DRIFT - COMMUNITY RADIO
COMMISSIONED BY SUPER SLOW WAY
APRIL-AUGUST 24

Radio broadcasts from boats have a long history, with the iconic Radio Caroline making waves in the North Sea and inspiring music radio for years to come. On a smaller scale and with none of the radio piracy implications over the summer, artist Lucia Scazzocchio of Social Broadcasts has worked with young people from Blackburn to transform the much loved Bill Hunt barge into a floating micro-radio studio on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

Over the Summer of 2024, from its mooring at Eanam Wharf, Drift became a live community radio station on the water, broadcasting the life and sounds of the canal, both with and by the people who are connected to this region of Lancashire which culminated in a day of live broadcast on Saturday 31st August.

Commissioned by Super Slow Way in Blackburn and working with Max Graef from Radio Active on the radio installation.

Stage 1: Building and curating a ‘Jingle Shed’ as part of the Festival of Making in Blackburn, to recruit and advertise the project as well as recording DIY Jingles made by the local community.

Stage 2: Design and build of the radio station in the Bill Hunt Barge with Estudio ESSE.

Stage 3: Radio Making and Recording Workshops with the local community,

Stage 4: Curation and Production of am 8H a Radio Broadcast live from the Bill Hunt Barge