Transmission Artist
TOM ROE
See also: Cook Family, DizzySparkle, DJ Dizzy, VJ Dizzy
Tom Roe is a sound transmission artist sometimes known as DJ Dizzy. He co-founded microradio station 87X in Tampa, Florida; and, with Greg Anderson and Violet Hopkins, founded free103point9 as a microradio collective in Brooklyn, New York in 1997. Roe performs with transmitters and receivers using multiple bands (FM, CB, walkie-talkie), as well as prepared CDs, vinyl records, and various electronics. He creates radio soundscapes using locally available frequencies, often to the beat of manipulated pop song samples. He has collaborated with Pierre Huyghe, Kristin Lucas, members of the Gold Sparkle Band, Matt Bua, Carrie Dashow, Tali Hinkis, Matt Mikas, and many others on various projects. His album The Worst Hour of the Year will be released in 2008.
Roe has exhibited widely both in the United States and internationally. Recent performances, have taken place at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh; White Box, New York free103point9 Wave Farm, Acra; Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, and at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk, Poland; Gwangju Biennale, South Korea; Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; The Kitchen, New York; and The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Florida; among numerous others. In Sept., 2006 he served as a radio technician with The Wooster Group's show "Who's Your DADA?!" at the Museum of Modern Art.
Roe has also written about music for The Wire, Signal to Noise, and The New York Post, among others. Roe's writing about free jazz in New York appeared in The Wire's 20th Anniversary publication Undercurrents (Continuum).
Roe has led many of free103point9's "Radio Lab" education lectures and workshops, speaking about how to perform with transmitters and the history of radio performance and microcasting at venues such as Columbia University, Brown University, Brooklyn College, Flux Factory, The Kitchen, NYU's ITP Program, Kids Discover Radio in East Harlem, Grassroots Media Conference at The New School, RPI University in Troy, and other locations.
LINKS
Works
- Constructive Engagement (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists,
- Dizziness (Weekly Online Radio Show) Tom Roe, aka DJ Dizzy, pilots the airwaves with collages and DJ sets live from Wave Farm,
- Of The Bridge (Dispatch Series Release) Matt Bua + Matt Mikas + Tom Roe,
- Sprung (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists,
- The Worst Hour of the Year (Dispatch Series Release)
- Radio Action III (AD034) (Dispatch Series Release) free103point9 Transmission Artists, 2008
- Snowscreen (Video Work) Tom Roe, 2008
- Free for La Superette 2007 (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, Dec. 1, 2007
- Radio 4x4: Todd Cavallo, DJ North Guinea Hills, Radio Ruido, and Tom Roe (Radio 4x4) May 10, 2007
- Crossed Circuits (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2005
- Radio 4x4 at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk, Poland (Radio 4x4) May 24, 2005
- Microradio Sound Walk: Warsaw (Microradio Sound Walk) May 21, 2005
- Wave Guide textbook (Dispatch Series Release) Various Authors, 2005
- Radio 4x4, Anthology Film Archives (Radio 4x4) April 27, 2005
- Scape 2 (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2004
- Radio 4x4, Walker Art Center (Radio 4x4) Oct. 30, 2004
- Radio Action II (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2004
- Breakdown (Dispatch Series Release) Tom Roe and A Forma Foma, 2003
- Tune (In))) Catalogue (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2003
- Radio Action I (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2003
- Audio Dispatch 01 (Dispatch Series Release) Various Artists, 2001
Exhibitions & Events
- The War of the War of the Worlds 2009, Oct. 31, 2009: 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Radio Festival NYC 2009, Oct. 22, 2009 – Oct. 24, 2009
- Microradio Sound Walk: Ingenuity Fest, July 10, 2009 – July 11, 2009
- Noise! 2009, June 23, 2009 – June 27, 2009 (Curated by free103point9 (Maria Papadomanolaki and Tom Roe))
- The Right to the Airwaves: Transmission Art (Radio Lab; Panel; Event), June 6, 2009: 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Radiophonic Creation Day, May 23, 2009
- Radia_213_Wave_Farm, April 28, 2009: midnight – 12:30 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- free103point9 at Megapolis_Radio 4x4/Radio Wonderland/Chorus of Refuge, April 24, 2009 – April 26, 2009
- Making Recordings: Digital Journalism for Community Radio, Dec. 29, 2008: 2 p.m.
