Live stream: dunkirk_frac.mp3
FRAC Grand Large
Melissa Ryke
Latitude: +51.04807727686503°
Longitude: +2.375888136182449°
Sounds from Dunkirk & beyond
Melissa Ryke and Thorsten Streichardt, bring several contemporary artists working with field recordings and site-specific practices together to create a 2-hour live radio broadcast from the FRAC, Dunkirk. This radio programme will highlight listening practices and local ecologies around the theme Grit. Grit, meaning: abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc. Or a firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck.
Offered as a starting point for this radio session, Grit is both materially and politically relevant to the local contexts of Dunkirk that recalls it's sandy beaches, mineral industrial processes and the mettle of artists that are included in the programme.
List of artists involved:
- Ruchi Anadkat with students from Esä Dunkerque-Tourcoing
- Vittorio Auteri
- Dorothy Hunter
- Guillaume Rouseré
- Thorsten Streichardt
- Melissa Ryke
Saturday fixed setup: Laptop, Reaper session, Soundcraft Notepad-8FX, mics, headphones.
Sunday May 3, 5:20am-7am
Free, meet at 5:20 a.m. in front of the Frac Grand Large, Dunkirk.
Melissa Ryke invites the public on a guided sound walk in silence and will broadcast the dawn chorus as part of Soundtent's Réveil project. The 40-minute~ walk will begin at the FRAC, then wind through the dunes and along the seawall before returning to the starting point.
Sunday roaming setup: Zoom F6 + microUzi LOMs binaural setup, LocusCast from phone.