WESTERN FRONT – Marconi Amplified

Description:

This nation-wide event celebrated the eightieth anniversary of Marconi’s first international radio transmission.

Three men wearing coats gather behind a satellite dish, seemingly inspecting its mechanisms. The man in the center holds a wired microphone in his hand.

A light-haired man wearing a gray blazer, a dark shirt, and black trousers squats down, one hand holding a wired microphone and another touching the ground. He appears to be examining something on the floor. Behind him stands a large satellite dish.

A light-haired man wearing a gray blazer squats down, one hand holding a wired microphone and another touching the ground, seemingly examining the floor. Another man wearing a dark coat and a fedora stands bent-over, also peering curiously at the ground. Behind them stands a large satellite dish.

Three men in blazers gather around a satellite radio transmitter. A man in a fedora squats down to the right of the transmitter, facing a light-haired man reaching downwards. A dark-haired man wearing a plaid tie stands behind them, looking down at the transmitter as he points up at the edge of a satellite dish.

Three men in blazers stand beneath a dark sky lit up by lens-flare stars. To the left, a light haired man gestures with his hand as he speaks, his face partially obstructed by a translucent satellite dish. A dark-haired man in a plaid tie stands to his left, listening attentively with a microphone in his hand. To the right, a man wearing a fedora smiles widely at the camera as he squats by a radio transmitter with a huge antenna.

A dark-haired man poses with his hands in his pockets next to a large satellite dish, presumably on a rooftop. He wears a dark dress shirt tucked into white trousers, a light-colored blazer and a plaid tie.

Two men pose beside a rooftop satellite dish, shaking hands and smiling at the camera. The man on the left is dark-haired, shorter, and wearing a light-colored blazer. The man on the right is taller, wearing a dark three-piece suit and a fedora. The sky is dark behind them.

A man in a dark suit and a fedora stands beside a rooftop satellite dish, illuminated by a bright camera flash. His right hand is positioned on the dish while the left reaches out towards the camera, his expression somewhere between cheeky and scandalized.

A dark-haired man wearing a blazer, dress shirt, and plaid tie stands with both hands on his hips, speaking into a microphone in the Grand Luxe Hall. To his left is an 80s-era TV displaying what looks like a horizon. We can see the back of one audience member’s light-haired head.

Related People

Mark Frutkin (Contributor)
Willoughby Sharp (Contributor)

Captions:

Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Mark Frutkin at Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Mark Frutkin and Willoughby Sharp at Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Willoughby Sharp at Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.
Mark Frutkin at Marconi Amplified, photo documentation, Nov 16, 1981.

Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.