Airwaves: Topology with Loops

Topology and Loops (Melbourne) collaborate in a mammoth retrospective of key moments in radio’s 100 year history. Key speeches are transformed into song. We hear Clinton, Einstein, Freud, Malcolm X, MLK, Hitler, Gandhi, Churchill, George VI and many others speaking, but framed in music to sound like they’re singing. The piece highlights the musical nature of speech, and how it subconsciously charges the emotions through melody.

“Airwaves was thus not only entertaining musically, it provided food for thought. It was hard not to leave the performance without feeling rather philosophical about the forces that impel us, and how powerful these can be when they combine human will, art and technology” New Straits Times (Singapore)

Recommended for ages 13+