Art, in all the wrong places Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/spoken-word Characters who can't always be trusted. Because they often don't see the difference between sound and noise, between countryside and abandoned building, between fiction and reality. I explore sound, speak languages and talk to strangers. This is my work. AIR Member. www.cristinamarras.com M. Cristina Marras 2635715f-5ca5-5350-a494-64d35c6aa917 no ceb48590-3aee-11f0-a881-53ca631e2f20 en Thu, 14 May 2026 16:16:46 +0200 Thu, 14 May 2026 16:17:14 +0200 https://wrongplaces.transistor.fm/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/V8nLMhs7zm8JNrTwCQH7nBeFvFzPtwGW0QKyTJjAmoQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80M2M0/Y2I5ODViNDllYTRl/YTZmN2Q3NDg1Yjhi/NGYzNS5qcGc.jpg Art, in all the wrong places https://wrongplaces.transistor.fm/ episodic M. Cristina Marras Characters who can't always be trusted. Because they often don't see the difference between sound and noise, between countryside and abandoned building, between fiction and reality. I explore sound, speak languages and talk to strangers. This is my work. AIR Member. www.cristinamarras.com Characters who can't always be trusted. sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art M. Cristina Marras No No Spaciada sa Bregungia (No More Shame) 74 74 Spaciada sa Bregungia (No More Shame) full 4342c5bc-1c7c-4b2e-9a78-d5eb08b76fe2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dd5a8647 Winner, HearSay International Audio Festival 2026 — Golden Prize


Every time I'm in the car and a flock of sheep passes in front of me, it almost feels like this is my home.

That line opens Spaciada sa Bregungia. It is in Sardinian, or rather, in the Sardinian I have. Which is not the same thing.

Listen here in Sardinian without subtitles→


Spaciada sa Bregungia opens with sheep bells, that particular, unhurried sound that in Sardinia means you are exactly where you should be. Against that texture, my voice arrives, in a language I should have grown up speaking. I didn't.


I didn't grow up speaking Sardinian. My parents made a choice, a rational one, from where they stood. They believed that Italian was the language of the future, of education, of opportunity. That raising their children in Sardinian would mark us as peasants, hold us back, make us targets. They were trying to give us a better life. They were themselves products of a system that had taught them, convincingly, that their own language was an obstacle.


Nobody taught me the language of my home. The one my illiterate grandmother spoke. The one I couldn't use to talk to her because I didn't understand it. My parents thought they were protecting me. They were also, without knowing it, cutting me off from my own people. That loss doesn't go away.

Spaciada sa Bregungia moves from that personal wound outward, through history, through politics, through the specific and ongoing ways a land and its people get diminished. It is not a gentle piece.


On the language — and the criticism.

Before I released this piece, I nearly didn't.

Fluent Sardinian speakers told me that releasing a piece with imperfect grammar would damage the language. That it would reflect badly. That I should perhaps not do it at all.
I was stopped cold. Angry. Sad. Confused.

Because the reason my Sardinian isn't perfect is exactly what the piece is about. My mother didn't teach me because she herself was a victim of the same colonial system I was speaking against. And now the gatekeepers, the vigilantes who chastise those who don't have a perfect knowledge of the language they were never taught, were telling me that the imperfection caused by that very erasure was reason enough to stay silent.

That is the trap. That is how the damage perpetuates itself.

I had thought about asking a friend to correct my Sardinian so it would all be grammatically sound. But then it would have been written correctly, and it would not have been me.

Two good friends talked me back. I went ahead. Imperfect. Mine.


What happened at HearSay.

Spaciada sa Bregungia won the Golden Prize at HearSay International Audio Festival 2026. Being part of that community is a joy. But seeing this piece celebrated on an international stage is something else, it is a personal vindication. A scream of rage.

Dozens of people approached me at the festival, from Ireland, from across Europe, from places that had no reason to know anything about Sardinia. They told me they had no idea. No idea about the history, the colonial relationship, the language suppression, the ongoing erasure. How Sardinian history, culture and language are still not on the school curriculum. How this is still happening now.

This is also a call to action, for every Sardinian ostracised twice over: first by the erasure of their mother tongue, then by the gatekeepers of a language they were never taught.

