about

Radio Elsewheres (RE) is an online and terrestrial low-power digital radio art project conceptualized, produced, and curated by artists Velibor Božović and Steve Bates, along with art historian and curator Claudia Zini.

Our focus is on movement and displacement—whether voluntary or forced—of human and non-human bodies, languages, ideas, recipes, botany, musical tuning systems, and stories. We are also interested in cycles of extinction, birth, decay, and re-emergence. Radio Elsewheres operates as an event-based platform, coming together for intense periods of transmissions of art, ideas, and research, broadcasting 24/7 before pausing to develop its online archive and network for future actions.

As a fluid assembly of human and non-human voices across languages, RE explores and expands the meaning of listening—to and from ‘elsewheres.’ The deliberate misuse of the word acknowledges both the possibilities and challenges of acquiring new languages and identities.

Radio Elsewheres investigates borders and their transgressions. Who moves? Who has moved? Who decides who moves? And what does it mean to come to rest, whether temporarily or permanently? RE is a sound space where radio and sound art intersect with social engagement, creating a dynamic platform for artists, storytellers, and listeners to explore these questions through conversation and various aural interventions.

[re.01] June 2-24 2023, Center for Contemporary Culture KRAK, Bihać, BiH

[re.02] June 7-28 2024, Kuma International / Gallery Manifesto, Sarajevo, BiH

[re.03] Oct 17-Nov 7 2025, Art Windsor-Essex, Windsor, ON, Canada (upcoming)

[re.01] & [re.02] original content is available for listening on our archive page