A still life (or death) of radio

Although the date is not yet confirmed, the analog radio receiver is soon to become obsolete and is going to be replaced by a new digital heir. We have chosen to immortalise the FM signal, a once omnipresent force with an apparent endless working life. This immanent yet unknown termination is embodied with fruits, and their slowly decaying and limited life span. With no artist to paint it, our still life will gradually change form and expose the unapparent weakness in its physicality. Allowing the malfunction of the radio receiver by having the radio circuitry completely exposed, It won’t last fm investigates the ‘moment’ when all to be heard will be noise. We hope that, once the threat of the digital switch-over is followed through, the frequencies can be recycled, transformed, and be put to a collective and collaborative use. We would like to test this notion by encouraging visitors to send us a feedback. What will be of the empty floating frequencies? And what of all the old radios?

Let us know what you think: hello AT troglodisme DOT com

The work was conceived and created together with Marcos Gomez and Joe Farley, shown from 9.6.11 to 17.7.11 at Raven Row gallery during Gone with the Wind (Open Call with Max Eastley, Takehisa Kosugi, Walter Marchetti and Resonance104.4fm).