To the occupying power that still doesn't recognise our millennial past: you know what you can do with that.

My Sardinian grammar may not be perfect. But in my heart I know that I made the case. I brought Sardinia onto an international stage and people heard it.

Spaciada sa Bregungia. No more shame.


Credits

Created, spoken, produced, edited and mixed by M. Cristina Marras.
Voices: Shepherd — Gianfranco Bitti; D.H. Lawrence — Romeo M. Minutolo. Murra players recorded live at the Sardinian Murra Championship, Urzulei, Sardinia.
Music: Art of a Dead Man by Shadows; Under the Skin by Semo; The Fall (instrumental) by Or Chausha. All music licensed via Artlist.

]]> Winner, HearSay International Audio Festival 2026 — Golden Prize


Every time I'm in the car and a flock of sheep passes in front of me, it almost feels like this is my home.

That line opens Spaciada sa Bregungia. It is in Sardinian, or rather, in the Sardinian I have. Which is not the same thing.

Listen here in Sardinian without subtitles→


Spaciada sa Bregungia opens with sheep bells, that particular, unhurried sound that in Sardinia means you are exactly where you should be. Against that texture, my voice arrives, in a language I should have grown up speaking. I didn't.


I didn't grow up speaking Sardinian. My parents made a choice, a rational one, from where they stood. They believed that Italian was the language of the future, of education, of opportunity. That raising their children in Sardinian would mark us as peasants, hold us back, make us targets. They were trying to give us a better life. They were themselves products of a system that had taught them, convincingly, that their own language was an obstacle.


Nobody taught me the language of my home. The one my illiterate grandmother spoke. The one I couldn't use to talk to her because I didn't understand it. My parents thought they were protecting me. They were also, without knowing it, cutting me off from my own people. That loss doesn't go away.

Spaciada sa Bregungia moves from that personal wound outward, through history, through politics, through the specific and ongoing ways a land and its people get diminished. It is not a gentle piece.


On the language — and the criticism.

Before I released this piece, I nearly didn't.

Fluent Sardinian speakers told me that releasing a piece with imperfect grammar would damage the language. That it would reflect badly. That I should perhaps not do it at all.
I was stopped cold. Angry. Sad. Confused.

Because the reason my Sardinian isn't perfect is exactly what the piece is about. My mother didn't teach me because she herself was a victim of the same colonial system I was speaking against. And now the gatekeepers, the vigilantes who chastise those who don't have a perfect knowledge of the language they were never taught, were telling me that the imperfection caused by that very erasure was reason enough to stay silent.

That is the trap. That is how the damage perpetuates itself.

I had thought about asking a friend to correct my Sardinian so it would all be grammatically sound. But then it would have been written correctly, and it would not have been me.

Two good friends talked me back. I went ahead. Imperfect. Mine.


What happened at HearSay.

Spaciada sa Bregungia won the Golden Prize at HearSay International Audio Festival 2026. Being part of that community is a joy. But seeing this piece celebrated on an international stage is something else, it is a personal vindication. A scream of rage.

Dozens of people approached me at the festival, from Ireland, from across Europe, from places that had no reason to know anything about Sardinia. They told me they had no idea. No idea about the history, the colonial relationship, the language suppression, the ongoing erasure. How Sardinian history, culture and language are still not on the school curriculum. How this is still happening now.

This is also a call to action, for every Sardinian ostracised twice over: first by the erasure of their mother tongue, then by the gatekeepers of a language they were never taught.

To the occupying power that still doesn't recognise our millennial past: you know what you can do with that.

My Sardinian grammar may not be perfect. But in my heart I know that I made the case. I brought Sardinia onto an international stage and people heard it.

Spaciada sa Bregungia. No more shame.


Credits

Created, spoken, produced, edited and mixed by M. Cristina Marras.
Voices: Shepherd — Gianfranco Bitti; D.H. Lawrence — Romeo M. Minutolo. Murra players recorded live at the Sardinian Murra Championship, Urzulei, Sardinia.
Music: Art of a Dead Man by Shadows; Under the Skin by Semo; The Fall (instrumental) by Or Chausha. All music licensed via Artlist.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 16:16:31 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 419 Winner, HearSay International Audio Festival 2026 — Golden Prize


Every time I'm in the car and a flock of sheep passes in front of me, it almost feels like this is my home.

