Uncensored Festival

I’m delighted to announce Latex Eden C90 (latex cassette sculpture work featured in the Cassette Works solo exhibition) is included in the Uncensored Festival mixed-media exhibition. It will be taking place 17 – 19 May 2019 at The Old Baths, London, UK.

“UNCENSORED is a 3-day interdisciplinary festival on art at the intersection of pornography and activism.

The show aims to rethink what is considered offensive or abusive and address diverse permutations of censorship along with their artistic and political implications. It features artists who employ art as a form of empowerment and resistance to censorship by linking creativity with sexual practices, post-porn art with activism and queer-feminist politics with sex-positive performance art”.

http://www.uncensoredfest.com/

Radiophrenia 2019

A radio edited version of Acrostics Meet (collaboration with Hal McGee) will be broadcast online and at Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts for Radiophrenia 2019.

The broadcast date for our work is: 13th May 11:00pm – 12:00am.

For further information and schedule please visit:
https://radiophrenia.scot/schedule/

Michael Ridge “Dreams In Vintage Hairy Latex” 8″ s/sided latex anti-record & b/card CDr

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Originally posted on Quagga Curious Sounds:
QCS_121 Michael Ridge “Dreams In Vintage Hairy Latex” 8″ s/sided latex anti-record 78 RPM & b/card CDr (edition of 8) A tenderly crafted latex anti-record containing bodily fluids and generous amounts of pubic hair trapped just under the playing surface. This surely is the true sound of love. A…

“Competition Rules” 5.5″ Card Backed Flexi-Disc Anti-Record

 

 
Presenting a new and experimental noise anti-record/flexi montage! Competition Rules comprises of two flexi-disc wedges (culled from a Reader’s Digest and radio promo disc), decorated white card and very fine sandpaper secured onto grey backing card. As the video below depicts this artefact is playable, however prolonged use is not advised!

Each copy is packaged in a rubber-stamped brown A5 envelope with colour art work mounted on the front, self-released in an edition of four hand-numbered copies (all available copies are now sold).

Inspired by the works of AMK and Christian Marclay.
 

Michael Ridge Bandcamp Page

 
I’m excited to announce a Bandcamp page has been set-up hosting a selection of sold out self-released, QCS and miscellaneous material!
 
https://mridge.bandcamp.com/

I Am Sitting in a Room (30 Second Tape Loop Version)

 
This video documents my own shortened version of Alvin Lucier’s classic ‘I am Sitting in a Room’ featuring two Sony TCM-939 Cassette Recorders and two 30 second tape loops.

Various “Microcassette From A Greek Answering Machine” 3″CDr

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Originally posted on Quagga Curious Sounds:
QCS_120 Various “Microcassette From A Greek Answering Machine” 3″CDr (edition of 38) The idea for this compilation came about when Manolis Pappas (Coherent States http://www.coherentstates.com/) found a damaged microcassette whilst out walking in the suburbs of Agia Paraskevi (Greece). He very kindly sent me the microcassette and upon receiving…