In the Seventies, free radios opened new spaces for participation, giving voice to everyday people and telling about the territory, work, social struggles, rights, the environment, and the daily life of communities. Radio CiRisuona brings those voices back to the present through the sound archive of Radio Treviso 103, transforming the historical recordings into a listening experience that bridges memory and contemporaneity.
The project arises from the work of collecting, digitizing, and critically studying 283 cassettes preserved at the ISTRESCO archive, as part of a collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The installation offers audio fragments, interviews, and contributions from the era's protagonists, selected to restore the participatory and community character of free radio broadcasting.
The experience includes both moments of group listening and individual stations with headphones. There is also a space dedicated to collecting testimonies, memories, and reflections from visitors, thus creating a dialogue between the voices of the past and those of the present.
