Radio Espacio Estación at HmongTown Marketplace. Day 2.
At times where space is limited and the sustainable uses of materials and outlets for community are required REE creates a network of geographically remote nodes. The airwaves are available spaces; this spaces now will be activated and become places where the imaginary and the real merge.
REE is an online nomadic bilingual radio transmission that aims at building relationships within communities by exploring connections between creative process and everyday cultural experiences. Its programming is based on site specific narratives, dialogues and story telling.
REE focuses on transmission as a mode for expression and exchange investigating the relationships with sound and its communicative value. A platform exploring ways for language learning replacing translation with integration. Its democratic format engages discussions of ideas, social and cultural issues. Interactions with the general public encourages active listening and social involvement. Each show is broadcasted live and archived online. This is a time and site specific project.
Interviews and music at the HmongTown Marketplace with musicians, artists, activists, and others. www.radioee.net
Supported by: Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Day 2: spoken word artist Jonathan Siab Yaj, artist Pao Houa Her, playwright May Lee-Yang (lazyhmongwoman), and publisher and radio host Wameng Moua (Hmong Today).
The program kept changing… and turned into a great line-up. It reflects the dynamics of the whole project.
Jonathan Siab Yaj presented his most recent spoken word fragments.
Artist/photographer Pao Houa Her.
An elder man enquires whether we were giving away free phones… and asks Pao if she would like to meet his nephew. It’s mating season in Hmong culture, Hmong New Year.
Esteemed playwright May Lee-Yang.
Last guest: Wameng Moua talked about his participation in the project “40 years Hmong culture in the U.S.”