That line opens Spaciada sa Bregungia. It is in Sardinian, or rather, in the Sardinian I have. Which is not the same thing.

Listen here in Sardinian without subtitles→


Spaciada sa Bregungia opens with sheep bells, that particular, unhurried sound that in Sardinia means you are exactly where you should be. Against that texture, my voice arrives, in a language I should have grown up speaking. I didn't.


I didn't grow up speaking Sardinian. My parents made a choice, a rational one, from where they stood. They believed that Italian was the language of the future, of education, of opportunity. That raising their children in Sardinian would mark us as peasants, hold us back, make us targets. They were trying to give us a better life. They were themselves products of a system that had taught them, convincingly, that their own language was an obstacle.


Nobody taught me the language of my home. The one my illiterate grandmother spoke. The one I couldn't use to talk to her because I didn't understand it. My parents thought they were protecting me. They were also, without knowing it, cutting me off from my own people. That loss doesn't go away.

Spaciada sa Bregungia moves from that personal wound outward, through history, through politics, through the specific and ongoing ways a land and its people get diminished. It is not a gentle piece.


On the language — and the criticism.

Before I released this piece, I nearly didn't.

Fluent Sardinian speakers told me that releasing a piece with imperfect grammar would damage the language. That it would reflect badly. That I should perhaps not do it at all.
I was stopped cold. Angry. Sad. Confused.

Because the reason my Sardinian isn't perfect is exactly what the piece is about. My mother didn't teach me because she herself was a victim of the same colonial system I was speaking against. And now the gatekeepers, the vigilantes who chastise those who don't have a perfect knowledge of the language they were never taught, were telling me that the imperfection caused by that very erasure was reason enough to stay silent.

That is the trap. That is how the damage perpetuates itself.

I had thought about asking a friend to correct my Sardinian so it would all be grammatically sound. But then it would have been written correctly, and it would not have been me.

Two good friends talked me back. I went ahead. Imperfect. Mine.


What happened at HearSay.

Spaciada sa Bregungia won the Golden Prize at HearSay International Audio Festival 2026. Being part of that community is a joy. But seeing this piece celebrated on an international stage is something else, it is a personal vindication. A scream of rage.

Dozens of people approached me at the festival, from Ireland, from across Europe, from places that had no reason to know anything about Sardinia. They told me they had no idea. No idea about the history, the colonial relationship, the language suppression, the ongoing erasure. How Sardinian history, culture and language are still not on the school curriculum. How this is still happening now.

This is also a call to action, for every Sardinian ostracised twice over: first by the erasure of their mother tongue, then by the gatekeepers of a language they were never taught.

To the occupying power that still doesn't recognise our millennial past: you know what you can do with that.

My Sardinian grammar may not be perfect. But in my heart I know that I made the case. I brought Sardinia onto an international stage and people heard it.

Spaciada sa Bregungia. No more shame.


Credits

Created, spoken, produced, edited and mixed by M. Cristina Marras.
Voices: Shepherd — Gianfranco Bitti; D.H. Lawrence — Romeo M. Minutolo. Murra players recorded live at the Sardinian Murra Championship, Urzulei, Sardinia.
Music: Art of a Dead Man by Shadows; Under the Skin by Semo; The Fall (instrumental) by Or Chausha. All music licensed via Artlist.

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Flamingo Rising · An Audio RPG by Sardinian Imaginary Games [Audio Flux 07] 73 73 Flamingo Rising · An Audio RPG by Sardinian Imaginary Games [Audio Flux 07] full 07c7b639-0d1b-4aaf-95d9-c0965eed0e65 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b835a34c Imaginary Sardinian Games presents: Flamingo Rising!

An Audio RPG · Episode One: Level One


A bit breathless, enthusiastic, slightly unhinged.


The year is unclear. What is clear: Sardinia is salt now. The hills, the roads, the vineyards. All of it, crystallised under an indifferent sky. Overexploitation swallowed the land, and what remains is beautiful in the way that only dangerous things can be.

