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+ + The third and last issue of the first year of Experimental Publishing (XPUB), Radio + Implicancies: Methods To Practice Interdependencies, is a series of eight, + increasingly ambitious, weekly released sound publications. While the name of this + publication might give you the impression that those periodical releases were + broadcasted, they very much took place behind closed doors, amongst the group + members themselves… +
++ Released for the very first time on the 12th of April, the twelve members of the + group, who where shapeshifting each Tuesday of the week into their own audience, + constantly shuffled positions in the overall work infrastructure until the last + release on the 21st of June. This modular approach to work positions enabled an + interdependent publishing structure in which different figures of agency took turn + in order to share responsibilities in a sustainable manner. +
++ Certainly captivated by the diversity in shapes, contents and experiences offered by + the Special Issue 18's eight sound publications, one might wonder: but what is it + all about? The time pressure and weekly format framework left the overall project + stuck under the surface of the water, as under an ice floe. Yet, the time spared on + reflecting over past releases was invested in a bold pace of exploration, in which + each week the group has re-conceptualised new work methodologies. The urgency of + experimenting with new infrastructures and breaking down mainstream hierarchical + ones, took over the reflection of the resulted emergencies within each project. The + ice floe broke at some place, enabling water flows, but those remained disparate, a + stream still waiting to be connected. +
++ Every other Tuesday of each week, somehow estranged from everyones' work progress, + all the members of the group, except the care-takers (a few members responsible of + the overall outcome of that week's publication), would walk into a dedicated room + unaware of what kind of experience they would step into. Some publications even + shifted from edited projects to live performances, presenting tools, interface or + instruments for the public to thread all the pieces together themselves. +
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+ + The third week release, Uneven Patterns, was the first milestone in which the + release's care-takers took the role of editors. The listener's experience evolved + from that of a brutal unintentional edit of disparate sound-works, to an intentional + curated piece, interlaced by a common rhythm: that of different binding sounds. The + theme presented by the editors was inviting in a non-restrictive manner. +
++ From then on the publications' care-takers became the heart of each weekly release. +
+ ++ On the fourth week, the Emergent Opera's care-takers introduced a new kind of + release format: live edit. The release's interface, unlike the up-to-then linear + structures, took the form of a circular constellation of sound tracks, an instrument + that can be activated by any willing participant, generating a new kind of + audio-collage. +
+ ++ This potential for more performative and interactive interfaces inspired the + care-takers of The Jingle Board Parliament to challenge said format on the fifth + week. For the first time, the potential of found footage in media and pop culture, + within a short-format restriction, got encouraged. The occasion to experience and + command a once in a lifetime political landscape hosting an eclectic assemble of + voices. +
+ ++ The instrument became voice. While dialogues were emerging out of cheer spontaneity, + the Nested Narratives release was the occasion to reflect together on a textual net + around a given refrain. One that would weave the diverse reflection, on a common + problematic, of makers and listeners together… +
+ ++ And the voices carried methods. For the first time in months, the care-takers + decided to take the bull by the horns and propose to confront methodologies upfront + with the Sharing Methods for Diffractive Reading cookbook. The occasion highlighted + that however considerate a method might be, different texts need different care and + attention. +
+ ++ This intricate publication blew a wind of spontaneity to the last week's release. + Each day, the different contributors would react to one another with daily (short-) + uploads on the Unfolding [ ] Implicancies platform. A final interface with data + strata of all kind resulted in a generous open-end: a rhizome narrative with no top + nor bottom, no left or right, where what ends is where that begins. +
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