Mark Gergis

** 2021 Stock ** Sucata Tapes presents Early-Century Sound Recordings by Mark Gergis. Recorded on cassette, minidisc and videotape by Mark Gergis. Additional Jordan / Turkey recordings: Erik Gergis. Originally commissioned by Vicki Bennett / AV Festival for Radio Boredcast, 2012. Assembled in 2019 at Porestsound, London. Side A Morocco 1999: Marrakech, Taroudant, Inezgane, Essaouira. Jordan 2000: Wadi Rum and surrounding villages. Side B Syria 1998/2000: (Hama, Damascus, Aleppo, Hatay). Turkey 1…

Radio is an audio compass; the radio antennae, a divining rod. Positioned anywhere, it opens an exclusive window directly into the location in which it sits. Signals received on the medium wave (AM) and FM bands reveal programming intended for a local population by governmental, independent, pirate, or corporate media broadcasters. Anything from low-powered ethnic minority transmissions, high-powered westernized pop stations, and omnipresent state-run radio can be found on these bands. Sh…