Abstract
Being at the same time intimately connected to everyday lives and places, and yet inaccessible to most people, the radio studio has a paradoxical position in the modern imaginary. Stripped of representational meaning, and acoustically designed to be inaudible, the studio is barely noticeable to the listener, yet ever-present. Nations listen in on what is happening in the studio, but few people have actually had physical experience with it. The ones who have, where there to perform – often as a host or as an interviewee. But what is it like to gain access to that space? What is it like to be inside it? And finally, what kind of space is it?
Through interviews with users of radio studios, through mini fieldwork and on the background of previous fieldwork in different studios we have explored the space of the radio studio.
We took our point of departure in Marc Augé’s concept of non-place as a feature typical of supermodernity. What we found was a machine-like place situated at the heart of the production of radiophonic spaces: In that sense to be in the studio is like being inside a machine and being implemented in a larger apparatus of auditory production.
Through interviews with users of radio studios, through mini fieldwork and on the background of previous fieldwork in different studios we have explored the space of the radio studio.
We took our point of departure in Marc Augé’s concept of non-place as a feature typical of supermodernity. What we found was a machine-like place situated at the heart of the production of radiophonic spaces: In that sense to be in the studio is like being inside a machine and being implemented in a larger apparatus of auditory production.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Seismograf/DMT |
| ISSN | 2245-4705 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2016 |
Emneord
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet
- Radio studio
- PERFORMANCE
- Fieldwork
- apparatus
- non-place