SONNTAG, 30. April 2006, 23:05. - 23:45, Ö1

KUNSTRADIO - RADIOKUNST



Radio Roadmovie curated by Matt Smith

1. hdr

by Jean Routhier

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The Radio Roadmovie series is an aural reflection on the concepts, cliches and emotions associated with roadmovies as an idea. In this context, roadmovies stand for the genre of creative production that borrows its focus and rhythm from the cinematic format.
Roadmovies generally are a vehicle to develop a plot, and in some of the finest examples they use the physical location, movement to illustrate the emotional and intellectual landscapes of the protagonists. More often than not roadmovies are made on a low budget and allow the simple, poetic concept of travel, and the chronicling of it, tell the story. In another example, the film-genre has bled back into the modern literature, greatly enhancing the field of travel-writing aswell as making new cultural imagery available for novels and poetry. (Matt Smith)

I was supposed to take you on the road, across some highways and their poorly planned vistas. Feel the rhythmic pattern of the concrete joining, deployed like an expanding network that will take you places. But that tide pounds me to sleep, if I'm not driving. And if I am, I'll take the haze of some audiobook or talk radio their idle conversations keep me awake. I just want to get there - wherever it is we're going. Where are we heading? The co-pilot is supposed to give clear directions...
So, great! Now maybe we're lost, and my interest is turned on. Pay attention to the surroundings and the direction we're heading, got to follow the signs, but had to stop for a nap before we spin outta control and end up in a ditch. Are we there yet? Are we going back? I wanna go somewhere...

Jean Routhier

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