Entrelazadas

Bi-Weekly (2nd & 4th Days Above)

11:00

Entrelazadas is a conversation space with activists, writers, academics, and artists about the challenges they face in everyday life and how different feminisms respond to current issues. “Entrelazadas” is a series by Contratiempo and Amplified Communities of Lumpen Radio within the Contratiempo Radio air-time.

Lumpen Radio Specials

Weekly

14:00

Lumpen Radio Specials showcase a variety of content featuring interviews, conversations, performances, panels, special coverages and more. With no set air time, this program focuses on individuals who aim to educate, share, and explore different concepts, themes, and artistic expressions. This non-regularly scheduled programming is meant to diversify our air waves and introduce content that is easily accessible for even the most casual listener.

Men I Have Ever Met

Seasonal

23:00

The radio show Men I Have Ever Met is a program in relation to the group exhibition with the same title at Co-Prosperity, presenting 6 queer Asian artists: Sungjae Lee, Club Chow, Eugene I-Peng Tang, Jay Carlon, Jinu Hong, and Vincent Chong. Responding to Lee’s redacted text installation, DJ Club Chow creates music employing words or sentences from the text as musical elements. Tune in to listen to the full context of the text in an ASMR style and queer Asian themed music! Every Friday, from March 15 to April 12, 11pm – 12am. An hour-long episode is composed of 4 or 5 stories and music in between.

More info about the exhibition  Men I Have Ever Met at CoProsperity

Sungjae Lee: sung-jae-lee.com

ClubChow: soundcloud.com/clubchow

 

Art Design Chicago Talk Series

Bi-Weekly (2nd & 4th Days Above)

11:00

The Art Design Chicago Talk Series by Lumpen Radio is set to explore and celebrate Chicago’s rich artistic heritage and its diverse creative communities. This series will examine the intersections of art, design, and activism and the city’s relationship with indigeneity, migration, and displacement.

Through a series of broadcasted conversations in Spanish and English with the artists, curators and cultural organizers behind the exhibitions featured as part of Art Design Chicago, Lumpen Radio hosts will highlight the evolution and impacts of these projects. This initiative promises an extensive exploration of Chicago’s cultural and artistic identity, broadening the narratives of American art.

The Art Design Chicago Talk Series is part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.

*Art Design Chicago Talk Series is an original production of Lumpen Radio. Produced by Stephanie Manriquez, Charly García, Nick Wylie, SY Lim and Ariandy Luna.

Open AirWaves

Seasonal

9:00

Open Air(waves) is an annual open call to the SAIC community looking to showcase their work through Free Radio SAIC. Free Radio SAIC is the student-run Internet radio station of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Members develop shows according to their interests. Examples include: curated mixes, traditional and experimental sound art, narratives, informative or news-oriented talk shows, interviews and live performances. Station membership is open to any SAIC student, faculty, staff or alumni. It is our goal to encourage the SAIC community to play and expand upon traditional broadcast and to produce original radio experiences.
Pocket Guide to Hell

Seasonal

9:00

Pocket Guide to Hell explores the intersections of art, politics, and culture as illuminated by Chicago’s past. Along the way, hosts Paul Durica and Elliot Heilman talk with fine folks doing the work of keeping the past present and show you the places where the city’s history resides today.

Out of the Archives!

Seasonal

9:00

Out of the Archives! share a diverse range of stories told by public housing residents, as well as those working in the field, from our Oral History Archive. The stories in our archive lift the voices of an oftentimes marginalized community and create a space for important conversations to happen. Each episode features a different theme that responds to our mission to preserve, promote, and propel the right of all people to a place where they can live and prosper.