Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Radio by Margherita Brillada, with Kate Donovan and Ieva Gudaitytė
On the coming edition of In the Making – the series dedicated to Art and Research organized by ACPA and West Den Haag – sound and radio artist Margherita Brillada will share insights into her ongoing artistic research and practice-based project, On Air – On Site, an international experimental community radio initiative based in The Hague. Conceived as a dynamic platform for artistic engagement and community connection, the project aligns with her broader investigation of radio’s evolving role as both an artistic and social medium.
Brillada’s research explores radio as a compositional tool, developing a distinct radio poetics rooted in the medium’s sonic dimension. At the same time, she examines radio as a medium in itself, tracing its technological development and its multiple dimensions as a social and public space, focusing on its potential to foster community and collective engagement.
Margherita will be joined by radio artist and scholar Kate Donovan and writer and curator Ieva Gudaitytė, whose practices expand the conversation in new directions. Kate’s work engages with the ecologies of radio, exploring its entanglements with nature, transmission, and listening. She focuses on the more-than-human aspects of radio and rethinking dominant historical narratives. Ieva’s research examines how independent community music radio stations engage in civic life and cultural politics during times of socio-political change, highlighting the medium’s role in shaping collective memory and cultural narratives. Together, their intersecting perspectives will open a dialogue on the multidimensional nature of radio, inviting the audience to reflect on its unique capacity to merge artistic experimentation, technological evolution, and community-building.
Relevant links:
https://margheritabrillada.wordpress.com/
