1977
Photo Max Neuhaus, Radio Net 1977
Location: Radio Station WBAI FM, New York City Dimensions: 20 miles in diameter. Extant: October 8, 1966 8:30 - 10:00 PM - 2 hours.
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These Networks gradually progressed into a series of radio/telephone events, in different cities. In the middle of the seventies I realized one for the whole of the USA with two hundred radio stations and five cities where people called into. I made huge trans-continental loops to transform their sounds.It was called Radio Net.
Max Neuhaus
Exhibitions / 1977 - Jazz Alive!, Folk Festival USA, Contemporary Music/Events RadioVisions, Max Neuhaus' Radio Net.
Bibliography / Press / Steve Rathe, “Letter to RadioVisions music advisory panel,” November 24, 1980.
Bibliography / Theses / 2012 - Louise Elizabeth Chernosky, Voices of New Music on National Public Radio: Radio Net, RadioVisions, and Maritime Rites, Columbia University, degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
“Radio Net.” For two hours on 200 NPR stations in 1977, sound artist Max Neuhaus conducted a massive experimental audio symphony using processed sound from callers all around the nation. It’s a vivid reminder of the audacious experimental artistic force NPR once was.Previously unpublished video of the preparations for and execution of Radio Net.
Max Neuhaus Drawing
Sound Paths, Radio Net, 1977
Paint on cibachrome print 60 x 120 cm
Collection The Estate of Max Neuhaus
Sound work references: Radio Net, 1977, National Public Radio Network, USA
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MNE-DRAW Networks: Preliminary Studies By Max Neuhaus Radio Net, NPR Round Robin. 1974
Bibliography / Press / 2012 - Elena Biserna, Sons & Musique en ouverture. MCD #68, Sept-Oct-Nov.