the fickle human radio (SOCIAL PRACTICE / INSTRUCTIONAL ART / PARTICIPATORY RADIO)
RADIO SHOW CONCEPT
the fickle human radio is a radio show structured as social practice. Each dispatch features a conversation with guests who refuse to stay in one category — artists who research, writers who facilitate, thinkers who weave between disciplines. Each episode is less about extracting expertise and more about creating space for minds that move.
Like The Offline School (my device-free gathering series in Tokyo), this project believes knowledge emerges through dialogue, not extraction. The format is simple: invite someone, send them an instruction packet, have a conversation, and let listeners witness.
THE APPROACH
These instructions aren't meant to control the listener's experience. Rather, they are invitations to trust one's own way of engaging. In a culture that bombards our attention with ceaseless stimulation, these directives guide listeners to accept the wandering of their minds, while also guiding them towards intentional listening.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LISTENING
1. Allow your attention to drift.
2.
Notice when the conversation catches you.
3. Notice when the conversation releases you. (Trust that your mind moves toward what it needs)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTEGRATING
After listening, ask yourself:
1. What idea made you pause?
2. What made you restless?
3. Where did your mind wander?
4. What wants your attention now?
5.
Find a medium. A coloured pencil or crayon, clay, a thick 6B pencil, something that stains your body with process.
6.
Draw, write, whisper, sculpt what remains.