2006 KlangLangWelle / live performance at the Gasometer in Oberhausen by the DAI Radio Orchestra (DAIRO) directed by Sarah Washington and Knut Aufermann, broadcasted by Resonance FM, London's first art radio station

 The Dutch Art Institute (DAI) has the pleasure to invite you to attend the Resonance FM intervention at the Gasometer Oberhausen on September 29, 2006 at 19.00 hours (7 PM).

For what is likely to be the last intervention of the EU funded radio.territories project, Resonance 104.4fm (London’s first radio art station) has teamed up with the students of the Dutch Art Institute to produce an evening of experimental radio and sound works in the Gasometer in Oberhausen (Germany). The event is called KlangLangWelle.

The gasometer is the biggest of its kind in the world, with a diameter of 68 meters and a height of 117 meters. The sheer size and the extreme acoustics make it a unique location that in the past has been used for exhibitions by the likes of Christo and Jean-Claude or Bill Viola.

The giant steel cylinder can also be considered as a big Faraday cage, meaning that it is difficult for radio waves to penetrate inside, but also that radio emmissions from within the gasometer will bounce off its walls almost like sound waves. The gasometer is ready for its own, enclosed radio station.

With this set-up in mind, 25 students from the Dutch Art Institute will spend a week with Resonance’s workshop leaders Sarah Washington and Knut Aufermann, to create works for radio transmitter and 30 portable radios. They will form the Dutch Art Institute Radio Orchestra (DAIRO).

Their pieces will be performed live in the Gasometer Oberhausen as part of a concert evening on the 29th September 2006. The event, which also features the extraordinary British saxophonist John Butcher, and the electronics trio Tonic Train + Xentos starts at 19:00 h, entrance fee is 4 Euros.

The roof of the gasometer will stay open for the audience after the concert until 22:00 h.

A special radio edition recording of the evening with commentary by Ed Baxter will be made available for broadcast later.