- The War of the War of the Worlds_2008, Oct. 31, 2008: 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Radio Festival NYC 2008, Oct. 16, 2008 – Oct. 18, 2008
- Hudson Artswalk 2008, Oct. 11, 2008: 3:30 p.m. – Oct. 12, 2008: midnight
- Radia_184_Radio Action III, Oct. 9, 2008: 2 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Panel on the Present and Future of the Arts in the Hudson Valley, Sept. 14, 2008: 3 p.m.
- Radio Action III: Online Radio Program, June 18, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008 (Curated by free103point9 in collaboration with Barbara Held)
- Mobile49 + free103point9 = Radio Walk, Aug. 23, 2008: 2 p.m. (Curated by Kara Lynch and Joshua Druckman)
- Radio Action III Performance & CD Release , Aug. 7, 2008: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
- Across the Borderline, June 29, 2008: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Hudson Summer Concert Series: Mambo KiKongo; DJ Tom Roe, June 28, 2008: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Curated by Slink Moss)
- Hudson Summer Concert Series: Neg-Fi; Family of Love; Slink Moss Orchestra; Norman Douglas; Bunnybrains; Franklin's Mint; Hexual Ceiling; DJ Tom Roe, May 31, 2008: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Curated by Slink Moss)
- Noise! 2008, May 8, 2008: 10 p.m. – May 11, 2008: 1 a.m. (Curated by free103point9 with Tianna Kennedy, Tom Roe, and Damian Catera.)
- BYOTV, March 19, 2008 – April 27, 2008 (Curated by The Video Gentlemen)
- Off The Grid: Live Performances, April 2, 2008: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Radio Lab: Transmission Tools for Artists, March 10, 2008: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Tom Roe_AV festival 2008, March 6, 2008: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- Radio Lab: Bard College, Dec. 19, 2007: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
- Lecture at The Neuberger Museum of Art, Dec. 5, 2007: 6:30 p.m.
- The War of the War of the Worlds_2007, Oct. 31, 2007: 10 p.m.
- Radio Lab: Bard College at Wave Farm, Oct. 29, 2007: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Radio Lab: Bard College, Oct. 22, 2007: 1:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
- Radio Lab: Bard College at Wave Farm, Oct. 16, 2007: 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Radio Retreat/Festival 2007, Oct. 13, 2007: noon – Oct. 14, 2007: 5 p.m.
- Radio Lab: transmission art, Sept. 20, 2007: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- Cafe Chronogram: Tom Roe/Jason Broome, Sept. 8, 2007: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Radio Lab and Radio 4x4 for Untitled 2002 (he promised), Aug. 19, 2007: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Tune(Out)))side 2007, July 7, 2007: 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- free103point9 Wave Farm Volunteer Barn-Raising, June 23, 2007: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Radio Lab: how FM transmitters work, May 17, 2007: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- Noise! 2007, May 10, 2007: 10 p.m. – May 12, 2007
- free103point9 @ dorkbot, Feb. 7, 2007: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- free103point9 Volunteer Meeting_020507, Feb. 5, 2007: 9 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- free103point9 performances for Frequencies, Feb. 4, 2007: 2 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Radio Lab/Visiting Artist: Brown University, Nov. 28, 2006: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- The War of the War of the Worlds, Oct. 31, 2006: 10 p.m.
- Albany Skill Share: Transmitters, Sept. 23, 2006: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Campfire Sounds 2006, July 14, 2006: 6 p.m. – July 16, 2006: 3 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- free103point9 @ Observatori Festival, May 5, 2006 – May 7, 2006
- free103point9 @ The Sanctuary, April 10, 2006: 7 p.m.
- ScopeOnAir, March 10, 2006 – March 13, 2006
- free103point9 @ Spark, Feb. 22, 2006: 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- (secret) Messages and (cryptic) Communications, Dec. 3, 2005: 7 p.m.
- Mattress Factory Radio Lab, Dec. 3, 2005: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- New York Network Radio Lab, Nov. 16, 2005: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- On The Air, Nov. 2, 2005 – Nov. 5, 2005
- Skyline CD release show, Oct. 31, 2005: 8 p.m.
