Show 856: LOST ORIGINS by GABI SCHAFFNER for radio x

LOST ORIGINS
by GABI SCHAFFNER

A journey along the subtle outlines of a fragmented map made up of sounds, signals, songs, chimes and rhythms
From a Buddhist monastery to bird calls to wandering drones, this piece is all about tracking and breaking the kinship between natural and man-made frequencies.
The curtain of time, woven from the thin fabric of oblivion, is sewn together by bumblebees and sewing machines alike, and its hem is embroidered with the song of cicadas and the sound of one hand clapping.

Recordings and composition: Gabi Schaffner 2021
Occasional percussive elements: FX Schroed ‘Air
Folk song: Courtesy / by Romina Casile, 2018 (rominacasile.com)

GABI SCHAFFNER
Gabi Schaffner works as an interdisciplinary sound artist and curator.
Her artistic practice is determined by the methods of poetic ethnography in connection with fluxus-like mise-en-scènes, radio-making and sound art performances. Much of her work originates from journeys. Next to her radiophonic productions, Schaffner creates speculative musical genres and inserts them into music history in order to raise awareness for cultural, gender-related and/or geographical conditions.
Schaffner has been realising award-winning productions with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, radia.fm, Hessian Cultural Radio and ABC Australia. Since 2012 she maintains DATSCHA RADIO, a nomadic transmission project that links the medium of radio to current ecological issues.

Find out more about DATSCHA RADIO at www.datscharadio.de
and about GABI SCHAFFNERs projects in a broader perspective at www.schaffnerin.net

credits:
great many thanks to GABI SCHAFFNER for LOST ORIGINS … and we also say thank you to her artistic collaborators, contributors and donators, especially FX Schroed ‘Air and Romina Casile!

metadata:
LOST ORIGINS by GABI SCHAFFNER
radia production: miss.gunst [GUNST + radiator x]
production date: august 2021
station: radio x, frankfurt am main (germany)
length: 28 min.
licence: (cc-by-nc-nd) GABI SCHAFFNER
www.radiox.de – www.gunst.info – www.datscharadio.de – www.schaffnerin.net

additional info:
includes radia jingles (in/out), station and program info/intro (english)

links:
radio x & radiator x: www.radiox.de – www.radiox.de/radiator-x
GUNSTradio & radiator x: www.gunst.info – www.gunst.info/radiator
Gabi Schaffner: www.datscharadio.de – www.schaffnerin.net

pics: (c) Gabi Schaffner