You are Player One. Player Two didn't make it.

Your quest is simple. Find drinkable water. Your boots are already dissolving. Somewhere ahead, forty-seven flamingos are waiting.

"The flamingo wants a story. It wants to know: what piece of the old world did you refuse to throw away?"


Flamingo Rising is a one-of-a-kind audio RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Sardinia: part game, part elegy, part fever dream. It is narrated by a GM who is doing their best under difficult circumstances. Roll for initiative. Bring something to remember.

Level Two begins at the edge of what was once a vineyard. The vines are salt now. They are beautiful.

Flamingo Rising. Created for Audio Flux 07, the flamingos own it now.


The GM is Romeo M. Minutolo who also created the image.

Story, recording and sound editing by M. Cristina Marras.

]]> Imaginary Sardinian Games presents: Flamingo Rising!

An Audio RPG · Episode One: Level One


A bit breathless, enthusiastic, slightly unhinged.


The year is unclear. What is clear: Sardinia is salt now. The hills, the roads, the vineyards. All of it, crystallised under an indifferent sky. Overexploitation swallowed the land, and what remains is beautiful in the way that only dangerous things can be.

You are Player One. Player Two didn't make it.

Your quest is simple. Find drinkable water. Your boots are already dissolving. Somewhere ahead, forty-seven flamingos are waiting.

"The flamingo wants a story. It wants to know: what piece of the old world did you refuse to throw away?"


Flamingo Rising is a one-of-a-kind audio RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Sardinia: part game, part elegy, part fever dream. It is narrated by a GM who is doing their best under difficult circumstances. Roll for initiative. Bring something to remember.

Level Two begins at the edge of what was once a vineyard. The vines are salt now. They are beautiful.

Flamingo Rising. Created for Audio Flux 07, the flamingos own it now.


The GM is Romeo M. Minutolo who also created the image.

Story, recording and sound editing by M. Cristina Marras.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:48:49 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 182 Imaginary Sardinian Games presents: Flamingo Rising!

An Audio RPG · Episode One: Level One


A bit breathless, enthusiastic, slightly unhinged.


The year is unclear. What is clear: Sardinia is salt now. The hills, the roads, the vineyards. All of it, crystallised under an indifferent sky. Overexploitation swallowed the land, and what remains is beautiful in the way that only dangerous things can be.

You are Player One. Player Two didn't make it.

Your quest is simple. Find drinkable water. Your boots are already dissolving. Somewhere ahead, forty-seven flamingos are waiting.

"The flamingo wants a story. It wants to know: what piece of the old world did you refuse to throw away?"


Flamingo Rising is a one-of-a-kind audio RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Sardinia: part game, part elegy, part fever dream. It is narrated by a GM who is doing their best under difficult circumstances. Roll for initiative. Bring something to remember.

Level Two begins at the edge of what was once a vineyard. The vines are salt now. They are beautiful.

Flamingo Rising. Created for Audio Flux 07, the flamingos own it now.


The GM is Romeo M. Minutolo who also created the image.

Story, recording and sound editing by M. Cristina Marras.

]]> post-apocalyptic, Sardinia, Molentrgius, Audio RPG, Solo Play No The Sound Weaver's Incantation [Cities and Memory] 68 68 The Sound Weaver's Incantation [Cities and Memory] full 1eb8df6d-133e-47c2-8070-d3f6bb1fb6d5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c0b97602 Sometimes magic finds you when you least expect it. That's exactly what happened when, among the many sounds from the Pitt Rivers Museum, I stumbled upon a recording of a night forest in the Central African Republic. I was immediately drawn to the sound because it felt magical. Without even reading the description to know the background of the sound, where it came from or how it came about, I selected it as a basis for my creation, trusting my intuition to guide me toward something special.

The Sound Weaver's Incantation is part of Cities and Memory's A Century of Sounds,an ambitious project celebrating the Pitt Rivers Museum's extraordinary audio heritage. This global collaboration brings together artists, collectors, and listeners to reimagine historical and contemporary field recordings, creating new sonic landscapes that honour the past while embracing the present.