- Radio 4x4, Oct. 27, 2005: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Radio 4x4 at NAMAC's Taking Liberties, Sept. 28, 2005: 7 p.m.
- Campfire Sounds, July 15, 2005: 5 p.m. – July 16, 2005: 10 p.m.
- Tune(Out)))side, July 4, 2005: 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Crossed Circuits, April 23, 2005 – June 6, 2005
- Radio 4x4: Gdansk, May 24, 2005
- Microradio Sound Walk: Warsaw, May 21, 2005
- Radio 4x4: Crossed Circuits, May 6, 2005
- Radio 4x4: Making Waves, April 27, 2005
- Radio Lab at Brooklyn College, April 12, 2005: 3 p.m.
- Tune(In))) Brooklyn, March 12, 2005: 8 p.m. – March 13, 2005: 1 a.m.
- Radio 4x4 at Rock's Role (After Ryonji) DVD Release, Feb. 26, 2005
- Other Dimensions in Music, Gold Sparkle Band. Tom Roe, Jason, Feb. 18, 2005: 9 p.m. – Feb. 19, 2005: 2 a.m.
- Radio Lab at Columbia University, Nov. 29, 2004: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Radio 4x4: Walker Art Center, Oct. 30, 2004
- Microradio Sound Walk: Spectropolis, Oct. 1, 2004 – Oct. 3, 2004
- "Radio Action II" and The Dust Dive's "Asleep or Awake Walk", Sept. 24, 2004: 9 p.m. – Sept. 25, 2004: 1 a.m.
- Radio 4x4: Gwanju Biennale, Sept. 11, 2004
- RNC Radio Lab, Aug. 22, 2004: 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
- Tune(In))) Santa Fe, July 17, 2004
- Scape 2, April 24, 2004: 8 p.m. – May 22, 2004: 11 p.m.
- Sous Les Pavas, La Radio! at Psy.Geo.Conflux 04, May 13, 2004 – May 16, 2004 (Curated by Tianna Kennedy)
- Psy.Geo.Conflux Radio Lab, May 13, 2004: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
- Radio 2x2: For a Long Time..., April 30, 2004 – May 2, 2004
- Tune(In))) The Kitchen, April 22, 2004: 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Transmission Arts at ITP, April 2, 2004: 6 p.m.
- Radio Lab at Columbia University, March 29, 2004: 6 p.m.
- Constructive Engagement, Feb. 22, 2004: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Aspects of Jupiter, Jan. 10, 2004 – Jan. 21, 2004
- Streamside Day Celebration, Oct. 11, 2003 – Jan. 11, 2004
- DJ Smallcock, Xela Zaid, Ron Anderson, Thomas G. Henry, Talibam, and DJ Tom Roe, Dec. 12, 2003: 9 p.m.
- Radio 4x4: Great Small Works, Nov. 25, 2003
- Great Small Works Fourth Radio Cabaret, Nov. 25, 2003: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. (Curated by Tianna Kennedy)
- Radio Plays, Nov. 8, 2003: 9 p.m. – Nov. 9, 2003
- Daniel Menche, John Hudak + Bruce Tovsky, Sickness, Viodre, Carlos Giffoni. also Michael PRzytarski and DJ Tom Roe , Oct. 30, 2003: 8 p.m.
- Thomas Dimuzio, Tom Roe, Oct. 21, 2003
- Dado Blade CD release, Sept. 26, 2003: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Smack Mellon/ free103point9 Benefit Turntablism Show, Aug. 2, 2003: 9 p.m. – Aug. 3, 2003
- Radio, Radio, May 17, 2003: 8 p.m. – May 18, 2003: 2 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Scorces, GHQ, Espers, and DJ Tom Roe, April 9, 2003: 8 a.m.
- Tune(In))), March 1, 2003: 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
- Game Overture, Feb. 19, 2003: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Radio Action I release, Jan. 12, 2003: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
- Radio Action I, Jan. 8, 2003: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Irritating HorseEye + George Cremaschi, Tatsuya Nakatani + Claire E. Barratt, Tim Olive + Jeffrey Allport, Matt Mikas + Tom Roe, Seasonal Affect, Nov. 15, 2002 – Nov. 16, 2002
- Come The Freak On III, Oct. 26, 2002 – Oct. 27, 2002
- Sudden Infant, Emil Beaulieau, Howard Stelzer + Jason Talbot, Tom Roe, Sept. 26, 2002 – Sept. 27, 2002
- free103point9 Benefit, May 21, 2002: 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Brooklyn Free Music Festival, May 17, 2002: 7 p.m. – May 20, 2002: 4 a.m.
