Radio Forest was created in 2005, as a radio installation in Het Klankenbos Pelt (BE). The artist duo Futurefarmers were commissioned to make the work by Musica. At the same time they were commissioned to put together a public program for it.
One of the resulting projects was Audio Forest – a collection of forest sounds from all over the world, submitted by various international sound artists. Twelve existing or fictitious places were interwoven in The Sound Forest to create an alternative ecosystem of forest sounds.
In 2022 it will be almost two decades since Futurefarmers developed the Radio Forest installation. Today Radio Forest serves as a ‘sound pavilion’ in the Klankenbos, which in fact functions as a large architectural loudspeaker, where the monthly Radio Forest Sessions program is also played. This year, Amy and Stijn are bringing the Audio Forest archive back to life on site.
This reawakening of Audio Forest forms a sonic journey through time and space. The listener finds himself in different realities of about twenty years ago. While the Sound Forest in Pelt is filled with Hertzian waves between the trees, the surrounding noise of highways, airports and electric fans drowns out the familiar forest sounds. The rebroadcast of the Audio Forest archive is an invitation to listen consciously to other ‘forests’ from the past, and to be inspired to new ways of thinking about the forest anno 2022.
Throughout the year, a different soundscape from the Audio Forest archive will be heard each month through the walls of the Radio Forest pavilion. The broadcast will change every third Monday of the month:
May 16 to 23: Max Tertinegg (AT)
June 20 to 27: Eats Tapes (US)
July 18 to 25: Extraordinary Forest / Jeff Ray (US)
22 to 29 August: Albert Ortega (US)
19 to 26 September: Maksim Shentelev (LT)
17 to 24 October: Matteah Baim (US)
21 to 28 November: Brian Harnetty (US)
19 to 26 December: Carlos Gómez (CO)
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Radio Forest Sessions
Audio Forest archive, by Futurefarmers In 2005 Radio Forest was brought to life by the artist duo Futurefarmers (Amy Franceschini & Stijn Schiffeleers) as a radio installation in Het Klankenbos in Pelt, Belgium, commissioned by Musica. The installation was inaugurated in September of that same year during the Klankenbos Festival. Musica asked Futurefarmers to curate …
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Radio Forest Sessions: Christopher Moore (CA)
Peace Park Locatie: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Canada Waterton-Glacier, dat zowel in de Verenigde Staten als in Canada ligt, is het enige park ter wereld dat door de UNESCO is uitgeroepen tot werelderfgoed, internationaal vredespark en biosfeerreservaat. Dit stuk werd opgenomen op een bijzonder winderige dag, in de buurt van een snelstromende rivier. De kakofonie …
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Radio Forest Sessions: Extraordinary Forest / Jeff Ray (US)
Forest Friends with voice of Bunnyphonic Location: Headlands Marin, Californië, Verenigde Staten Some of the recording was made in the Eucalyptus Forest of Headlands Marin, California When 18 to 24 July 2022 Where Het Klankenbos, Pelt
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Radio Forest Sessions: Albert Ortega (US)
Near the Kern River 1, 2 and 3 Location: Kern River, Californië, United States Contact microphones paired in stereo capture the rustling and creeking of this Southern Sierra Forest region. When 15 to 21 August 2022 Where Het Klankenbos, Pelt
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Radio Forest Sessions: Maksim Shentelev (LT)
Seaside Forest Lithuania Neringa 1, 2 and 3 Location: Nagliai Nature Reserve, Lithuania Recorded in Neringa natural preserve in Lithuania, early spring 2005. Its a very nerrow demi-island, covered with different types of pine forests and sandy dunes. Particular recording is from swampy seashore forest. Demi-island is 1-4 km wide and about 100 km long, …
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Radio Forest Sessions: Matteah Baim (US)
The Wind in Your Mind Locatie: New York City, United States In the city our connection to the natural world lies in our creativity. In essence, it is a form of believing and of faith that we are part of nature. This piece is compiled from found-sounds in hopes of creating a feeling of this …
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Radio Forest Sessions: Brian Harnetty (US)
California, Ohio, Maine Location: Marin Headlands (California), Glen Echo Park (Ohio), and Acadia National Park (Maine) These recordings were made in the summer of 2005 in both urban and rural forest environments. They reflect the geography of my own travels and span the length of the United States. When 21 to 27 November 2022 Where …
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Radio Forest Sessions: Carlos Gómez (CO)
Magdalena Medio Location: Magdalena Medio, Colombia …Just a recording, not a composition. When 19 to 25 December 2022 Where Het Klankenbos, Pelt
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Radio Forest Sessions: Bartolomeo Sailer aka Wang inc (IT)
Civilization from the forest 1 – River Nera Location: National Park Monti Sibillini, Italy All recordings made inside the National Park of the Sibillini Mountains Italy. When 16 to 22 January 2023 Where Het Klankenbos, Pelt