As an artist who often searches through recorded sounds for inspiration to tell personal stories, I expected this to be just another backdrop for my reflections. But this time it ended up being different. As I began reading about the origin of the sound, chosen purely for its magical quality, I found myself lost in the discovery of a real-life hero.

I met legendary ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno – a fantastic human being who devoted his entire life to the collection, protection, and conservation of the sounds and culture of the Bayaka people. From that moment, I knew I couldn't simply use the rainforest sound as a backdrop for my personal musings. I felt the profound need to bring back to life the magic of the forest and the love and passion that Louis Sarno poured into his life's work.


Through this piece, I hope to honour Louis Sarno's legacy and the enduring magic of the Bayaka sounds he so lovingly preserved. In a world where so many cultural voices are at risk of being silenced, this incantation serves as both tribute and promise – that with patience, reverence, and a touch of magic, the music of life shall never die.


Photo by Jack Taylor on Unsplash

]]> Sometimes magic finds you when you least expect it. That's exactly what happened when, among the many sounds from the Pitt Rivers Museum, I stumbled upon a recording of a night forest in the Central African Republic. I was immediately drawn to the sound because it felt magical. Without even reading the description to know the background of the sound, where it came from or how it came about, I selected it as a basis for my creation, trusting my intuition to guide me toward something special.

The Sound Weaver's Incantation is part of Cities and Memory's A Century of Sounds,an ambitious project celebrating the Pitt Rivers Museum's extraordinary audio heritage. This global collaboration brings together artists, collectors, and listeners to reimagine historical and contemporary field recordings, creating new sonic landscapes that honour the past while embracing the present.

As an artist who often searches through recorded sounds for inspiration to tell personal stories, I expected this to be just another backdrop for my reflections. But this time it ended up being different. As I began reading about the origin of the sound, chosen purely for its magical quality, I found myself lost in the discovery of a real-life hero.

I met legendary ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno – a fantastic human being who devoted his entire life to the collection, protection, and conservation of the sounds and culture of the Bayaka people. From that moment, I knew I couldn't simply use the rainforest sound as a backdrop for my personal musings. I felt the profound need to bring back to life the magic of the forest and the love and passion that Louis Sarno poured into his life's work.


Through this piece, I hope to honour Louis Sarno's legacy and the enduring magic of the Bayaka sounds he so lovingly preserved. In a world where so many cultural voices are at risk of being silenced, this incantation serves as both tribute and promise – that with patience, reverence, and a touch of magic, the music of life shall never die.


Photo by Jack Taylor on Unsplash

]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:24:22 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 300 Sometimes magic finds you when you least expect it. That's exactly what happened when, among the many sounds from the Pitt Rivers Museum, I stumbled upon a recording of a night forest in the Central African Republic. I was immediately drawn to the sound because it felt magical. Without even reading the description to know the background of the sound, where it came from or how it came about, I selected it as a basis for my creation, trusting my intuition to guide me toward something special.

The Sound Weaver's Incantation is part of Cities and Memory's A Century of Sounds,an ambitious project celebrating the Pitt Rivers Museum's extraordinary audio heritage. This global collaboration brings together artists, collectors, and listeners to reimagine historical and contemporary field recordings, creating new sonic landscapes that honour the past while embracing the present.

As an artist who often searches through recorded sounds for inspiration to tell personal stories, I expected this to be just another backdrop for my reflections. But this time it ended up being different. As I began reading about the origin of the sound, chosen purely for its magical quality, I found myself lost in the discovery of a real-life hero.

I met legendary ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno – a fantastic human being who devoted his entire life to the collection, protection, and conservation of the sounds and culture of the Bayaka people. From that moment, I knew I couldn't simply use the rainforest sound as a backdrop for my personal musings. I felt the profound need to bring back to life the magic of the forest and the love and passion that Louis Sarno poured into his life's work.


Through this piece, I hope to honour Louis Sarno's legacy and the enduring magic of the Bayaka sounds he so lovingly preserved. In a world where so many cultural voices are at risk of being silenced, this incantation serves as both tribute and promise – that with patience, reverence, and a touch of magic, the music of life shall never die.