- Of The Bridge, Sept. 8, 2001 – Oct. 25, 2001
- Jump Across the River III, June 22, 2001 – June 23, 2001
- Outer Limits Closing Party, May 5, 2001: 8 p.m. – May 6, 2001: 2 a.m.
- free103point9 Second Floor Benefits, Feb. 23, 2001: 8 p.m. – Feb. 24, 2001: 2 a.m.
- Art in General Third Annual 12 to 12 Video Marathon, Jan. 13, 2001: noon – Jan. 14, 2001: midnight
- free103point9 Retrospective, Sept. 30, 2000: 10 p.m.
- Fair Presents: Taking Back the Airwaves: The FCC, Microradio & Media Monopolies, July 1, 2000: 6:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- First Transmission, March 7, 1997: 6 p.m. – March 8, 1997: 6 a.m. (Curated by free103point9)
ARCHIVE
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Audio
- Microradio Soundwalk: Warsaw Facial Index (Jacek Staniszewski), Tom Roe (audio/mpeg)
- Pattern Recognition Tom Roe (audio/mpeg)
- Tropospheric Wave or TV on the Radio from The Worst Hour of the Year (audio/mpeg)
- A collage of sounds from Wave Farm and works created by artists at Wave Farm, including Tom Roe, Maria Papadomanolaki, Scanner, Stars Like Fleas, Evidence, and Feathers., April 28, 2009. For Radia, network of international radio art stations. #213. (audio/mpeg)
- WGXC Public Meeting_Cairo Town Hall/Library_030709.mp3, March 7, 2009. Meeting about fre103point9's new community radio station for Greene and Columbia Counties, WGXC 90.7-FM. (audio/mpeg)
- The War of the War of the Worlds_Tom Roe, Oct. 31, 2008. Fourth annual remix of the Orson Welles radio play with reports from current conflicts. (audio/mpeg)
- Tom_Roe_Radio_Festival_NYC_2008, Oct. 18, 2008. Tom Roe performs The Donner Party's "Sickness," his own "Tropospheric Wave," and his version of Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" at Ontological Theater 101808. (audio/mpeg)
- Radia 184_Radio Action III, Oct. 9, 2008. Program for the Radia network about free103point9 "Radio Action III" CD, including five tracks. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_091808, Sept. 18, 2008. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm. (audio/mpeg)
- Panel on the Present and Future of Arts in the Hudson Valley, Sept. 14, 2008. With Paul Smart, Benjamin Krevolin (Dutchess County Council on the Arts), artist Norm Magnusson, Tom Roe (free103point9), author/poet/critic Sparrow, artist Robert The, Woodstock gallery owner Christina Varga, and Brian Wallace, curator at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY-New Paltz. (audio/mpeg)
- Radio Action III CD release performances at New Museum_080708, Aug. 7, 2008. Performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kenndy; George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid and Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude. All performerances inspired by recordings for free103point9's Radio Action III CD, with free103point9 Transmission Artists using radio somehow in their works. (audio/mpeg)
- Across the Borderline_WBRC-LP_062908, June 29, 2008. Tom Roe from free103point9 appears on Phil Johnson's show on the Great Barrington, MA station. (audio/mpeg)
- Radio 4x4: Giancarlo Bracchi + Michael Garofalo + Slink Moss + Tom Roe, May 9, 2008. Opening performance at Noise! 2008 050908 at Ontological Theater, Manhattan. Radio 4x4 is a free103point9 project with four performers each playing into FM transmitters, rather than amplifiers, with radio boom boxes receiving the signals throughout the space. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_041708, April 17, 2008. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm. This week with free jazz, local radio, trains, planes, dub, and more. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_030608, March 6, 2008. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm, this episode for the AV Festival 2008 in the UK. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_020708, Feb. 7, 2008. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm, this episode with a long collage and a side of George Steeltoe Ensemble. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_013108, Jan. 31, 2008. Weekly show from Tom Roe, with tracks from Daniel Carter + Arthur Doyle, Cabaret Voltaire, SparkleProjects, and a composition from Pauline Oliveros. (audio/mpeg)
