OPEN CALL: Artradio

Cornerhouse, Manchester's international centre for contemporary arts and film, announces an open call for audio, for Artradio, Cornerhouse’s temporary radio station, broadcasting in FM and online through late June to August of 2007. Deadline Friday 27 April 2007, 12 noon. Artradio is calling for open submissions of existing audio work of a diverse variety, for example; digital sound productions from the broad spectrum of experimental music and sound field recordings, found sound, sound performance and event archives, cultural interviews, radio plays and shows for breakfast. With a minimum duration of 10mins and a maximum of 1hour.

More about Artradio: Artradio will broadcast from Cornerhouse galleries, and will form the base for a dynamic array of live residency broadcasts, events, pre-recorded and archive programmes, as well as invited feeds, guest slots and submitted content. The public is invited to listen, observe and get involved. Resident artists will shape the core programming of the broadcast schedule. The artists are Diana McCarty & Pit Schultz, reboot.fm, (Berlin); Eileen Simpson & Ben White, Open Music Archive, (London), David Blandy (London). Artradio will broadcast daily from 8 a.m. – midnight (in FM for 26 days, and online for 8 weeks, pending Ofcom confirmation of FM frequency). Normal gallery hours apply. For the FM frequency, more information about the programme, to sign-up for updates, or to learn how to get involved please visit www.artradio.fm.