From: francis <francis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Derek Holzer <republikasleazka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: acoustic.space.lab questionaire
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:22:58 +0200


> ***Your name and nationality, if you please...***

Francis Hunger from Leipzig


> ***List an URL and a short description of a recent project.***

--digital work   http://pmstream.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/~hufr/
on the modus of working with computers

--black holes on the internet http://www.irmielin.org
work in progress (I've got stuck with that since a few months... anyway, the
text to be found on the website could be inspiring to some people)


> *What is your experience with or first associations of working with radio
> waves?*

The strongest impression which I had on what radio can cause and how active
people can become because of radio is dated back to the year 1990/91. During the change in (still) GDR and the following lack of govermental power the Youthradio DT64 has played a very important role to the process of opening our mind toward 
change in cultural and political fields.
The program was delightful fresh, as if they would try out everything they had discussed through the times of stagnation until 1989. Not only that they played all styles of contemporary music from punk to mainstream to electronic - they 
supported all kind of new basis-democratic ideals - strong participation of
listeneners in program, engaged reports on corruption and mistakes of the old and the upcoming power, critical comments on the process of unification with the 
FRG.
When the law of FRG was established on the territory of former GDR in Oktober 91 
a lot of holes in the structures of power and control where refilled by new
laws. Thus it was planned to close all former GDR radiostations to establish the 
federal modell of massmedia that was integrated to the ideal of western
democracy. This also meant to close Youthradio DT64. In the same moment this
thought was formulated in public a alliance of radiomakers and listeners was
formed.
Like true fans we wore DT64 stickers on our clothes, organized demonstrations and meetings to put pressure on the authorities and were in steady contact with the radiomakers to take influence to the program. This somehow naive attempt to 
save our station was fought out with a lot of emotions.
When for the first times the station was switched of, huge demonstrations took place. After a week or so DT64 was again on air to be precise: on medium wave. Now it started a search for grandmas and -dads radioreceivers which used to have the best antennas for AM. But people were still listening to it. Thus it went 
another few months.
The radio-makers situation was difficult, internal fights on how to deal with 
the inofficial coworkers of the secret service called "Stasi" caused lots of
discussion. Also the financial situation seemed unclear and unstable. It was clear that although the powerful support by local people the situation could not 
exist for a long time.

There spread around a lot of utopias from August 89 till winter 91 - direct
democracy, whole streets of housesquads (e.g. Mainzer Strasse) or noncomercial radio, the possibility of direct participation in all processes of society. If 
you want, call it a Temporarus Autonomus Zone (Hakim Bey).
The station was splitted up into two: Radio Fritz and Radio Sputnik which still exist. Sometimes hidden in the latenight-earlymornign programm You will listen 
music that reminds You of DT64.


> ***Please give a short outline of your contribution to the
> Acoustic.Space.Lab symposium, either as a remote participant or directly in 
> Latvia.***
If interest exist, I could hold a informal lecture of 1hr "introduction on black 
holes" including some additional comments on "how to observe black holes by
radio telescopes" which I would work out especially for this event. This could 
maybe lead into some more general discussion or it could be connected with a
general introduction to radioteleskopy given by someone else.
I can offer knowledge in the usual technologies (net, video, sound) and could offer the possibility of music-programming/composing with the pc/mac software "reason" that can be connected to midi-signals in a easy way but with restricted 
functions (in comparision to max/msp).


so far

best


francis







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