A meandering contemplation of the relationship between nature and culture touching on sport, song, history, art, language, black magic, and laxatives.

Written by David Clark with Devin Chambers, Katelin Karbonik, Su Iplikci, and Ross Unger.

Sound Design by David Clark with music by Ross Unger.

Commissioned for the ARTériel Podcast, New Creative Radio Laboratory in Moncton, New Brunswick. Premiered at the RE:FLUX Festival 16 in May, 2021. (festivalreflux.com)

59 Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

This is all about the mouth. Devin interviews his friend Valentine the dental hygienist and Kelly has thoughts about the mouth and how we should look at it differently. We talk about big teeth, kissing, and that visit to the dentist.

Writing by Kelly O'Neil. Interview by Devin Chambers. 

Voices: Valentine Bedford, Kelly O'Neil, Carmen Belanger, Su Iplikci, Bartu Kukner, Gemma Leslie, and David Clark.

Music by Ross Unger and Snawklor

Sound Design and Mixing by David Clark

Produced by David Clark in Halifax, Nova Scotia

60 Mouthfeel

Questions, Secrets, NFTS. Stories of aliens and a strange auction. This episode is filled with speculation.

Featuring the voices of Devin Chambers, Ross Unger, Lucien Easton, Su Iplikci, Bartu Kukner, Jason Everitt, and David Clark.

Written by Devin Chambers, Su Iplikci, Bartu Kukner, Mark Hines, and Ross Unger.

Sound Design by David Clark and Lucien Easton.
Sound Mixing by David Clark
Produced by David Clark

61 On Spec

Through interviews, found audio, and dramatizations we hear about  a mysterious institute and the influence of ‘The Master’. Events take a dramatic turn when Mavis steals a strange energy source from one of the other devotees and gets caught up in an alternative reality.

Performers: Jessica MacDonald, Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Maeve Mulroy, Allanna Ward, Alexander Robia, William Robinson and David Clark.
Sound Design: David Clark
Editing: David Clark

Produced at NSCAD University, Halifax by David Clark.
2016.


01 Blue Sky

A band prepares for the upcoming release of their new album and talks about the group dynamics, their innovative approaches to songwriting, and a new collaboration with a pharmaceutical company. We go backstage at the after party, and then after the after party, two robots engage in pillow talk. We hear about the importance of downtime and  hear the all night Sun Report.

Performers: Scott Kedy, Rafael MacDonald, Maeve Mulroy, David Clark, Oscar Campbell, Neil Thompson, and Mark Hines.
Sound Design: David Clark
Editing: David Clark
Texts by Mark Hines and David Clark

Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University, Halifax.


02 Wake Up And Smell The Music

Interviews, jokes, spells, and dramatizations explore the life of the Invisible Man and his Invisible Family after his wife leaves him. We discover that his life is not as great as we might imagine it to be. The idea of the Invisible Hand is also explored.

Performers: Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Maeve Mulroy, Alexander Robia and David Clark. 
Excerpts from Milton Friedman, James Otteson, Kyle Kulinski, Noam Chomsky
Sound Design: David Clark
Editing: David Clark 
Texts by David Clark and Mark Hines
Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University
2016

03 Not Much To Look At

These are stories about a breakup, the gravel pit, your possible faces, mushrooms, life, death, quantum suicide, your body, and the wind. 

Contributions from: Lil MacDonald, Ross Unger, Aidan McMahon, Raf MacDonald, Mauricio Gutierrez, Su Iplikci, Bart Kukner, Deniz Ersay, Aylin Sozdinler, Jason Everitt, Devin Chambers, Mark Hines and David Clark.

Original Music by Ross Unger

Mixed and Sound Design by David Clark

Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University, Halifax and ZK/U (Centre of Art and Urbanistics, Berlin.

52 Your Body Is The Wind

Gemma couldn't snap her fingers or whistle. And then there's the trouble with the letter 'R'. But that's nothing when the eyebrows decide to go off by themselves.

with Gemma Leslie, Jessica MacDonald, pascale e, David Clark.

