DiE on AiR
Surrealist play meets social broadcasting, live on air
Supported by the CSM Changemaker programme, DiE on AiR is a 12-episode radio series that explores the tensions between UAL’s EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) marketing versus lived student experience. We employ surrealist techniques such as Exquisite Corpse for sonic inspiration and broadcast a mix of live conversation, student surveying, open mic poetry, field recordings, music and in-depth interviews in parallel to embody diversity and push the boundaries of tradition.
The show broadcasts outside the confines of a studio to generate participatory engagement with live radio and takes takes an active listening approach to conversation over scripting.
DiE on AiR aims to create an alternative space for knowledge exchange and connection within the UAL community. The show aired weekly for 90 minutes over five months, travelled sonically to seven countries and five universities while weekly participants regularly reached the 70 mark both in person and online.
DiE on AiR surverys students and staff on the meaning of the words Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity.
In Episode 4, we re-engage in a sonic game of Exquisite Corpse, this time live-mixing sound submissions from our listeners and creating new landscapes for our corpses to lie.
DiE on AiR, 2023
12-week radio series
Tuesdays from 5.30pm, live on ‘The Street’ at Central Saint Martins
__co-producer, co-host, tech operations
Dreams (Episode 10) Photos Shan Huai
Hosting and Production
Jessica Sammut and Teddy Godwin
Technical Operations
Jessica Sammut
Collaborators
Aashna Swaroop, Alma Feigis, Rey Wauer, Liam Green
Guests and Partners
The People Speak, UEA Creative Writing Society, Karen Harris (UAL Many Languages Peotry Club), Aarash Tirrgan (President UAL Persian Arts Society), Yeganeh Jalili (Secretary UAL Persian Arts Society), Aishah Siddiqua (UAL Islamic Society and CSM Changemaker), Sabrina Sintra (Afterall Research PhD candidate), Abbie Vickress (Afterall Research PhD candidate), Aarony Bailey (BA Fine Art student and founder of Cinema CSM), Hannah Karpel (BA Fashion Communications alumni and filmmaker of Breaking the Class Ceiling), Jonathan Carson (Associate Dean of Student Experience) Jon Moore (Head of Student Marketing and Recruitment), Nina Triverdi (Lecturer in Design: Race & Intercultural Studies), Junyu Wen (MA Narrative Environments) and Eunjin Jeon (MA Narrative Environments), Sarah Dixon (MA Performance: Society), Timna Krenn (UAL Post-Grad Community), Reg Woolford (CSM Loan Store)
Posters
Jessica Sammut and Teddy Godwin