*Ràdio Web MACBA most listened podcasts - September 2016* *1- PROBES series. Curated by Chris Cutler <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag>*
Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag PROBES <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag> takes Marshall McLuhan’s conceptual contrapositions as a starting point to analyse and expose the search for a new sonic language made urgent after the collapse of tonality in the twentieth century. The series looks at the many probes and experiments that were launched in the last century in search of new musical resources, and a new aesthetic; for ways to make music adequate to a world transformed by disorientating technologies. *2-SON[I]A #229. Andrea Fraser* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/andrea-fraser/capsula Andrea Fraser talks about the challenges and limitations of cultural activism, about the sub-fields of art, the relationship between artists and the market, and the museum in the neoliberal era. *3- **FONS AUDIO #44. Malcolm Le Grice* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/fons-audio-malcolm-le-grice/capsula In FONS AUDIO #44, Malcolm Le Grice talks about his 1970 work "Berlin Horse", which is part of the MACBA Collection and moves on to expanded cinema, materialist structuralism, latency, suspense, and the representation of time in his work. *4- **SON[I]A #230. Jota Izquierdo * *(only available in Spanish)* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/jota-izquierdo/capsula Jota Izquierdo talks about Capitalismo Amarillo, about the informal economy, underground entrepreneurship, exoticization, and pirate ingenuity and reproducibility, all to the rhythm of cumbia. *5- * *SON[I]A #229. Andrea Fraser. Deleted scenes* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/andrea-fraser-deleted/capsula We dig up some unreleased fragments of the interview with Andrea Fraser <http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/andrea-fraser/capsula> that we were unable to include the first time around. we discussed "Down the river": an audio installation for a massive space, trying to reframe the spectacle of space. *+2 podcasts you should not miss!* *1/ ON LISTENING. Research process: Jacob Kirkegaard* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/jacob-kirkegaard/capsula In this podcast, Kirkegaard reflects on the importance of listening and argues that sound art can create purely sensory spaces that go beyond our immediate perception, helping us to grasp the unfathomable. *2/ **PROBES #18. Curated by Chris Cutler* Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes-18-1-chris-cutler/capsula In this podcast, lowly percussion is raised high and we enter in the hyperreal world of hi-fi stereo, pure listening and exotica. *Enjoy!*
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