Music by Ross Unger

Mixing and Sound Design by David Clark

Produced by David Clark

53 SNAP! Eyebrows

A big night out in Berlin with the residents at the ZK/U (Center for Art and Urbanistics) in Berlin as we check out an opening. Also  conversations, screaming, psychedelics, and a poem by Josephine Mead.

Featuring Anabelle LaCroix, Ana Barata Martins, Byungseo Yoo, Grace Euna Kim, Yasmin Nebenführ, Gustavo Sanromán, Josephine Mead, Alice Pedroletti, Nermin Er, Muhammad Salah, Beltran Arellanes, and David Clark.

The poem "The Conversation" was written and performed by Josephine Mead.

Sound Design and Mixing by David Clark.

Produced by David Clark during residencies at the ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics and KHMessen in Ålvik, Norway.

54 Berlin Big Night Out

A poet, an anthropologist, and some artists have a cup of tea and go for some walks along a fjord in Norway to talk about the cosmos and how we try to take it all in; sometimes successfully and sometimes disastrously. 

This episode was made for: (Non)Sleep as Social Practice broadcast by Threads*sub_ʇxǝʇ, a live event on March 20, 2020 developed at ZK/U Centre for Art and Urbanistics in Berlin that focused on the politics of sleeplessness, desynchronization between the body and society, the individual and the group. Curated by Annabelle Lacroix. Thanks to Alex Head and Nathan Gray.

https://www.subtextradio.net/non-sleep-as-social-practice

Featuring Jaya Stenquist, Gregory Gan, Olivia Brelsford-Massey, David Clark and Marion Blume.

Produced at the KHMessen International Artist Residency in Ålvik, Norway.

Recorded and Mixed by David Clark
Sound Design by David Clark
Produced by David Clark

The film "The Theory of Happiness" by Gregory Gan can be found at: gregorygan.com/theory.html

55 Cosmic Listening

Three small pieces from around the world all concerned with a world in crisis. Viruses have restructured our everyday and we take a listen to the conversations. 

Part One: The State of Things: a collaboration between Karen Werner and David Clark who are both stuck in Norway. 

Part Two: You There: an audio collage of messages exchanged between family and friends in different parts of the world who are all locked down. Produced by Aidan McMahon, Luca Caruso-Moro. Sound Design by Aidan McMahon. Music by Luca Caruso-Moro and Jessica MacDonald.

Part Three: Saving the Shark: Conversations between artists who have come to Norway to work at a house perched on the side of the Handangerfjord and an incident involving a shark. Featuring Jaya Stenquist, Gregory Gan, David Clark, and Olivia Brelsford-Massey. Produced, Recorded, Music and Sound Design by David Clark at the KHMessen International Artist Residency in Ålvik, Norway.

Produced by David Clark

56 The State Of Things

This show features stories and anecdotes involving food, recollections of meals, and characters who find love through food. This is an episode of supertasters, shut-ins, and foodies.

Featuring Gregory Gan, Lucien Easton, Jaya Stenquist, Raf MacDonald, Micheal Day, Olivia Brelsford-Massey, Devin Chambers, and Mauve Mulroy.

Mixing and Sound Design by David Clark with Lucien Easton.

This episode was recorded in Ålvik , Norway, Amsterdam, and Halifax at NSCAD University.

Produced by David Clark

57 Food For Thought

Here you are suspended in a collective dreamscape, passing through people's thoughts and stories like dust through a house. Conversations and inner monologues collide and cascade through this aural hieroglyph. 

Interviews were conducted by Erin Knowles with willing members of the public at the Nothing to See Here: 50 Shows Exhibition at the Anna Leonowens Gallery as part of the 2019 Nocturne event in Halifax. Thanks to all those who participated. A special thanks to Michael Day for help on the exhibition.

Additional material by Lucien Easton
Music by Ross Unger
Sound Design and Mixing by David Clark

Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University

58 Our Wildest Dreams

Nothing to See Here is an Experimental Radio Art Show produced by David Clark in collaboration with students at NSCAD University and special guests.



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