RAM - Radioartemobile and Nomads & Residents A collection and a traveling archive of audio-artworks, a database on the Internet, and a center for different ways of listening Proposal open to all artists who work with sound Radioartemobile (RAM) and Nomads & Residents (N&R) kickoff an audio-artwork database. All artists who have worked or are working with sound are invited to send an artwork on audio CD, DVD, or on a vinyl record. The RAM headquarters in Rome, via Conte Verde 15, will function as a gathering and a listening point and as an archive for all materials received. It will be open to public. Artworks will be gradually posted in the section "database" of the Radio website http://www.radioartemobile.it RAM is also the first location of a traveling archive initiated by Nomads & Residents. The second public presentation will be in San Francisco, at Southern Exposure, in the spring of 2005. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING AUDIO-WORKS - unlimited subject matter; - each CD, DVD or vinyl record must contain only one track; - time is unrestricted (except that of the technical features of the chosen device); - each audio-work must be entered with a written indication of: the name of the author, a title, duration, and an e-mail contact address; - the sender can mention any requirement needed to listen to the audio-work (type of loudspeakers, stereo system, headphones, etc.). These indications will be taken into consideration each time RAM would chose the piece for installing it, within the technical and logistic features available; - RAM and N&R cannot assure a complete accessibility for the works that include a primary visual factor; - the sender is responsible for mailing costs of submission; - the works will not be returned to the senders. Radioartemobile and Nomads & Residents will take the best care of the entered works, but cannot take liability for accidental damage, loss or theft. For this reason we suggest to send two copies of each material. RAM and N&R will archive all sound works that fit the above mentioned requirements and will present them to the public. Lorenzo Benedetti, Riccardo Giagni and Cesare Pietroiusti will listen to all the entries and will gradually post them in the web-site database. In turn -to the discretion of the curators- some artworks will be displayed in the RAM headquarters in Rome with the aim of offering the public also the possibility to explore different ways of listening to audio-works. The database will gradually increase the number of contributions and will be presented to the public at regular appointments. The first public presentation is scheduled for mid October 2004. Deadline for first submission is September 1, 2004. Next appointment: Southern Exposure, San Francisco, spring 2005 Please send the material to: RAM Radioartemobile Via Conte Verde 15 00185 Roma - Italy