- Tom Roe_Splatter, Dec. 1, 2007. Solo track for "Free for La Superette 2007" free downloadable dispatch. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_112907, Nov. 29, 2007. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_111507, Nov. 15, 2007. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm, with an improvisation and a DJ set with songs from Animal Collective, David Watson, Pan Sonic, and Tatsuya Nakatani. (audio/mpeg)
- The War of the War of the Worlds_103107, Oct. 31, 2007. Tom Roe's annual remixing of Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast with reports from current conflicts. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_102507, Oct. 25, 2007. Tom Roe's weekly collage from Wave Farm. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_101807, Oct. 18, 2007. Stars Like Fleas' samples, morse tones, and static. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness_100407, Oct. 4, 2007. New releases from Thick Wisps, Jackie-O Motherfucker, the Kevin Frenette Four, Temperatures, and Mammal. (audio/mpeg)
- Tom Roe_Superfund Stories, Sept. 22, 2007. Radio play for neuroTransmitter's "The FM Ferry Experiment." Set 500 years in the future, a journalist discovers a treasure trove of recordings from the 20th Century at an underwater "Superfund" site in what has become the Hudson Valley Bay. With special appearance from 31 Down's Ryan Holsopple as Mike Sharpie. (audio/mpeg)
- Tom Roe and Jason Broome, Sept. 8, 2007. Two solo sets. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness, April 5, 2007. A DJ set, mostly drones this week. R.E.M., "Radio Free Europe;" Matt Valentine, "Feel the Music;" Latitude/Longitude, excerpt from live set at Wave Farm 12.10.05; The SB, "White Tapes LP Side A;" Jaime Fennelly, "everything is so...;" Andrew Barker/C (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness, March 22, 2007. Roe: "It was gonna be a DJ set today, but my morse code intro just kept replicating itself, eventually with a Bunnybrain beat." (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness, March 15, 2007. Lots of trouble on the transmissions today, looks like an electrical storm is on the horizon. Weekly "Dizziness" show live from Wave Farm gets all wired this week. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness: Whale Songs, March 1, 2007. (audio/mpeg)
- Dizziness: Echoing noises and screaming interruptions, Feb. 15, 2007. Live from Wave Farm, Echo joins DJ Dizzy for a little screaming fun. (audio/mpeg)
- Radio Lab at Brown University, Nov. 28, 2006. transmission art, microradio and free103point9 back story (audio/mpeg)
- Live at Observatori Festival, May 6, 2006. Tom Roe (audio/mpeg)
- Hanging Radio Pattern Breakdown: Live at the Sanctuary for Independent Media, April 10, 2006. performed with FM transmitters, radios, scanners, and samplers at a radio presentation by free103point9 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media live on free103point9 Online Radio. (audio/mpeg)
- Matt Mikas & Tom Roe: Scope New York Live Performance, March 13, 2006. Matt Mikas &Tom Roe (audio/mpeg)
- free103point9 Education Workshop, Dec. 3, 2005. This is the beginning of the free103point9 Radio Lab at Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, with Tom Roe and neuroTransmitter. The neuroTransmitter part begins, but is cut off on this recording. (audio/mpeg)
- Radio 4x4: Gdansk, May 24, 2005. at Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland (audio/mpeg)
- Radio 4x4: Walker Art Center, Oct. 30, 2004. part of Radio, Access, Democracy conference (audio/mpeg)
- Psy.Geo.Conflux Radio Lab at Participant, Inc., May 13, 2004. (audio/mpeg)
- Philadelphia Freedom: Constructive Engagement Show at Galapagos/Ocularis, Feb. 22, 2004. Tony Flynn, Matt Mikas, Tom Roe, Brad Truax (audio/mpeg)
- PS 122 Fourth Radio Cabaret (audio/mpeg)
