I have been trying to understand what radio means to me and how can I make my project a bit more personal. I don’t really listen to any radio or even podcasts at the moment so I started looking back.
I have this very vivid memory of childhood days spent at my grandmother’s house. They never allowed a TV in their house, even to this day. The radio was always on however. On a summer night when my uncle was struggling to fall asleep, he turned on the radio ever so quietly. That’s when I heard my first radio drama. Gone with the wind, in Romanian of course. I experienced then a feeling that’s been lost to me since my early childhood. I felt like a toddler that’s being read to. The darkness, quiet, the awareness that you’re expected to be asleep soon.
Another memory regarding the radio I have comes from my other grandmother. A devoted christian. That’s what she used the radio for, listening to liturgies whenever she could not physically make it to church.
Project theme is dreams. Most of my significant dreams take place at one of my grandmother’s houses so I start to see a connection there.
Radio drama? Christian theme? My grandmother also had countless dream telling and interpretation rules. I believed them all. It was our little game. Did you dream anything last night? Was it good? Was it bad? Remember it. And hold it until the clock strikes 12. Then we can share them. The excitement was huge.