Streaming audio using water (and other radio hacks)
N5M Filesharing by FM radio, and the viability of Wi-Fi for streaming broadcasts were hot topics on the first day of the Next 5 Minutes Festival of Tactical Media in Amsterdam.
N5M brings together hundreds of artists, activists and critics from around the globe and it's knowingly over-programmed. Frustratingly so: the sheer quantity of workshops, performances and discussions spread over three venues in the city center makes comprehensive coverage difficult. Shameless Plug #1: I'm here to take part in a panel on Saturday [12pm, Milkweg] entitled 10001 Politics of the Archive, where I'll be talking about some recent fun I've had with Googlephliacs. The N5M site is currently swamped because of traffic, but a 1MB PDF can still be downloaded here - the Festival runs through until Sunday).
The emphasis on low-tech, or ingenious uses of technology for tactical and practical was well illustrated by the panel entitled Radio Space - Wireless In You Psyche. The session brought together Arun Metha, veteran Indian activist and Daoud Kuttub, founder of the Jerusalem Film Institute, with two radio activists in the affluent West.
