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Radio: An instrument in art – with reference to selected works by Polish artists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2023

Tomasz Misiak Open the ORCID record for Tomasz Misiak [Opens in a new window]  and
Marcin Olejniczak
Tomasz Misiak
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University of the Arts Poznań, Poland Email: tomasz.misiak@uap.edu.pl
Marcin Olejniczak
Affiliation:
University of Applied Science in Konin, Poland Email: marcin.olejniczak@konin.edu.pl
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Abstract

This article explores the role of the radio as an artistic instrument. It discusses both contemporary and historical art experiments, namely those where the sound of the radio or the form of radio reception is an important aspect of the final work. We examine the question, ‘What does it mean for a radio to be an instrument?’ And to clarify, we mean any kind of instrument, not just a musical one. To answer this question, this article focuses on the concepts and theory of those Polish artists who have used radio in their artwork, either as the source of a particular type of sound or as a medium that collects and transmits the sound of its surroundings.

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Organised Sound , Volume 29 , Issue 1: Radio – A Space for Sonic Art , April 2024 , pp. 20 - 26
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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