Between 19 September and 31 October UMBC will host a unique campus soundscape experiment using microRadio broadcasting nodes. Visitors to the Baltimore campus will be able to explore its creative past by taking a walking tour with a small handheld FM receiver to hear a compilation of unique archived recordings of music, conversations and other sounds from former and present faculty at UMBC.

UMBC’s New Media Studio and the IRC Fellows program, in collaboration with Baltimore artist collective, URBANtells, will install “Tune to the Arts,” a live microRadio broadcast of recorded soundscapes. Placed throughout the UMBC campus, FM transmitters will broadcast sound excerpts that include aural expressions derived from various arts archives such as dance, music, theatre, literature, and visual arts, and from individuals in the UMBC community. Each transmission site has been carefully selected based on the meditative quality of its surroundings. At a central location, listeners will check out an FM receiver that has been tuned to 99.7; they will also be provided with a map to guide them as they orient themselves on the UMBC campus. As participants encounter a broadcast, they are then invited to write their reactions in chalk on the nearby sidewalk and/or on provided cards before returning to the checkout point where their comments will become part of the project’s archives.

You can use your own FM receiver tuned to 87.7 MHz or borrow one from the information desk at the UMBC Commons. A map shows the transmission locations. The sites are chalked with a radio tower icon and can be picked up within 100-200 feet. The event is part of UMBC’s 40th anniversary celebration

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