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The Conduction Series

monthly collaborative radio2021 - ∞

The Conduction Series is a collaborative live radio broadcast produced by sound and transmission artists across the Americas on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM Radio for Open Ears in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley. The collective comes together on the first Friday of every month at 3:02pm ET using the web platform Mezcal. Emphasizing live radio, interactivity, and media archaeological methods, the series explores themes of migration, noise, feedback, speculative fiction, transmissive theatrics, and recreational aesthetics.

http://conduction.wavefarm.org

conduction series members as of 2024

The Conduction Series is syndicated on Radio MonteAudio in Montevideo, Uruguay, Radio Tsonami in Valparaíso, Chile, Radio CASo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, CITR FM in Vancouver, Canada, New Adventures in Sound Art in Ontario, Canada, and on Radio 1190 in Boulder/Denver, Colorado.

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

August Black and Anna Friz at the RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus, shown at a table in front view

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

August Black and Anna Friz at the RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus, shown at a table from behind looking at laptops running mezcal software

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

The Conduction Series members are Betsey Biggs (US), August Black (US), Peter Courtemanche (CA), Florencia Curci (AR), Jeff Economy (USA), Anna Friz (CA/DK), Jimmy Garver (US), Maximilian Goldfarb (US), Virginia Mantinian(AR), and Rodrigo Ríos Zunino (CL).http://conduction.wavefarm.org

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

Three views of August Black and Anna Friz at the RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus, shown from afar

Live from RP2 studio of the Austrian Funkhaus - Sept. 25th, 2025, “Audio Termites”.

three images of washing machines with microphones attached or pointed at the machines.

April 4th, 2025 - Live washing machines for a show titled “White Washing”.

April 4th, 2025 - Live washing machines for a show titled “White Washing”.

Screenshot from April 4th, 2025 - Live washing machines for a show titled “White Washing”.

screenshot showing two input tracks for recording the White Washing show

Screenshot from April 4th, 2025 - Live washing machines for a show titled “White Washing”.

mezcal interface

Dec. 1st, 2023 - Live from the Bogotá Planetario as part of the Domo Lleno Festival 2023.

Dec. 1st, 2023 - Live from the Bogotá Planetario as part of the Domo Lleno Festival 2023.

Dec. 1st, 2023 - Live from the Bogotá Planetario as part of the Domo Lleno Festival 2023.

mezcal interface

Dec. 1st, 2023 - Live from the Bogotá Planetario as part of the Domo Lleno Festival 2023.

conduction series members 2021

top: Anna Friz, Florencia Curci, Virginia Mantinianmiddle: Jimmy Garver, August Black, Maximilian Goldfarbbottom: Peter Courtemanche, Jeff Economy, Betsey Biggs

top: Anna Friz, Florencia Curci, Virginia Mantinianmiddle: Jimmy Garver, August Black, Maximilian Goldfarbbottom: Peter Courtemanche, Jeff Economy, Betsey Biggs

Our logo speaks to our polar modes of breathful listening and outward propagation. We sometimes operate under the motto "There can be no conspiracy without shared breath".

Our logo speaks to our polar modes of breathful listening and outward propagation. We sometimes operate under the motto "There can be no conspiracy without shared breath".

conduction t-shirts, handmade

Conduction merchandise.

Conduction merchandise.

Credits

concept and production: August Black

members: August Black, Betsey Biggs, Peter Courtemanche, Florencia Curci, Jeff Economy, Anna Friz, Jimmy Garver, Maximilian Goldfarb, Virginia Mantinian, and Rodrigo Ríos Zunino

Related Publications

Black, August. et al. The Conduction Series: Live Collaborative Transmission Art Across Borders" Proceedings of the 20th International Audio Mostly Conference on Interactive Audio. July 3-7, 2025, Coimbra, Portugal.
DOI:10.1145/3771594.3771612

Project Website

http://conduction.wavefarm.org