The premiere of the transmission art piece “Safe” by Mississauga sound artist Daniel Ottini will be presented as part of the 2026 Dundee Radio Club Listening Festival.
The listening festival is a safe space for sonic exploration taking place over 72 hours (from February 26th to March 1st, 2026) via digital broadcast from Dundee, Scotland.
The full line-up can be found on the Dundee homepage:
“Safe” (2026) examines the illusion of security woven into our political systems; we are taught to believe that nation‑states will shield us through vast security budgets, yet absolute safety remains unattainable.
Using field recordings from a hotel room—a temporary private refuge where a person can set boundaries, regulate sensory input, and seek psychological relief—the work explores how this sense of safety remains precarious, shaped by forces beyond the individuals’ control: staff practices, building management, the surrounding neighborhood, and broader social norms.
Daniel Ottini is a Canadian sound artist, field recordist, sound designer, and electronic musician whose work seeks deeper truths about human emotion and experience using sound as a medium of inquiry and expression.
His sound art practice currently utilizes documentary audio, field recordings, electronic textures, and spatial sound to probe and engage the listener’s perspective in an immersive but non‑didactic manner.
More information about Daniel Ottini’s work may be found at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielottinimusic/
Website: http://danielottinimusic.com/
Contact: danielottiniaudio@rogers.com