[spectre] ON2: Test Signals - 22/23.10, Berlin

[Adam Thomas]

ON2: Test Signals, a festival exploring new forms for radio and 
software, has announced its programme. The festival will bring together 
software developers and radio practitioners to demonstrate, discuss and 
develop new ways of applying software to radio on Friday 22 October and 
Saturday 23 October at Direktorenhaus, Berlin.

http://www.testsignals.org

Appearing at the festival will be former BBC radio futurologist James 
Cridland, NATO Information Operations Consultant David Bailey MBE, Lukas 
Weiss of UNIKOM (Switzerland’s free radios association) and Chris Weaver 
from Resonance FM. Mozilla Drumbeat, Creative Commons, Liquidsoap, MPD 
and 64 Studio will also be represented amongst over 30 speakers and 
organisations.

Audiences will be able to set radio free with Campcaster, map the city 
with Radio Aporee, stream net-radio with Liquidsoap and hack broadcast 
technologies with RadioDNS in a series of free workshops. Sign-up is 
free via www.testsignals.org where the full programme information can be 
found.

In association with GTZ, Germany’s federal organisation for sustainable 
development, the festival will also hold a special preview event with 
politicians and policy makers on Thursday 21 October. On Saturday 23 
October, festival partners reboot.fm will hold an Allstars Afterparty in 
.HBC Berlin featuring some of Berlin’s hottest radio and musical talent.

The festival is organised by Sourcefabric, a not-for-profit organisation 
supporting independent and open source media worldwide. reboot.fm, 
Berlin’s free cultural radio station, and user-generated radio pioneers 
Open Broadcast from Switzerland are official partners of the festival. 
The festival is also an official satellite event of transmediale, 
festival for art and digital culture, and is the first in a series of 
open-source workshop events supported by the Free Culture Incubator. The 
festival is also partnered by Mute magazine, a magazine dedicated to 
exploring culture and politics after the net.

For more information contact the festival organiser Adam Thomas 
(adam.thomas at sourcefabric.org) or http://www.testsignals.org.