Radio Vis was born from a premise: when treated with respect, disadvantaged children can open up otherwise inaccessible perceptual spaces. This expressive potential is revealed in the sound recording: tiny gestures, laughter, words, and accents take on a poetic charge. The sound universe of Radio Vis is composed of stories, dreams, and encounters with forgotten figures, in a multifaceted reality where the village coexists naturally with video game characters. A modified radio will allow listeners to travel on frequencies occupied solely by children’s stories: a manifesto against the excessive commercialization of the airwaves and against educational policy in Romania, a gesture of hope that these voices will count in the public sphere. With Maria Balabaș (Romania). Moderated by Anamaria Pravicencu (Romania)
September 27
Romania – Radio Vis – The invisible voices of childhood
Listening, Panel discussion | Language: English & Romanian, Open to the public
Maria Balabaș is a journalist and musician. She is the host of the Dimineața crossover show (Morning Crossover) from Radio România Cultural and has created projects devoted to new forms of radio creation (Generația sonoră/Sound Generation). In 2014 she was nominated for Prix Europa (Berlin) for the documentary Maria Tănase – Urban Soundtrack for a Diva. She initiated musical groups such as Avant’n’Gard and Soare Staniol, inspired by improvisational techniques, electronic music, acoustic music. Creates installations generated by the artistic interest in the form of field-specific auditory memory.
Anamaria Pravicencu is a sound artist based in Bucharest and founder of the platform SEMI SILENT (2016), dedicated to podcasting, sound art, radio art, and field recording. She also developed the SONIC FUTURE RESIDENCIES program (2018, 5 editions) to support mobility in contemporary sound art. In 2022–2024, she co-curated Sonic Narratives (Simultan) in Timișoara as part of the European Capital of Culture.