Saturday May 2, 3pm-5pm
Melissa Ryke, artist and researcher, will bring several contemporary artists working with field recordings and site-specific practices to create a 2-hour live radio broadcast from the 1st floor workshop space at 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
- & others TBA...

Sunday May 3, 5:20am-7am
Melissa Ryke invites you to 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.

Free, meet at 5:20 a.m. in front of the Frac Grand Large, Dunkirk.