Sendungen

New and forgotten ways of making radio

Gerarda Monster grew up in the hamlet of Mookhoek in a liberal Christian family of 12 children. A dominant, cigar-smoking mother and a father whose fervent nudism did not go down well in the small Mookhoek community, not to mention his tendency to sometimes disguise himself as a woman. Mother had a clothing repair service in Strijen, father worked at the office of Piet Klerkx in Waalwijk. In his spare time he supported refugee work in the Netherlands and was conductor of the choir ‘De Zevende Hemel’ (a project of Humanitas for mildly handicapped children). Gerarda went to study law in Leiden where she met her future husband, Gert Evenbeen at the law firm where she did an internship. Gert played an important role in her decision to hang up her robe and devote herself to creating avant-garde compositions for a very select audience, acting as a kind of manager and generating some interest in her work, despite the fact that Gerarda was self-taught and was driven more by an inner urge than by a desire to show her work to an audience.

New and forgotten ways of making radio

Once you’ve left, there’s no coming back to exactly where you were. Mark Aitken and guests walk and talk and discover that things will never be the same again. Episode 2: The sight of immediate reality is like an orchid in the land of technology (Walter Benjamin). Join Mark Aitken and guest Jon Wozencroft as they work out the whole point of no return. With music by Michal Jacaszek from his forthcoming album (Idylla, Touch).

New and forgotten ways of making radio