Rafael Tsuchida
Kitchen Radio 88.5FM <http://66.51.134.7:8000/listen.m3u> | 2008 | Pirate Radio Station | Canada (Offsite)
Rafael Tsuchida has completed a BFA, Major in Media Arts, from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1997). He is primarily known for his conceptual-based video art work but maintains a multidisciplinary practice that includes photography, printed matter, audio/music, and installation. Additionally Rafael provides technical support for the arts (having worked with a number of artists, collectives and organizations) with a background in care-support. He is currently developing work from and out of his home residence in Vancouver.
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Kitchen Radio is an ongoing project taking place in the kitchen of the basement apartment at 1749 Grant Street, Vancouver. Conceived as a site for local interaction and beyond, Kitchen Radio is an impromptu, DIY radio station, broadcast within a tiny radius in the Commercial Drive area, and streamed online to a broader geographical audience. The project is a site for social and sonic interaction between Rosamond, Tsuchida, invited guests, and whoever tunes in. It is a platform for both traditional and experimental radio formats, including call-in shows, musical sets (both pre-recorded and live jam sessions using bizarre/unconventional instruments such as the Theramin, finger cymbals, and various kitchen utensils), interviews, conversations, spoken word, and recorded dinner parties.
Kitchen Radio is 88.5 FM (between CBC - 88.1 FM and Vancouver Tourism - 89.3 FM). Kitchen Radio will be able to be received in a one-block radius around the 1700 block of Grant St. and the 1900 block of Main St. Programming will be loosely scheduled to leave room for unexpected guests and Signal + Noise artists to drop by and eat/chat/jam. Even when there is no formal ‘segment’ Tsuchida and Rosamond might be mic-ing an appliance or two and leaving the house, replaying a pre-recorded segment, or washing their dishes. Keep tuning in and look forward to being surprised!
Featured in: Kitchen Radio BYOR Picnic
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Kitchen Radio Programming Schedule (subject to update)
Thursday April 23
Late afternoon (3:30-ish): Welcome to Kitchen Radio
Evening (10-ish): Storytelling Hour
Friday April 24
Afternoon (3-ish): From the Department of the Interior
Early evening (5-ish): Tea Time
Evening (8-ish): Potluck
Saturday April 25
Late Morning (11-ish): Breakfast with Toast & Jam
Mid-Afternoon (3:30-ish – 5:30-ish): Radio Play
Sunday April 26
Late Morning (11-ish): Breakfast with Toast & Jam
Early Afternoon (2-ish): Reading Group
Late Afternoon (4-ish): Final Bash
