HALI PALOMBO
773.796.1416
RADIO ARTIST, COMPOSER, FILMMAKER, VISUAL ARTIST, MUSICIAN AND RADIO HOST FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
THREE RULES OF DISCIPLINE AND EIGHT POINTS FOR ATTENTION (2024) COMMISSIONED BY WAVE FARM FOR ITS SPRING 2024 CONTRIBUTION TO RADIA. "INTERVAL SIGNALS” ARE SHORT PIECES OF MUSICAL PHRASING, A SOUND EFFECT OR RECORDED SPEECH THAT SHORTWAVE RADIO STATIONS USE TO “INTRODUCE THEMSELVES” WHEN BROADCASTING. THE SIGNALS ANNOUNCE THE START OF A BROADCAST AND CREATE AN IDENTIFIABLE TOUCHSTONE FOR LISTENERS OLD AS WELL AS THOSE HEARING THE STATION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THREE RULES OF DISCIPLINE AND EIGHT POINTS FOR ATTENTION (NAMED FOR THE TITLE OF CHINA RADIO STATION’S VOICE OF THE STRAIT’S HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE INTERVAL SIGNAL) IS A WORK THAT RESTRUCTURES INTERVAL SIGNALS FROM EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES INTO MINIATURE COMPOSITIONS PLAYED ON INSTRUMENTS AND IN STYLES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURES FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FORM.
CALL-BOOK (2022) CREATED FOR SCOTLAND'S RADIOPHRENIA FESTIVAL. THEREAFTER, IT WAS SELECTED FROM A LARGE POOL OF ARTISTS FOR AIRPLAY ON KUNSTRADIO FOR THEIR SHOW ON AUSTRIAN RADIO STATION Ö1.
OFTEN, AMATEUR BROADCASTS ON SHORTWAVE RADIO TEND TO GO UNDOCUMENTED, RESULTING IN HUNDREDS OF BROADCASTS A DAY VANISHING INTO THE ETHER – NEVER TO BE HEARD AGAIN. “CALL-BOOK” HIGHLIGHTS AND EMPHASIZES SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS, INTERACTIONS AND UNUSUAL INSTANCES COLLECTED OVER THE COURSE OF 48 HOURS OF SHORTWAVE LISTENING. THIS WILL PRESERVE THE THROWAWAY BROADCASTS IN RELATIVE IMMORTALITY WHILE FRAMING THEM IN NATURALLY EVOLVING AND ALIEN AURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
INTERVAL (2021) INTERVAL WAS COMPOSED FOR THE TSONAMI SOUND ART FESTIVAL IN 2021 AT WHICH IT WAS THE INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE.
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT (2021) A MULTIMEDIA PIECE AT ELASTIC ARTS CHICAGO (AMBIENT SOUND, INK ART, SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM) DEALING PRIMARILY IN “LIMINAL SPACE” - TRANSIENT AREAS THAT ARE OFTEN PASSED THROUGH BUT NEVER FOCUSED ON. 200 DRAWINGS OF LIMINAL SPACES DISPLAYED AS WELL AS AMBIENT LIMINAL SOUND (RECORDINGS TAKEN IN PARKING LOTS, EMPTY MALLS, ETC). THE INK DRAWINGS ARE PLACES THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER FOR JUST A WHILE AND NEVER AGAIN.
GRAND DETOUR (2020) 40 MINUTE LONG SLOW-SCAN TELEVISION BROADCAST CONSISTING OF PHOTOS OF MIDWESTERN “FALL-BETWEENS” - FORGOTTEN OR OTHERWISE DISCARDED LOCATIONS. SCORE CONSISTS OF FIELD RECORDINGS AND SHORTWAVE RADIO SAMPLES. DISPLAYED AT CHICAGO’S EXPERIMENTAL SOUND STUDIO FOR A MONTH-LONG RUN, WITH A GALLERY LAUNCH PERFORMANCE VIA EXPERIMENTAL SOUND STUDIO’S QUARANTINE CONCERTS.
TERRA INCOGNITA (2019) A SLOW-SCAN TELEVISION BROADCAST TRANSMITTED REMOTELY AT ITHACA, NEW YORK’S EYEVEE GALLERY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR EYEVEE TEEVEE REMOTE GALLERY LAUNCH. SLOW SCAN TRANSMISSION OF MIDWESTERN LOCATIONS WITH A SOUNDTRACK COMPOSED OF FIELD RECORDINGS.
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UNKNOWN AMERICA (in perpetuity) Weekly radio show on 90.7 WGXC Acra that documents strange and unusual aspects of American history and culture.
THE BLUE AMBEROL HOUR (in perpetuity) Quarterly radio show on 90.7 WGXC Acra that presents curated selects from UCSB’s wax cylinder archive, along with relevant and sporadic commentary.