Delivered as a beautiful series of only 10 issues, DENSE is a new platform that dares to forecast our future, through the lens of New Jersey’s past.

Each issue is sparked by an event that either happened or will happen, such as Issue 1’s focus on the 1951 opening of the NJ Turnpike, Issue 6’s focus on the year 2100 and Issue 10’s focus on NJ’s most radical project that never happened.
Why New Jersey? As America’s most densely populated state, we think this place holds lessons to face the challenges of our changing world, from climate action and forced migrations to cultural memory and labor practices.

Dense features commissioned work by contributors like writer John McPhee, Black Reconstruction Collective co-founder Felecia Davis, hunter Joe Lanza, design historian Susan Yelavich, environmental photographer David Maisel, Lenape tribal leader Chief Vincent Mann and architect Marshall Brown. With such a diverse range, it’s no wonder our 10-issue boxed set has earned its cult status among collectors.

In between issues, check out BOOTH, PLEASE – weekly tangents about design and New Jersey, served up every Sunday. Subscribe through our website and get updates about future issues.

Radiophrenia is a temporary art radio station – an exploration into current trends in sound and transmission arts. Broadcasting live from Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, the station aims to promote radio as an art form, encouraging challenging and radical new approaches to the medium. The broadcast schedule will include live shows, pre-recorded features and a series of ‘live-to-air’performances. The majority of the programme will be made up from selections submitted to an international open call for sound and radio works.

Broadcasting across Glasgow on 87.9fm, and online at www.radiophrenia.scot 

Supported by Creative Scotland.

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