Photo by Jack Taylor on Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Asylum (don't look in the sink) [Small Audio Art] 67 67 Asylum (don't look in the sink) [Small Audio Art] full f1e1e021-839e-4fc9-a39e-960bef3f7dfb https://share.transistor.fm/s/e279630e Asylum is an immersive piece that takes listeners into a disorienting world of raw, urgent, whispered confessions layered on a cinematic soundscape worthy of your best psychological thriller. Listeners are left with a vague sense of uneasiness, and one piece of advice: do not look in the kitchen sink.


The piece was created for Small Audio Art, the online space by Phoebe McIndoe where audio artists respond to simple prompts, like a kitchen sink, every other month. It's a low-pressure spot for short, creative audio pieces that connect makers worldwide.

]]> Asylum is an immersive piece that takes listeners into a disorienting world of raw, urgent, whispered confessions layered on a cinematic soundscape worthy of your best psychological thriller. Listeners are left with a vague sense of uneasiness, and one piece of advice: do not look in the kitchen sink.


The piece was created for Small Audio Art, the online space by Phoebe McIndoe where audio artists respond to simple prompts, like a kitchen sink, every other month. It's a low-pressure spot for short, creative audio pieces that connect makers worldwide.

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:11:29 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 358 Asylum is an immersive piece that takes listeners into a disorienting world of raw, urgent, whispered confessions layered on a cinematic soundscape worthy of your best psychological thriller. Listeners are left with a vague sense of uneasiness, and one piece of advice: do not look in the kitchen sink.


The piece was created for Small Audio Art, the online space by Phoebe McIndoe where audio artists respond to simple prompts, like a kitchen sink, every other month. It's a low-pressure spot for short, creative audio pieces that connect makers worldwide.

]]> Audio Art, Small Audio Art, Audio Drama, Immersive Audio, Sound Design, Audio Fiction, Horror Audio, Psychological Thriller, Audio Storytelling, Podcast Fiction, Audio Experience, Sound Art, Audio Production, Immersive Storytelling, Audio Horror, Psychological Audio, Atmospheric Audio, Audiobook Drama, Audio Theater, Soundscaping, Audio Narration, Audio Experience Art, Audio Fiction Podcast, Audio Drama Production, Immersive Podcast, Audio Horror Story, Psychological Sound Art No Incantation for restoring democracy (for when the people's voice has been silenced by concrete and steel). 66 66 Incantation for restoring democracy (for when the people's voice has been silenced by concrete and steel). full a2a0bab5-a85d-4198-8b5c-44714d6a30d5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/44a1f27e This piece reflects a journey from witnessing US events and feeling powerless to taking creative action.

As an independent audio producer living in Sardinia (Italy), I could not make sense of my desperation while witnessing ICE violence in Minneapolis. I was horrified, so I decided to channel my energy into creating an incantation, using my skills to feel less powerless.

This piece aims to be cathartic resistance and magical defiance against oppression. I used the only weapon that I have, my creativity, as a tool to denounce horrific realities and, hopefully, inspire other creators to use art for activism to contribute to change.

Read, share, and speak it aloud.

Please note: The protest sound at the end has been recorded in Minneapolis, used courtesy of stevevader101 -- https://freesound.org/s/841767/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 

]]> This piece reflects a journey from witnessing US events and feeling powerless to taking creative action.

As an independent audio producer living in Sardinia (Italy), I could not make sense of my desperation while witnessing ICE violence in Minneapolis. I was horrified, so I decided to channel my energy into creating an incantation, using my skills to feel less powerless.

This piece aims to be cathartic resistance and magical defiance against oppression. I used the only weapon that I have, my creativity, as a tool to denounce horrific realities and, hopefully, inspire other creators to use art for activism to contribute to change.

Read, share, and speak it aloud.

Please note: The protest sound at the end has been recorded in Minneapolis, used courtesy of stevevader101 -- https://freesound.org/s/841767/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 

]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:20:23 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 291 This piece reflects a journey from witnessing US events and feeling powerless to taking creative action.

As an independent audio producer living in Sardinia (Italy), I could not make sense of my desperation while witnessing ICE violence in Minneapolis. I was horrified, so I decided to channel my energy into creating an incantation, using my skills to feel less powerless.

