D.U.M.B.O art under the bridge festival's autonomousmediazone

radiofreeD.U.M.B.O., a project of the August Sound Coaltion and free103point.9, will broadcast and stream throughout the festival weekend. Stop by our studio at 39 Main to be part of the action, or tune your portable listening devices to 99.9 for music, sound-art, festival happenings, and live surprises.

August Sound Coalition is a group of independent sound/transmission artists, journalists and musicians who initially converged to create A-Noise, an experiment in autonomous media coincident with the Republican National Convention and protests in New York City. August Sound Coalition survives as a collective based in New York, and will continue bringing our unique broadcasts to the public. Over the course of the next year we will be working towards the development of new independent community radio stations for Brookyln and lower Manhattan.

Members of the August Sound Coalition bring with them wisdom, energy, and resources of several organizations, including the NYC-Indymedia Center, the Center for Social Technology, Free103.9 , Riseup Radio, Autonomedia, The Tank, Kill Radio (LA), Prometheus Radio Project (Philadelphia) and Enemy Combatant Radio (Oakland), among others.

free103point9 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media arts organization focused on establishing and cultivating the genre Transmission Arts by promoting artists who explore ideas around transmission as a medium for creative expression. These investigations include practices in AM and FM radio, Citizen's Band, walkie-talkie, generative sound, and other broad and microcasting technologies utilizing the transmission spectrum. free103point9 serves diverse public audiences through programs including an online radio station, a distribution label, a performance/exhibition/transmission series, a preservation program, an education initiative, and a forthcoming artist-in-residency program.