Weird Noise

An handwritten postcard on top of a pile of old blank cards. Text reads “perhaps at midnight, when all boundaries are lost produced by the shortwave collective reminds me of radio’s most powerful quality - that it is in the air, and that we are entangled with it. Radio is a borderless, boundless force, the perfect medium through which to transmit ideas, feelings, truths, that might meet resistance on the ground. Through radio we are also tapping into something natural and eternal, something in the atmosphere itself. This work makes me feel less alone in the world because it reminds me that I am of this world, porous and permeated by it, in reciprocal dialog with it - Ariana Martinez”

A beautiful drawing on a postcard on top of a pile of old blank cards. Delicate threads move across the card the titles ‘a mother tongue’ and ‘a walk through my cucu’s farm’ are visible

An handwritten postcard on top of a pile of old blank cards. Text reads “I remember listening to Poetry, Texas by Pejk Malinovski on my bike on the way to work in the spring. On the specific bend of road some kind of alchemy must have happened, because for years afterwards, everytime I passed that bend an image from the documentary flooded my mind - not a particular scene or sentence but a feeling of poetry Texas’

“A feature from the 70s where a woman is being interviewed who is taking a bath, she is telling the interviewer about her day”

The bundle comes with a blank postcard to contribute to an ever-growing archive of radio memories - glimpses of the ways radio is lodged in the bodies and imaginations of the people who listen…

Read more of these on our Instagram… www.instagram.com/p/DUs2NIsDA4...

A white and a black zine lie on top of a pile of old postcards. The white one takes the form of a little book, hand-stamped in back with the Weird Noise logo. The black one is stamped in silver with the words ‘out of thin air’ and an illustration of lightning-like sprites

There are just ten bundles of Weird Noise minis 1 & 2 remaining in the shop. Snap one up at a discount before they’re gone! weirdnoisezine.bigcartel.com

The first batch of Out of Thin Air x @swavecollective.bsky.social zines are now hand-stamped and ready to be posted tomorrow! 💌

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The top of the Out of Thin Air cover - hand-stamped in silver on black cardboard zine, a bright yellow mimosa tree in the background

The insides of the zine, a map-fold which opens like a mouth, held in front of a bright yellow mimosa tree

Each cover is hand-stamped in silver with artwork created by Nina Garthwaite, with an internal collage created by Eleanor McDowall…

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@swavecollective.bsky.social are an international feminist artist group using the electromagnetic spectrum as artistic material. They deliver workshops nationally and internationally, constructing open radio receivers…

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The second in a series of miniature Weird Noise editions goes on sale today…

A one-page map-fold zine, Out of Thin Air features an interview with @swavecollective.bsky.social

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Audiomaker Ariana Martinez and Radio Atlas founder Eleanor McDowall sit side by side on stage at the Lucia festival in Italy in 2019. A screen behind them and a laptop between them. Both of them have short hair and wear big boots.

A crowd sit in a cosy room as a subtitled audio documentary plays on the screen in the background. The text reads “the lady smelled like my grandma’s garden. Really. She had this floral scent… and then I just relaxed and fell into her arms”

This month Radio Atlas turns ten! 🎈

An ongoing labour of love, Radio Atlas has been kept afloat by 100s of tiny acts of kindness. By makers who shared their work, helped make the work of others accessible, worked on translations or wrote to me about the radio they love…

Www.radioatlas.org

Merry Christmas from Falling Tree 🎄

If you’re looking for listening on a long festive journey, here are 12 of the things that caught our ears in the past year…

A blank postcard and a small cream coloured zine (stamped with a black logo that reads ‘weird noise’) lie on top of a messy stack of old holiday postcards

🎄 Sold out! Thank you to everyone who bought a copy!

Last ten remaining! Snap one up now… in the post tomorrow! 💌

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Thanks to everyone who bought a copy yesterday!

75% of these have now been sold - snap one up at the link below if you’re in the market for incredibly niche Christmas gifts… 🎁

Posting this Thursday! 💌

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A sunny morning, trees in the background, a hand holds the A6 zine and blank postcard aloft.

A hand holds the A6 zine and blank postcard over the surface of a lake, the reflections of trees reflect on its surface

A blank postcard is held over a still lake, the reflection of tree branches emerge like tendrils in the background

Into the Ether is an essay and archival project, exploring the spirits of radio's imaginative past and how our memories of the radio might shape the sound of its future. weirdnoisezine.bigcartel.com/product/into...

Written by Eleanor McDowall
Weird Noise Logo by @resonance-archive.bsky.social

What happens to a medium that disappears into thin air?

Into the Ether - the first in a new series of miniature Weird Noise editions launches today weirdnoisezine.bigcartel.com/product/into...

A selection of radio books, zines and cassettes laid out on a table

A year of radio sneaking into physical forms… 📚

A joy to see audio makers push back against the last few years many losses with these beautiful, gently defiant objects 🔮

@resonance-archive.bsky.social @soundfieldsjournal.bsky.social @writteninair.bsky.social @swavecollective.bsky.social

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Weird Noise A print zine for audio documentaries.

Weird Noise is a print zine for audio documentaries.

The print edition of Issue 1 was published in September 2022 as a hand-stamped box of unbound essays, illustrations and photographs.

It's now available for free online at weirdnoise.xyz