Radio Public launch and exhibition
On Saturday 9 July, Dudley High Street will burst to life with opportunities for unusual encounters and dipping into some hands on doing and making. They are all part of the Radio Public Festival, a free, one day celebration and exploration featuring sound, installations, walks, talks, performances, workshops and transmissions. You are warmly invited.
A group of 8 local artists have been coming together over the last five months to create new and different ways people can experience Dudley High Street, and consider unexpected future possibilities and potential for this place. A number of activities have already taken place, with local people making all kinds of things which will feature in the festival.
Radio Public Festival: Saturday 9 July 2022
Between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 9 July you can:
🛋 Make yourself At Home on the High Street; a comfortable sitting area with cushions on benches made from fabric designed by local people at Radio Public printing workshops will pop up outside our CoLab Dudley space ay 201a High Street (opposite Nationwide).
🪴 Listen to Plant Talk; a plant/sound installation which emerged from conversations about what plants people would like to see on the High Street and the benefits of talking to plants.
🎨 Take part in Explore and Draw, a walking/drawing workshop around the High Street
👂🏽 Hear a sound installation called My Feet are my Ears based on a sound meditation workshop with the Choir at Top Church.
🗺 Contribute to Dan's Map; a mobile map of potential cultural activity on Dudley High Street.
🎵 Enjoy a performance of Chatterbox, a song written and performed in response to conversations overheard on the High Street.
👂🏽 Listen to Coming to Hong Kong; a radio play performed by members of the local Chinese community about their experiences.
📻 Visit Radio Station; an exhibition in CoLab Dudley including found and made radios, more about Radio Public and a space where people can listen to a radio play.
🎭 See a group of people from the local Chinese community perform a street play: Chinese Creation Myth
Radio Public is supported by CoLab Dudley and CBC’s Dudley Creates