On the Trans-Siberian train, Natilee Harren and David Rose operated a self-made radio station.
Read the paper that introduces the project.
The following MP3 files (16 bit) are recordings of the broadcasts that were made on the train (be aware that these are sometimes large sound files):
The Trans-Siberian Radio Project commissioned 3 experimental
electronic artists to create new sound works during the journey. They
were Scanner (UK), Nathan Davis (US) and Angel Sánchez Borges (Mexico). On September 10, 2005, the radio team e-mailed an audio
clip recorded in Red Square, Moscow to the artists, who had the time-length of the train's journey from Moscow to Beijing to create a new
audio work from the sample. Upon the train's arrival in Beijing, the
results were premiered via broadcast at the Space ieum art gallery in
the Dashanzi art district. The concept of this sub-project was to
expand the area of production of the conference to include
participants in other geographical locations. Listen to the sound works:
- 'Rehearsing the Present' by Nathan Davis - 16bit (0.7MB) - 128bit (5.5MB)
- 'Red Channel' by Scanner - 16bit (0.5MB) - 128bit (3.5MB)
- 'Red Square Mix' by Angel Sánchez Borges - 16bit (0.5MB) - 128bit (3.8MB)
All audio works are licensed under Creative Commons licence.
To listen to these recordings, you will need a widely available free MP3 player, such as winamp or itunes
Natilee Harren is an independent curator and graduate student in modern and contemporary art history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her work focuses on contemporary interventionist performance and relational aesthetics.
E-mail: natilee.harren@gmail.com David Rose, a co-creator of The Trans-Siberian Radio Project, is a journalist for The Times of London and a regular contributor to the online arts and culture review Beardscratchers.
E-mail: david.rose@thetimes.co.uk
Photos on this page by Natilee Harren and Steffen Böhm (Creative Commons licence applies).
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