Face Radio live is a residency project in which I make images of Radio Hosts according to what they sound like. The project seeks to emphasize a transitional process between the passive act of listening and the active acts of imagining and drawing by placing the artist in residence as a translator. Unlike the typical exhibition model that stages a series of resolved polished works, it begins in an empty space apart from a video dramatization derived from radio recordings and it evolves over the duration of the residency/show as I make images as works on paper via requests from visitors. This live model aims to strengthen the connections between a studio practice and its presentation by making them parallel activities, thus broaching the gap between the artist and the audience as viewers may tune into the project at various points in time to watch it develop and unfold. In turn, the images are fed back into an audio format through a series of live interventions via radio broadcast at the conclusion of the residency. The entire project is later available online at www.kieranboland.com

KIERAN BOLAND is an Australian artist who resided at the 18th Street Arts Centre, Santa Monica from November 13th until February 8th, 2008.

The project has previously been presented at:
La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo Australia in July 2006 (Curator Carolyn Dew) Link to view.
Talk Artist Intiative, Melbourne February 1998. Link to view.


Kieran would like to thank the Australia Council and the following for their collaboration and support:
Kevin Azzopardi, Jo Baker, Dave Benof, Rebecca Bower, Carolyn Dew, Edward Goldman, Jeremy Hershan, Craig Jardine, KXLU Los Angeles, Ronald Lopez, Athena McKown, Carlos Uzcategui and all at the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.

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