As part of this year’s radio focus, curator and radio host Samantha Lippett joins the Radio WORM airwaves for three “Radio Conversations.” Joined by researchers and practitioners who orbit the web radio field, together they will untangle questions related to the emotions, archives, and localities of the practice.

1. Collaboration

The practice of web radio is highly collaborative, which has led to the creation of several web radio networks. This conversation will reflect on the radical potential of co-broadcasting and the connective and inter-community nature of on-air collaboration, and ask what it means to be part of a translocal community.

Alba is a multidisciplinary artist and event producer with a focus on curatorial practices in the context of spatiality and collaboration. Her practice navigates intersections of sound and space, with a focus on DIY communities. She is a steering committee member at Dublin Digital Radio, co-organiser for Alternating Current festival, and radio host of the show The Common of Senses, delving into folk, field recordings, and live performances on radio. Dublin Digital Radio is a volunteer-run community radio station and alternative media platform which supports grassroots music and sound culture in Ireland.

Samantha Lippett is a curator and project manager based in Vilnius, specialising in community radio and public art. She is co-founder of the Independent Community Radio Network (ICRN) and is on the executive committee of Reset! Network. Together with artist James Prevett, she founded Out of Office Radio which is a mobile radio and set of tools supporting the Helsinki arts community. Lippett regularly advocates for independent media and community radio at public events and festivals including Le Guess Who?, Nuits Sonores, and Linecheck Festival. Last year she was nominated as Keychange Leader in recognition of her work on gender diversity in radio.

The Independent Community Radio Network (ICRN) connects and supports like-minded stations from across Europe. Founded in the Baltic-Nordic region, ICRN responds to the challenges faced by its members and exists to support, hoist, and progress the knowledge and sustainability of its field. ICRN’s activities include in-person exchange, co-broadcasting, advocacy, and workshops, as well as collaborations with like-minded organisations such as Signals2Noise Festival, COSMOS, Le Guess Who?, and Reset! Network.