Radio Therapy by Martín Rodríguez

Side A
2N_N3
La couleur de l’été

Side B
Radio Therapy @ AKOUSMA XIII


Radio Therapy (2015)
The fog of chemo and numbness of radiation. The brain surgery. Paralysis. The seizure that exposed it all. The sterile sounds of the hospital. One must find a way to heal.

Radio Therapy expresses these sentiments by transforming the brutal sounds of Rodriguez's MRI into a meditation on the healing process of his recovery from a cancerous brain tumor, creating both a soothing and battling ambiance of recovery & remission.

Radio Therapy is produced by harnessing radio frequencies alongside a transmission of Rodriguez's MRI brain scan through a transducer that is attached to a standalone guitar. The transducer forces the whole body of the guitar to vibrate. The resulting sound is a blend of musical notes, and scanned AM radio frequencies resonating through the body of the guitar and passing through a chain of manipulated sound effects.

Support received by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

As a transmission and sound artist, Martín Rodríguez’s work emerges from his Chicanx upbringing along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Rooting his relationship with radio in healing after recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor, Rodríguez examines radio as a transformative medium. His artworks consider the manner in which sound & perceived sound can act as a vessel for affective transmissions

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