Podcast
Nothing to See Here
Hosted by David Clark · EN
Nothing to See Here is an experimental spoken word show produced by David Clark featuring a range of collaborators and contributors.
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Matters Of Life And Death
Oct 4, 202100:44:49Tap to summarizeStories and songs by Mark David Stewart and sound collages by Mark Hines explore birth and death and the stuff that happens in between. This episode was recorded in Calgary, Halifax, Stuttgart, and Berlin. Mark David Stewart's stories were recorded by David Clark. Collages and monologues by Mark Hines. Sound Design and Editing by David Clark Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University. "Laugh about It All In Hell" and "Make it Rain" were written and performed by Mark David Stewart.
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Advice
Oct 4, 202100:57:09Tap to summarizeHere is some advice about a variety of subjects: fruit flies, transformation, computer viruses, Roombas, and how to deal with Big Milk. We are trying to be helpful. Written and performed by Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Mauve Mulroy, and David Clark. Sound Design & Editing by David Clark.
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Beecham's Pill
Jan 4, 202100:59:30Tap to summarizeExploiting the twisted logic of Cockney Rhyming slang, this monologue daisy-chains an eclectic array of topics that prove that sometimes it's best to say something by saying something else. Listen as we explore Hillbillies, Hedy Lemarr, The Sound of Music, Bluetooth, The Monkees, Andy Warhol, and, of course, laxatives. Written and Produced by David Clark Sound Design by David Clark
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Lucky Numbers
Dec 3, 202000:43:39Tap to summarizeNumbers can be lucky or they can be random. This audio collage channels the spirit of e.e. cummings to travel inside the secret life of numbers to a place where we can all live like the light that kills. Written and Performed by David Clark Sound Design and Mixing by David Clark Includes readings from "Let's Live Suddenly Without Thinking" by e.e. cummings and "A Million Random Digits" by David Reinfurt
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A Can Of Worms
Oct 31, 202000:59:30Tap to summarizePart Nihilistic metafiction and part elevator pitch for a world where anything is possible, this program channels a beatnik vibe in the Post-Trump age of HyperNormalisation. This can of worms contains, among other things, a meditation on David Lewis' ideas of Modal Realism and the uses of erasure. Made in Harlem the week after the 2016 US election! Written and performed by David Clark With the additional voices of Hesam Hanif, Chris O'Neil, Ken Schwartz, and Sara Hartland-Rowe. Sound Design and Mixing by David Clark.
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Architectures of Smell
Oct 31, 202000:59:30Tap to summarizeSomething mysterious happens at the laundromat and the robots want to know why. A quotidian litany is read, the smell architecture of dogs is compared with Occult Chemistry practices before the revolution comes and goes. Then the proposition of retrocausality is considered as a super8 film plays. Written by David Clark Includes audio excerpts from Vito Acconci and a conversation with Mathew Reichertz during his show 'Dog Park' at Hermes Gallery in Halifax. Sound Design and mixing by David Clark
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Topsy's Revenge
Oct 7, 202000:59:30Tap to summarizeThis episode revolves around the story of Topsy the Elephant who was electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Dreamland at Coney Island and drifts into philosophical ideas about sleep, dreams, and death. Voices: David Clark, Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Tallis Clark Excerpts from: Jim Morrison, John Haskell, David Albert. Texts quoted: Alphonso Lingis, Graham Harman, Jean Luc Nancy Music sampled: Popol Vuh, Eve Egoyan, Martin Barlett, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Elizabeth Wheeler & Henry Anthony Sound Design by David Clark
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Meantime in Greenwich
Oct 7, 202000:59:24Tap to summarizeThis program was adapted from the audio from a Public Art Piece called ‘Meantime in Greenwich’ produced by David Clark in 2012. The installation consisted of twenty-four sundials installed throughout Sir Sandford Fleming Park in Halifax, accompanied by twenty-four stories about the mysterious nature of time (that could be played on your phone or mp3 player), and twenty-four AR virtual sculptures that could be accessed through a free iPhone app. The work celebrated the ‘Father of Standard Time’; Sir Sandford Fleming, in the park that had been his retirement home and is where he died. This work was commissioned by the Halifax Regional Municipality as part of celebration of the 100th anniversary of ‘The Dingle’, a tower that Sir Sandford Fleming built in 1912 as a commemoration of 150 years of representational government in Nova Scotia. Narrated by Neil Thompson Written by David Clark Sound Design & Mixing by David Clark
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The Smile Without the Cat
Sep 27, 202000:58:21Tap to summarizePart Art History and part Conspiracy Theory, this hour-long monologue explores the aesthetics of smiling. It takes you on an associative journey touching on popular culture, science, and the visual arts. This lecture was first performed at the 2016 Obey Convention in Halifax. Performed by David Clark Sound Design: David Clark Editing: David Clark Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University, Halifax.
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We Have Eaten the Forests in Our Sleep
Sep 27, 202000:59:30Tap to summarizeThis exploration of the world of dreams, both human and animal, takes us into some dark places in the forests of our minds. Animal dream researchers are challenged by revolutionaries and things have not turned out well at the annual CKDU potluck. This is audio art in retrograde on the dark side of your radio dial. Performers: Maeve Mulroy, Dave Marcotte, Alexander Robia, Rafael MacDonald, David Clark, Nathan Wilson, and Mark Hines. Sound Design: David Clark Editing: David Clark Produced by David Clark at NSCAD University, Halifax.
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