ABOUT US
Future Artefacts FM is an artist run program that supports artists working with both sound and fiction, culminating in a program of radio shows, workshops and live events. The show is Hosted by Nina Davies, Rebecca Edwards and Niamh Schmidtke.
Founded by artists Nina Davies and Niamh Schmidtke, the program began when show hosts started making sound works that didn’t fit into traditional art spaces. Both works dealt with imagined futures in the form of a radio play
and a fictional podcast, at just over 15 minutes long, Nina and Niamh were certain these works would never see the light of day in a gallery.
Following a three episode residency at RTM, from August to October of 2021, featuring first guest artist Rebeca Romero alongside works from Nina and Niamh, they decided to continue the program inviting more artists so as to present a broader range of futures. Some of the commissioned works have further culminated in physical, moving image and performance works.
In 2023 they produced a mini-series on Technology and Magic commission by Het HEM and in 2024 curator Rebecca Edwards join the team as the shows third co-host
This bi-monthly radio show, with Radio Thamesmead, features a 10–15 minute original works by a selected artists, usually in the form of a radio play, short story, fictional podcast or soundscape. The work is followed by a 40 minute conversation between the artist and hosts Nina, Rebecca and Niamh.
Each episode includes a bespoke soundtrack created by artist Joe Moss who's practice also works with fiction and John Trevaskis who works at Penguin Books Podcasts.
Niamh Schmidtke (b.1997, Dublin) explores the politics of green washing, demonstrating the connections between environmental and social justice and drawing attention to the financial and colonial origins of climate crises. Their work is informed by collaboration, working with sound designers, mineralogists, actors or mutual learning with students. Recent projects include , Pulling Blood from a Stone with TU Berlin (2024), How to Harness the Wind (2023), funded by Arts Council Ireland, HIAP Land-based long-distance residency from London to Iceland (2023), Material Futures residency at Cove Park (2023), European Investment Banks’ Artist Development Fund (2020) and their residency at the University of Limerick’s architecture school, researching local clays through workshops and lectures with students since 2023.
Nina Davies (b. 1991) is a Canadian-British artist who considers the present moment through observing dance in popular culture and how it is disseminated, circulated, made, and consumed. Previous research projects have included; the recent commodification of the dancing body on digital platforms and rethinking dances of today as traditional dances of the future. Oscillating between the use of fiction and non-fiction, her work helps build new critical frameworks for engaging with dance practices. Her work has recently been exhibited at The Photographers Gallery, London; Seventeen, London; Matt’s Gallery, London; and Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023.
Joe Moss (left) is an Artist and Producer working at the intersection of craft and new technology. Joe Completed his MFA at the Slade in 2024. His work has been exhibited at Well Projects, Camden Arts Center, The Tate Exchange, The Museum of Data, NN Contemporary, Newlyn Art Gallery & Hauser & Wirth amongst other places.
John Trevaskis (right) is a filmmaker, composer and producer based in South East London. John's work has won Webby, D&AD and Design Week awards, and been featured across national and international broadcast media with talent including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney, Bernardine Evaristo and Marcus Rashford.
Rebecca Edwards is a London based curator, writer and producer. Her interests include cultivating experimental curatorial methods, interweaving fluid approaches to production, dissemination and representation of artwork, and exploring the nested fields of technology, digital aesthetics and internet culture. Rebecca was the curator at arebyte Gallery from 2017 to 2024 where she curated the onsite exhibition programme, as well as the online programme at aos.arebyte.com and exhibition related events, special screenings and one-off events. Independently she has curated exhibitions at Bonington (UK), FORMA (UK), CAC (CN), The British Academy (UK), Ars Electronica, Off Site Project (online), isthisit (online), The Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK), The Zabludowicz Collection (UK) and The Wrong Biennale (online).
