2025 Sound Series
@ the Block House
Recording and broadcasting every Friday and Saturday from Governors Island through August 2025.
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︎Deli Radio
︎Bridge Street Sound
︎Earth Life
Deli Radio at the Block House is presented through the Institute for Public Architecture as part of its current programmatic theme, Living Laboratory, a seasonal initiative that explores the intersection of public space, community, and experimentation. In this context, Deli Radio proposes a temporary communal site for transmission, one that does not solely engage with architecture as the design of physical structures or material forms, but rather as a means of constructing shared memory and everyday ritual.
Rooted in the ethos of the neighborhood corner store, Deli Radio draws on the pre-digital role of these sites and how radio functioned within them. Across cultures, corner stores continue to be key spaces for collective listening and gathering. Deli Radio builds on this legacy by considering the corner store as a space of both intimacy and spontaneous encounter, a place where you might hear a new sound while ordering something familiar.
Over two weeks, Deli Radio activated multiple spaces within the IPA’s Block House—including the garden, library, and kitchen—to host a series of recordings, broadcasts, and open gatherings. These programs explored the relational nature of music, architecture, food, and public space as overlapping forms of cultural practice that hold memory and shape our human experience. In collaboration with IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu’s mobile and transformable structure CARRY, as well as structural botanic and edible interventions by Zacarías González, this programming series combined sound and spatial practice through temporary and agile activation.
Deli Radio and IPA invite participation from the broader public, welcoming proposals in a range of formats to be recorded, shared, and transmitted from Governors Island. Submit proposals directly at https://www.deliradio.nyc/
Tune in online for the rest of August to enjoy a series of broadcasts from Governors Island!
Rooted in the ethos of the neighborhood corner store, Deli Radio draws on the pre-digital role of these sites and how radio functioned within them. Across cultures, corner stores continue to be key spaces for collective listening and gathering. Deli Radio builds on this legacy by considering the corner store as a space of both intimacy and spontaneous encounter, a place where you might hear a new sound while ordering something familiar.
Over two weeks, Deli Radio activated multiple spaces within the IPA’s Block House—including the garden, library, and kitchen—to host a series of recordings, broadcasts, and open gatherings. These programs explored the relational nature of music, architecture, food, and public space as overlapping forms of cultural practice that hold memory and shape our human experience. In collaboration with IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu’s mobile and transformable structure CARRY, as well as structural botanic and edible interventions by Zacarías González, this programming series combined sound and spatial practice through temporary and agile activation.
Deli Radio and IPA invite participation from the broader public, welcoming proposals in a range of formats to be recorded, shared, and transmitted from Governors Island. Submit proposals directly at https://www.deliradio.nyc/
Tune in online for the rest of August to enjoy a series of broadcasts from Governors Island!
PROGRAM
TIME
Thursday, August 14, 2025
DELI FROM THE ISLAND
*online
CHONG GU
Chong Gu (b.1995, Zhejiang China, they/he/she) works with migrants, readymades, regulations, and stories. His transdisciplinary process frames diasporic domesticity and internalized trauma. Tracing social, spatial and material constructs of our urbanity, Chong’s work wrestles between axioms and senses, molding rooms for incremental resistance shared amongst heterogeneous communities.
Chong Gu (b.1995, Zhejiang China, they/he/she) works with migrants, readymades, regulations, and stories. His transdisciplinary process frames diasporic domesticity and internalized trauma. Tracing social, spatial and material constructs of our urbanity, Chong’s work wrestles between axioms and senses, molding rooms for incremental resistance shared amongst heterogeneous communities.
4:00PM
VINNY HILL
Vinny Hill is a Brooklyn-based creative force blending sharp lyricism, soulful melodies, and a fearless approach to storytelling. With a style rooted in hip-hop but shaped by diverse musical influences, Vinny crafts soundscapes that are as thought-provoking as they are infectious. Whether commanding a cypher, producing immersive instrumentals, or curating community-driven events, his work bridges artistry and authenticity — always aiming to move hearts, spark thought, and leave a lasting mark on the culture.
