NEW ADVENTURES IN SOUND ART and CKLN PRESENTS:
Art’s Birthday celebration
Toronto January 17th

WHERE: on CKLN radio and at Ryerson Student campus centre (Ram in the Rye' Pub)
WHEN: January 17, 2007, midnight to midnight and 2-4pm from the Ram in the Rye Pub
WHAT: A celebration of Art’s Birthday AND 100 years of radio
WHO: It’s Art – you know the thing you look at on your wall or the sounds you like to hear
WHY: Because Art deserves to be on the airwaves too!!

TORONTO, ON - New Adventures in Sound Art celebrates the birthday of Art from midnight to midnight on January 17th on CKLN 88.1-FM with regular Wednesday programmers each supplying their own take on the history of Radio and what Art means to them.

What will you hear on January 17th on CKLN? Everything from Calypso to Blues to Jazz to Performance Art to Blue Grass to radio documentary to electronica – all with a peek at what radio has done for their style of music/art.

History and FAQ

What is Art's Birthday?

Art's Birthday is an annual exchange-art event celebrated on January 17th each year by a loose collection of artists and artist organizations from around the world. It is supported annually by the Western Front in Vancouver and Kunstradio at ORF radio in Vienna along with many others who link together via the internet and Satellite radio multiple broadcast streams from Europe, North America and Australia. For more information visit <http://www.artsbirthday.net>.

How did it begin?

Art's Birthday is inspired by Robert Filliou's fluxus work "A Whispered Art History" where he suggested that "1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born." According to Filliou, it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. "Modest beginnings, but look at us now."
Broadcast schedule:

Wednesday January 17, 2007
Arts Birthday Programming Schedule on CKLN 88.1-FM

(12 to 2 am) Soul Fusion Express

(2 am to 4 am) Circle Research
Ambient electronic treatment of past Circle Research shows by Jamie Todd of The Ambient Ping and CKLN's electric storm host James Bailey.

(4 to 6 am) Tektoniks

(6-7 am) Rude Awakening
News with a focus on radio and art as agents of social change.

(7-11 am) AM/ FM
Ron Gaskin curates a program on the theme of F*k art with various musical and spoken word guests in-studio and on the phone.

(11- 2 pm) Liming in de African Diaspora
Host Verlia Stephens and guests examine the connection of radio to Caribbean culture.

(2-3 pm) The Launching Pad
Outside the Box broadcasts a live program of student produced radio from The Ram in the Rye' Pub at the new Ryerson Student Centre at 55 Gould.

(3-4 pm) PaCKin AtTiTuDe
Chandra Bulucon guest hosts and curates a live performance broadcast of all women artists from The Ram in the Rye' Pub.

(4-5 pm) Inversion
Queer performance artists Clinton Walker and Mariko Tamaki examine queer art history on the radio.

(5-7 pm) The Middle Passage
Many of CKLN listeners are visual artists and carpenters at work in their studios and workshops. Victor Bains Marshall interviews fibre artist Jacqueline Treloar on the influence of radio on her work when she is working in her studio.

(7-8 pm) Word of Mouth
News with a focus on radio and art as agents of social change.

(8-10 pm) Lowdown 2 Uptown
David Barnard matches blues artists in the studio that have not worked together before for a live "blind date" jam and mixes in some documentary coverage of the Blues Summit and Maple Blues awards.

(10 - 12 am) Radio Boogie
Steve Pritchard looks at the impact of radio on the evolution of bluegrass and home country music.

In between shows catch Radio Art Interventions and audio snapshots of Art's Birthday celebrations from around the world.

Art's Birthday 2005