puts together some impressive Lego...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we lead our listeners into the Culture Queue Zone. Our journey begins with a look at real-life horrors present in the Soap Factory's hau...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:34
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Craig and George introduce the show and discuss sounds relating to their lives.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
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Lights, Camera, Paint!: Producer Marcheta Fornoff dives into the world of light painting, a process involving flashlights and long lens exposure. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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"I'll interview you, then you interview someone else."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Cody Wilson (Corduroi) talks about using kids' toys for insp...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Hailing from Denton, Texas, Juicy the Emissary is as much a ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. On this episode, the Vegetable Kingdom talks about illegal d...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
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A profile of the burgeoning sport of quidditch, the fictional game adapted to real-life from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of Jack Foley, a former dock worker who, when working at Universal Pictures, created a method of adding sounds to films, known now as the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Bicycle Wheel Harp at the “Sound – Hearing” exhibit at the SF Exploratorium., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Exploratorium
So far in KALW News’ series of conversations about sound, we’ve taken you to the planetarium of the California Academy of Sciences, and to the uniq...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
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A sound-rich profile of Frank Pahl, a Wyandotte, Michigan based musician and toy instrument builder.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, WILL, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 5
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A musician explains why the didgeridoo is special and how it saved his life.

Bought by WABE, KUT, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
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About one minute of ambient noise from eight museums in four cities.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:24
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The strange life and haunting work of outside artist Achilles Rizzoli.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Feature about the creation of an art installation

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1