- Matt Bua + Matt Mikas + Tom Roe_Of the Bridge live, Sept. 8, 2001. at "Brooklyn!" show at Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art_090801 (audio/mpeg)
- DizzySparkle_Zimmerman Remix (Shattered), June 1, 2001. Recorded 061001_Track included on From Pieces... (AD004) (audio/mpeg)
- Matt Bua and Tom Roe, Oct. 27, 2000. Live at Come the Freak On festival for Screw Music Forever in Brooklyn. (audio/mpeg)
Video
- Of the Bridge_Matt Bua + Matt Mikas + Tom Roe For "Brooklyn!" show at Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art in Florida, and for "Of the Bridge" CD. (video/mov)
- Radio Action III CD release video performances at New Museum_080708 Live performances from (in order) Tom Roe; Damian Catera; Tianna Kennedy; Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson's group that included George Positive, Samuel Dishy, Maxwell McDonald, Aaron Reed, and Kevin Smith; Joshua Fried and Todd Merrell; LoVid with Howard Huang; and The Dust Dive and Latitude/Longitude, all performing for the CD release at the New Museum. Video footage courtesy of the New Museum. (video/mov)
- Snowscreen, March 18, 2008. Tom Roe. For free103point9's contribution for a program of works for the Video Gentlemen’s BYOTV exhibition at the New American Art Union in Portland, Oregon. (video/mov)
- Radio Lab_Transmission Tools for Artists, March 10, 2008. Tom Roe and Lee Azzarello lead this talk about using transmitters and web streams in art works, and ideas for setting up microradio stations. (video/mov)
- Tune(In))) The Kitchen, April 22, 2004. (excerpt) (video/mov)
Press, Programs, & Ephemera
- "Don't Touch That Dial," The Daily Freeman, March 19, 2006 by Blaise Schweitzer (application/pdf)
- "Five Concerts All at Once, And It's Quiet," The New York Times, April 24, 2004 by Jon Pareles (application/pdf)
- "free103point9: Ten Years of Transmission Arts," The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2007. by John MacDonald (application/pdf)
- Microcasting Basics, Tom Roe (application/pdf)
- Noise! 2007 Press Release, May 10, 2007. (application/pdf)
Image
- Breakdown (AD009) Cover (image/jpeg)
- Dj Dizzy at the Turntables at Diner, Brooklyn. (image/jpeg)
- Matt Mikas during On The Bridge On the Williamsburg Bridge. Pictured (left to right) Tom Roe, Matt Mikas, Greg Anderson. (image/jpeg)
- Of the Bridge (AD005) Cover (image/jpeg)
- On The Bridge Participants Williamsburg Bridge. Pictured (left to right) Eric Morrison, Tom Roe, I-Sound (image/jpeg)
- On The Bridge Participants Williamsburg Bridge. Pictured (left to right) I-Sound, Tom Roe (image/jpeg)
- Radio 4x4: with Steve Boyle, neuroTransmitter, and Tom Roe Courtesy The Mattress Factory. Photograph by Greg Langel (image/jpeg)
- Radio Lab: Transmitter Building Workshop, Oct. 23, 2009. during Radio Festival NYC 2009 at the Ontological Theater. (image/jpeg)
- Tom Roe performing at Noise! 2009., June 25, 2009. Tom Roe at Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church, Manhattan. Photo: Erin Roberts. (image/jpeg)
- Alexis Bhagat and Tom Roe setup in advance of "Lecture on Democracy as Word and Brand", Jan. 21, 2009. at Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery at Parsons The New School for Design, Pictured (left): Tom Roe, (right): Alexis Bhagat. (image/jpeg)
- Tianna Kennedy, Todd Merrell, Michelle Nagai, Ben Owen during Radio 4x4 for "Untitled 2002 (he promised)", Aug. 19, 2007. at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Pictured (left to right): Michelle Nagai, Tianna Kennedy, Ben Owen, Todd Merrell, Tom Roe. (image/jpeg)
- Sing Sun Room, Matt Bua, July 8, 2007. Wave Farm Transmission Sculpture Garden, Acra, NY. Tom Roe and Rama play Sing Sun Room (image/jpeg)
- Patrick McCarthy, Michael Garofalo, Giancarlo Bracchi, Tom Roe, & Radio Ruido during Noise! 2007: Radio 4x4 , May 10, 2007. at Ontological-Hysteric Theater, New York (image/jpeg)
- Tom Roe, Radio Ruido, Kevin Shea, DJ North Guinea Hills, Ed Bear, & Todd Cavallo during Noise! 2007: Radio 4x4 , May 10, 2007. at Ontological-Hysteric Theater, New York (image/jpeg)