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Radiographic - aesthetic between aural and visual
Radiographic - aesthetic between aural and visual http://www.g39.org/cgi-bin/website.cgi?place=exhibitions&id=64 " ‘Radiographic’ applies the same approach to creating and discussing audio as we would image. Following this line of inquiry, the medium of radio has the propensity to a very particular aesthetic, from the woolly quality of the medium, long-wave frequencies to the hyper real production values of current pop. Specific stations have a particular aesthetic too, from BBC Radio 1’s throwaway immediacy to the steady dulcet lullaby of Radio 4’s information relay. This aural aesthetic is the basis of ‘Radiographic’, though this is by no means a purely aural exhibition. Rather it aims to explore the crossovers, parallels and happy coincid…