Leicester Emergent Arts Radio

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We live in mythological times, with wanderers continuing to make pilgrimages to our ancient sacred places!

An inspiring evening of heartfelt art in Loughborough at Studio No17. Check out the exhibition if you can 👏🏻

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What if shared sound strengthens shared memory? As a DJ plays and we listen together, each repetition gathers us into a common field. If morphic resonance deepens through communal experience, how might collective listening reshape our cultural habits? radiolear.uk/?p=3827

CIVIC FUTURES FORUM - Radio Policy, Plurality and the Future of Independent Media The UK is reviewing the future of broadcast radio. Ofcom is consulting on licensing strategy. DCMS is examining long-term distribution, market structure and public policy. What kind of media ecology do we want by 2035? Greater consolidation, or a plural and socially grounded system? Join a professionally moderated online consultation for independent, local and community media voices. Thursday 26 February 2026 2:00pm or 6:00pm Attend one session only Register: 2:00pm – luma.com/uy3fcvne 6:00pm – luma.com/l136uppc Hosted by Decentered Media Led by Better Media Your perspective can inform national policy discussions.

How should Ofcom’s licensing plans and the DCMS Radio Review shape the future of independent and local media? Join our Civic Futures Forum on 26 February 2026 at 2pm or 6pm. One session per person. Your perspective can inform the national debate wp.me/pfzAIZ-3Wl

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Great discussion this morning for World Radio Day with @DocMediaCentre @Evington_Echo about trust and AI. Listen back on Soar Sound 1pm today

On World Radio Day 2026 we asked: does technology build trust, or do people? In an age of AI, centralisation and noise, what makes a voice credible? Is trust earned through presence, consistency and place? wp.me/pfBDiz-Lq

When a candlelit procession moves through a city street, echoing ancient Greek ritual, what is being cleansed or remembered? Can contemporary art still act as civic rite, making visible the labour and care we usually pass by unseen? radiolear.uk/?p=3790

What is lost when art is managed more by systems than by people? Can independent practice still make space for risk, care and meaning beyond metrics, applications and compliance, and if so, where does that work now take place? radiolear.uk/?p=3760

Tangping (躺平, tǎng píng) is a Chinese term that litranslates as “lying flat”. It refers to a social attitude and lifestyle adopted primarily by younger generations in China, involving a deliberate withdrawal from intense societal pressures to overwork and relentlessly, achieve.

What does culture look like when its labour leaves no trace? Intangible Labour and the New Folklore asks how artists carry risk, memory and care through performance, song and image, and whether folklore is still being made beneath the surface today radiolear.uk/?p=3747

Fantastic performances tonight here at the launch of Intangible Labour at @LeicAdultEd

This evening we are immersed in intangible labour, at Leicester Adult Education basement gallery

What if debates about “feminisation” miss a deeper question: not who dominates institutions, but how masculine and feminine dispositions shape meaning, conflict, and care? Can Jung’s symbolic lens help us think beyond culture-war binaries? wp.me/pgoFdc-4vj

What does it mean to stay human in a moment when machines can imitate creativity? This Radio Lear podcast listens in on artists questioning agency, authorship, and attention in the age of AI. What do you hear in the noise? radiolear.uk/?p=3723

I’m enjoying chatting with digital artists at the New Media Art Club launch of Computala 26, and recording stuff for @radiolearUK

Just been chatting about the Hydra for a Safer World project here at Computala

We are chatting with exhibiting artists at Computala this evening with New Media Arts club @lcbdepot