From left to right: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), Ira Glass, Joe Richman, and Gwen Macsai at the "Reality Radio" book event in Chicago. Photograph by Alix Lowrey Blair. March 2010.
In March, the Third Coast Filmless Festival’s “Words on Sound” book launch event to celebrate the publication of Reality Radio was part of a full day of listening to sound-rich audio features made by some of the most influential producers working today. Held at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the event kicked off with an interview of coeditors John Biewen and Alexa Dilworth by Re:sounds’s Gwen Macsai, followed by performances by Reality Radio contributors Ira Glass (This American Life), the Kitchen Sisters (Hidden Kitchens, Lost & Found Sound), and Joe Richman (Radio Diaries).
Listen to audio from the festival
Singer-songwriter Abraham Levitan’s compositions, written and performed on the spot, followed each speaker. Listen to the song he wrote after hearing Macsai’s conversation with Biewen and Dilworth - “It’s a Book About Sound”
Photograph by Alix Lowrey Blair. March 2010.
Reality Radio coeditors Alexa Dilworth and John Biewen. Photograph by Alix Lowrey Blair. March 2010.
Radio host and producer Ira Glass. Photograph by Alix Lowrey Blair. March 2010.