Welcome into the creative world of Rod Summers

Rod Summers, born in England and now living in Maastricht, could have been an atomic scientist, but the forces of nature had choosen a different path. The creative world of art! Rod uses audio to create soundworks that will blow your mind away. It's not easy art that's ready-made to digest. You have to put in some work to fully experience Rod's art. At first, the artwork might sound weird and strange, but don't worry. If you let your mind grow the seeds that are planted within you, new worlds will open themselves to welcome your soul.

Here you can listen to an interview that we (Maastricht Moet Je Horen!) did with Rod Summers. This interview is the first episode of a regular show about Rod Summers and his artworks. If you want to contact Rod Summers, please send us an email.

Contents part 1
- A bit of personal history on getting involved in audio.
- 'I hate (ready-made food) Walt Disney'. Why only audio?
- Art projects in Venice, Prague, Berlin and Iceland.
- International radio plays starring Vikings and aliens.
- Guus Smeets and Harry Heltzel.
- Planting do-it-yourself seeds in people's minds to entertain and amuse, but in a very weird way.
- Limburg and experimental art.
- Kevin Cramer.

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(Duur: 20 min / Datum: 16 januari '08)

Contents part 2
- How Maastricht sounds like.
- Mayor Leers and his impact on Maastricht.
- Landbouwbelang and B32 | Artspice. Why dirty spots are important for a city.
- Moving coffeeshops is a bad idea.

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(Duur: 15 min / Datum: 16 januari '08)

Contents part 3 (last part)
- Moving coffeeshops is a bad idea.
- Using LSD, marijuana and XTC.
- History of drugs and how white kids want to copy black kids.
- Does drugs have an effect on creating art?
- Using drugs and going berserk!
- Could have been an atomic scientist, but fell in love with creating art.

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(Duur: 15 min / Datum: 16 januari '08)


Listen here to a few small samples
Works created by editing recordings on magnetic tape. Rod Summers/VEC Audio.

Sad News (1979)
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News broadcasts recorded on a mono cassette recorder and edited on a 1/2 track UHER Royal tape recorder.

Polish Environmental Reaction (1978)
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Recorded and edited in Warsaw on a 1/2 track portable UHER 4200 Report tape recorder.

Severely Spliced (1978)
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Recorded and edited on a 1/2 track UHER Royal tape recorder.

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