‘At The Radio Station V’
…if we could see radio waves, maybe they would look something like this, as in comic art. but i am content with the aural magic they bring across airspace…there is something about music, news, or whatever, coming to you from another physical place in real time that the internet doesn’t quite replicate and which leaves the visuals to our imaginations…
‘At The Radio Station IV’
“Turn up your radio and let me hear the song” – Van Morrison, 1970.
‘At The Radio Station III’
“Turn up your radios and listen to the music” – Cheap Trick, 1978.
‘At The Radio Station II’
“You better listen to the radio” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1978.
‘At The Radio Station I’
“Who listens to the radio? That’s what I’d like to know” – The Sports, 1979.
The old radio station at Musick Point, Auckland sits atop a peninsular clifftop ; its signals guided military ships and planes in the Pacific during WWII . Now, the humming of the wires is generated by an amateur radio ham group that keeps the spirit of the place alive.
Regardless of the messages sent, the symbols of the power of the airwaves always resonate with me.
Stations.
Frequencies.
Transmitters.
Aerials.
Signals.
Wires.
The magic of radio – on the road ,in the dead of the night : words, voices ,music – always the music.
Connection.
“And I can get your station
When I need rejuvenation
Wavelength
Wavelength
You never let me down, no.”
‘Wavelength’, Van Morrison (1978)
ebb then flood 