[ GUNST ]

p-politics
radia #332: hearts/minds + #188: money party
[pls. scroll down for english version]

politik. mit leib und seele?
danach forscht zunächst matthew middleton in einem rasanten durchgang durch wahlkampagnen und ihre medialen strategien.
im anschluss laden uns die circus runanways zur zünftigen election money party ein.

credits und hintergrundinformationen: siehe unten

[english]

politics. with heart, sooul, body and mind?

matthew middleton presents his researches on this topic – with a fulminant sprint through election campaigns and their media strategies:

"Hearts/Minds explores how media language influences public opinion during election campaigns. Interweaving a haphazard collection of media samples and spoken word excerpts from media commentators, philosophers and political theorists, it evolves through various loosely delineated movements to evoke the delirium of the mass mediascape's presentation of the political arena, while simultaneously turning a critical and irreverent ear toward the Western press's ideological mechanisms. […] Presenting initially as a crude radio documentary, the piece develops into an acerbic mulch of industrial psychedelia …" [M.M.]

matthew middleton is a multimedia artist based in dunedin, new zealand.

afterwards we're invited by the circus runaways to join their way to celebrate an election money party…

credits:
miss.gunst would like to thank the following artists and sound collectors:
jovica for the space machine, corsica s for some beautiful radiator sounds;
matthew middleton and radio dunedin (nz) for insights into the media strategies of election campaigns;
the circus runaways and backyad radio, berlin, for the party;
as well as radia.fm radio art network for being a crowd of incredibly creative partners.