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Open call: Rewire Transmissions – radio-making workshop

28 Jan 2026

For the second time, Rewire is hosting Rewire Transmissions, a radio making workshop led by Ceola Tunstall-Behrens (artist, educator and radio maker based in Rotterdam), that invites participants to create live radio during the festival.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about radio making by making radio. Drawing on Rewire’s music, context and film programme, participants are invited to delve into the festival. To observe, listen and to collect material that they will share with listeners through broadcasted radio shows. During the workshop we will create a 1 hour radio broadcast on Saturday 11 April and a 2 hour radio broadcast on Sunday 12 April.

Participants will discuss and experiment with radio making styles and will receive close support in developing their own radio segments which will be part of two collective broadcasts. Whether it be an interview, a mixtape, a documentary, a soundscape or other, participants will have the chance to explore and test their ideas in various formats. Together we will be exploring what radio making, in the context of a music festival, can be - we will be learning by doing.

Participants new to radio making are welcome! Participants who come with experience but are keen to experiment with new ways of radio making are also welcome. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet with other radio communities who will also be attending Rewire. 

The workshop is being hosted in collaboration with Radio WORM - the Rotterdam based community radio station - who will be broadcasting live from the festival from Thursday through to Sunday. Ash Kilmartin, Programmer at Radio WORM, will also be joining us during the workshop. The location of the workshop is The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag. Listen to the broadcasts from Rewire last year.

Apply now

Please fill out this application form by Monday 16 February. 12 participants (max) will be selected and will be notified by Wednesday 25 February. The participation fee for the workshop is €45,-. Participants will also need to hold their own, 3-Day (or 4-Day) Festival Pass. 

In parallel to Rewire Transmissions, Rewire organizes a music magazine workshop called ‘Rewire Reflections’. The open call for this workshop will be published on 4 February. 

Ceola Tunstall-Behrens is a multidisciplinary artist, educator and moderator based in Rotterdam. Working across mediums, she creates artworks, installations, performances, workshops and radio broadcasts. She is a regular radio maker at Radio WORM and has previously held radio making workshops at Design Academy Eindhoven and ArtEZ.

Schedule

  • 1st workshop day: Thursday 9 April, 10:30-15:00 + attending Rewire Context Programme afterwards
  • 2nd workshop day: Friday 10 April, 12:30-15:00
  • 3rd workshop day: Saturday 11 April, 11:00-14:30, first broadcast
  • 4th workshop day: Sunday 12 April, 10:30-15:30, second broadcast + wrap up

Information for participants:

  1. No prior radio experience required.
  2. Max 12 participants in the workshop - 12 applicants will be selected, 3 applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
  3. Participation fee for the workshop is €45,-.
  4. Participants will need to hold their own, 3-Day Festival Pass. 
  5. If participation in the workshop is cancelled, the participant will be refunded the €45,- fee.
  6. The workshop will take place at The Grey Space in the Middle.
  7. All shows will be broadcasted with Radio WORM.
  8. Tea and coffee will be provided.

    You will need (depending on the type of show you make):
  9. Headphones / earphones
  10. A recording device, e.g. smart phone, dictaphone or Zoom recorder
  11. A laptop for editing