This piece aims to be cathartic resistance and magical defiance against oppression. I used the only weapon that I have, my creativity, as a tool to denounce horrific realities and, hopefully, inspire other creators to use art for activism to contribute to change.

Read, share, and speak it aloud.

Please note: The protest sound at the end has been recorded in Minneapolis, used courtesy of stevevader101 -- https://freesound.org/s/841767/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 

]]> Minneapolis uprising, George Floyd protests, 3rd precinct symbolism, BLM Plaza concrete, voter suppression ritual, federal bullets Minneapolis, protest incantation chant, broken trust glass shards, democracy restoration spell, revolutionary barricade, ritual No Didn't you ask for kids? - Sonic Dash 2026 65 65 Didn't you ask for kids? - Sonic Dash 2026 full 0e89ab87-26a7-4544-9769-343cb5353f69 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ea19cfb5 Didn’t You Ask for Kids? is a political satirical piece about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, all based on the misunderstanding arising from the fact that the word kids means both children and young goats. The piece starts with a weird phone call in which Epstein is informed that the kids ordered are about to be delivered to his island, “just in time for the party with my friend Donald” 

but when the kids arrive, Epstein is very disappointed, while Trump will still able to find a silver lining.

The Biannual Sonic Dash is always a great opportunity to dive into another of those magic moments of high-pressure creation: you have until Sunday to come up with a two-minute audio addressing the prompt emailed to you on Friday. The catch is that you cannot use any pre-existing material, so you have to compose the music and make up the sound effects (if you use any). The prompt for this latest round was “those meddling kids”, yes, the Scooby-Doo catchphrase. I was lucky to have a small, dedicated team (Roman Lillian Uras-Garvin and Romeo Maria Minutolo), and together we brainstormed, wrote, and produced our piece.

I’d like to share a bit about our process. We agreed that we wanted something original (so we immediately put aside anything related to Scooby-Doo), humorous but also poignant, ideally making a comment on something important.

I think our Didn’t You Ask for Kids? hit the mark. This time, we didn’t make it to the 10 finalists, but we love it as it is: completely self-produced (keep an ear out for the sound effects created with doorbells, an air fryer, and a hair dryer), absolutely current in its content, definitely original (verging on the absurd), and we find it unquestionably humorous.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as we loved creating it!

]]> Didn’t You Ask for Kids? is a political satirical piece about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, all based on the misunderstanding arising from the fact that the word kids means both children and young goats. The piece starts with a weird phone call in which Epstein is informed that the kids ordered are about to be delivered to his island, “just in time for the party with my friend Donald” 

but when the kids arrive, Epstein is very disappointed, while Trump will still able to find a silver lining.

The Biannual Sonic Dash is always a great opportunity to dive into another of those magic moments of high-pressure creation: you have until Sunday to come up with a two-minute audio addressing the prompt emailed to you on Friday. The catch is that you cannot use any pre-existing material, so you have to compose the music and make up the sound effects (if you use any). The prompt for this latest round was “those meddling kids”, yes, the Scooby-Doo catchphrase. I was lucky to have a small, dedicated team (Roman Lillian Uras-Garvin and Romeo Maria Minutolo), and together we brainstormed, wrote, and produced our piece.

I’d like to share a bit about our process. We agreed that we wanted something original (so we immediately put aside anything related to Scooby-Doo), humorous but also poignant, ideally making a comment on something important.

I think our Didn’t You Ask for Kids? hit the mark. This time, we didn’t make it to the 10 finalists, but we love it as it is: completely self-produced (keep an ear out for the sound effects created with doorbells, an air fryer, and a hair dryer), absolutely current in its content, definitely original (verging on the absurd), and we find it unquestionably humorous.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as we loved creating it!

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:48:04 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 91 Didn’t You Ask for Kids? is a political satirical piece about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, all based on the misunderstanding arising from the fact that the word kids means both children and young goats. The piece starts with a weird phone call in which Epstein is informed that the kids ordered are about to be delivered to his island, “just in time for the party with my friend Donald” 

but when the kids arrive, Epstein is very disappointed, while Trump will still able to find a silver lining.