Vinny Hill is a Brooklyn-based creative force blending sharp lyricism, soulful melodies, and a fearless approach to storytelling. With a style rooted in hip-hop but shaped by diverse musical influences, Vinny crafts soundscapes that are as thought-provoking as they are infectious. Whether commanding a cypher, producing immersive instrumentals, or curating community-driven events, his work bridges artistry and authenticity — always aiming to move hearts, spark thought, and leave a lasting mark on the culture.
5:00PM
Saturday, August 9, 2025
DELI IN THE KITCHEN
Our communal residency kitchen turns into a deli - of sounds, smells, and stories.
Live broadcasting with June Canedo de Souza and Daniel Santos, featuring a spatial installation by IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu.
Our communal residency kitchen turns into a deli - of sounds, smells, and stories.
Live broadcasting with June Canedo de Souza and Daniel Santos, featuring a spatial installation by IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu.
5:00 - 7:00PM
PUBLIC JOY! AND OTHER FEELINGS
We transition from day to evening as the screen begins to glow - bring your own picnic blankets and join us for a public screening in the park.
We transition from day to evening as the screen begins to glow - bring your own picnic blankets and join us for a public screening in the park.
8:00 - 9:00PM
Friday, August 8, 2025
Online
Online
DELI RADIO -
LIVE FROM THE ISLAND
LIVE FROM THE ISLAND
DULCINA ABREU
Dulcina Abreu is a Dominican independent curator and artist based in New York. Founder of DAE, an international platform for curatorial projects and strategic partnerships. She holds an MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BFA from Parsons, The New School. Her work explores 21st-century Caribbean diaspora visual and material culture in the U.S., LGBTQI+ community-based archiving, and queer fiction.
Dulcina Abreu is a Dominican independent curator and artist based in New York. Founder of DAE, an international platform for curatorial projects and strategic partnerships. She holds an MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BFA from Parsons, The New School. Her work explores 21st-century Caribbean diaspora visual and material culture in the U.S., LGBTQI+ community-based archiving, and queer fiction.
3:00PM
PEDRO MOTTA - Permanent Fade
This mix highlights women in music — composers, players, producers, and storytellers. From sparse textures to full arrangements, it moves across cultures and styles. Each piece holds space for feeling, rhythm, and reflection. Pedro Motta is a Brazilian-born, New York–based DJ and multidisciplinary artist. His work weaves sound, memory, and culture into intimate, immersive experiences.
This mix highlights women in music — composers, players, producers, and storytellers. From sparse textures to full arrangements, it moves across cultures and styles. Each piece holds space for feeling, rhythm, and reflection. Pedro Motta is a Brazilian-born, New York–based DJ and multidisciplinary artist. His work weaves sound, memory, and culture into intimate, immersive experiences.
4:00PM
PRINCESS PEGGIE
Princess is a born and raised New York City DJ. Your sound consists of a combination of techno, bounce, jersey club and dub.
She has played places and collectives like Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Paragon, Dweller, HOLO. Also around the US like Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Philly.
Princess is a born and raised New York City DJ. Your sound consists of a combination of techno, bounce, jersey club and dub.
She has played places and collectives like Nowadays, Bossa Nova Civic Club, Paragon, Dweller, HOLO. Also around the US like Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and Philly.
5:00PM
Saturday, August 2, 2025
DELI IN THE GARDEN
Beautiful weather for an island radio session!
Live broadcasting with June Canedo de Souza and Daniel Santos, featuring a spatial installation by IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu.
Beautiful weather for an island radio session!
Live broadcasting with June Canedo de Souza and Daniel Santos, featuring a spatial installation by IPA Summer Fellow Chong Gu.
3:00 - 7:00 PM
SYNAPTIC ISLAND
Join us for a nightwalk led by IPA Summer Fellow Kii Kang, with musical performance by MIZU.
More information here.
Join us for a nightwalk led by IPA Summer Fellow Kii Kang, with musical performance by MIZU.
More information here.
8:00 - 9:00 PM
