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Date:          Tue, 7 May 1996 16:24:25 +0000
From:          coa01dc@gold.ac.uk (Damien Chauland)
Subject:       International radio Festival and awards (France) July 1996

CENTENARY OF RADIO WAVE BROADCASTING



INTERNATIONAL RADIO FESTIVAL & AWARDS
11th UNIVERSITE D'ETE DE LA RADIOPHONIE 1996, ARLES, FRANCE
7 JULY- 28 JULY



The Universite d'Ete de la Radiophonie in Arles (UER), is now in its 11th
year, striving to promote and nurture innovation and creativity in Radio.
Every July it brings together producers, enthusiasts, technicians, artists=
,
historians and prominent figures from the world of sound.

The Universite d'Ete de la Radio is the organiser of a Radio, Video and
Photography competition, the Phonurgia Nova Awards, and this years edition
will have $18000 worth of prizes. Award categories include Radio Drama,
Documentary, Acoustic works, radio and sound on film, radio and sound on
photography.
In 1995, award winning programmes made by both professionals and non
professionals, came from Poland, the U.K, Belgium and France.

The UER is also host to a number of major events, including exhibitions,
seminars, conferences, film screenings, multi media events, etc...
It runs a series of workshops (12 this year), open to professionals and
beginners alike, aiming to promote craftsmanship and innovation in radio.
All the workshops are run by renowned radio producers and artists, very
often recipient of major international awards, Prix Italia, Prix Futura, t=
o
name a few.

Every year the Festival is an open forum to foreign sound waves. In 1994
the special guests were WDR Koln and Radio St Giga (Japan), 1995 Radio
Ostankino Moscow. This year our guests will come from the ever expanding
network of African radio stations. But 1996 is a special year, sound/ radi=
o
wave broadcasting is celebrating its centenary, and the UER is organising =
a
series of events to commemorate Marconis invention.


Scheduled Events:

- 27/07/96 "Shpil", an interactive sound and voice work, broadcast live vi=
a
satellite and the internet. Shpil is an acoustic work dedicated to radio
wave transmissions. Sound sources will be coming from Jerusalem, Rome,
Warsaw, Paris, London...will be mixed live in Arles, then broadcast on
various European public and commercial radio stations.
Duration: 45 minutes. Producer: Roberto Paci Dalo (Italy).
- 27/07/96 "Maremoto", the re-enactment, in the Roman Amphitheatre in
Arles, of the first ever French radio drama.
Maremoto was written by Gabriel Germinet in 1924. Duration: 20 minutes.

Other events scheduled for the 11th edition of the UER.

- Publication of a special anniversary compact disc. Musicians and
composers from the world of rock, contemporary and classical music are
invited to celebrate the centenary of radio. New works will be
commissioned, using as a foundation, a number of well known international
radio archive samples nad extracts.

- "The first 100 years of radio"
International conference (26/07/96) and exhibition during the whole of Jul=
y.
An exploration into the weird and wonderful world of radio broadcasting
over this first century; how is radio going to face up to its future?
An extensive exhibition of old radio sets and of radio related photographi=
c
archives.

For further information, competition details and application forms,
workshop schedules, .....please contact the Universite d'Ete de la
Radiophonie at:

phonurgia nova
23 Rue de la Madeleine
13200 Arles
FRANCE
T=E9l: + 33 90 93 79 79
Fax: + 33 90 93 86 23

U.K contact
Tel:0171 223 7973
Fax: 0171 919 7612
email: coa01dc@gold.ac.uk

________________________________________________________
Bruce Girard
AMARC - Pulsar
Email: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec
http://www.web.apc.org/amarc/pulsar.html
Tel: +(593-2) 525-521    Fax/Tel: +(593-2) 542-818
Avenida America 3584, Casilla 17-01-1171, Quito, Ecuador