"BROAD CAST" was a one-day exhibition at the Cubitt gallery, London. It involved six hours of live and recorded audio work, broadcast on a pirate radio station from the gallery to the three-mile surrounding area.
On the day of the show I went to Chapel Market to record the material I was to broadcast from the gallery.
I made three recordings of conversations with market traders. I would record one conversation, take it to the gallery and broadcast, then go back and get another one.
This allowed me to gauge the reaction of the audience in the gallery to one conversation, while considering who I might go and talk to next - in relation to the audience reaction.
I talked to market traders becuase I wanted to bring the voices of workers outside, into the gallery/transmission space and get workers to "make the work", or at least start the process of making the work, which was then passed on to the listeners - both those around me, whose reactions I could see, and those listening to the station in the area surrounding the gallery, who I couldn't.
The first conversation took place in English between myself and a Turkish carpet salesman. This gave the audience chance to get more involved in listening; the conversation dwelt on the difference between East and West.
The second conversation involved some Phillipinos talking amongst themselves, first in English then in Phillipino. I was not involved, other than in recording.
The third conversation was between some Indian radio salesmen, talking amongst themselves, completely in their own language.
Therefore with each broadcast, the language barrier grew, giving a distancing effect.
But as I played with the Indians' radios, I felt I was simultaneously returning the broadcast to the simple sonic language of switiching channels and frquencies.