The Biannual Sonic Dash is always a great opportunity to dive into another of those magic moments of high-pressure creation: you have until Sunday to come up with a two-minute audio addressing the prompt emailed to you on Friday. The catch is that you cannot use any pre-existing material, so you have to compose the music and make up the sound effects (if you use any). The prompt for this latest round was “those meddling kids”, yes, the Scooby-Doo catchphrase. I was lucky to have a small, dedicated team (Roman Lillian Uras-Garvin and Romeo Maria Minutolo), and together we brainstormed, wrote, and produced our piece.

I’d like to share a bit about our process. We agreed that we wanted something original (so we immediately put aside anything related to Scooby-Doo), humorous but also poignant, ideally making a comment on something important.

I think our Didn’t You Ask for Kids? hit the mark. This time, we didn’t make it to the 10 finalists, but we love it as it is: completely self-produced (keep an ear out for the sound effects created with doorbells, an air fryer, and a hair dryer), absolutely current in its content, definitely original (verging on the absurd), and we find it unquestionably humorous.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as we loved creating it!

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No A Polished Tale [All The Best 24h race] 64 64 A Polished Tale [All The Best 24h race] full e02bc11e-463b-4711-bc70-acd5abb6c83c https://share.transistor.fm/s/ea76f016 A woman's perfect new home begins to feel inhabited by presences she can't quite see. In the corner of her eye, they move. When she turns, they vanish. A psychological tale of perception, paranoia, and the fine line between reality and imagination.

This piece is partly autobiographical, and partly an homage to Giorgio Manganelli's masterpiece Centuria - 100 Romanzi Fiume (Centuria: One Hundred Ouroboric Novels), a book consisting of one hundred very short absurd, enigmatic, and dreamlike stories that I read at a very young age and that had a huge impact on my artistic practice.

I created A Polished Tale as part of All The Best Radio's 24h Race, an exciting annual event, a creative challenge that gives producers 24 hours  to conceptualise, record, and produce short stories on a specific theme, this year it was 'mirrored'.

If you have never taken part in a radio race, I encourage you to: it is so much fun, and, at least with All The Best, it is completely free to participate. 

Enjoy the ride!
Reply on Bluesky

]]> A woman's perfect new home begins to feel inhabited by presences she can't quite see. In the corner of her eye, they move. When she turns, they vanish. A psychological tale of perception, paranoia, and the fine line between reality and imagination.

This piece is partly autobiographical, and partly an homage to Giorgio Manganelli's masterpiece Centuria - 100 Romanzi Fiume (Centuria: One Hundred Ouroboric Novels), a book consisting of one hundred very short absurd, enigmatic, and dreamlike stories that I read at a very young age and that had a huge impact on my artistic practice.

I created A Polished Tale as part of All The Best Radio's 24h Race, an exciting annual event, a creative challenge that gives producers 24 hours  to conceptualise, record, and produce short stories on a specific theme, this year it was 'mirrored'.

If you have never taken part in a radio race, I encourage you to: it is so much fun, and, at least with All The Best, it is completely free to participate. 

Enjoy the ride!
Reply on Bluesky

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:31:52 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 568 A woman's perfect new home begins to feel inhabited by presences she can't quite see. In the corner of her eye, they move. When she turns, they vanish. A psychological tale of perception, paranoia, and the fine line between reality and imagination.

This piece is partly autobiographical, and partly an homage to Giorgio Manganelli's masterpiece Centuria - 100 Romanzi Fiume (Centuria: One Hundred Ouroboric Novels), a book consisting of one hundred very short absurd, enigmatic, and dreamlike stories that I read at a very young age and that had a huge impact on my artistic practice.

I created A Polished Tale as part of All The Best Radio's 24h Race, an exciting annual event, a creative challenge that gives producers 24 hours  to conceptualise, record, and produce short stories on a specific theme, this year it was 'mirrored'.

If you have never taken part in a radio race, I encourage you to: it is so much fun, and, at least with All The Best, it is completely free to participate. 

Enjoy the ride!
Reply on Bluesky

]]> psychological tale, short story, haunted house, elusive presences, perception paranoia, reality imagination, mirrored theme, absurd fiction, dreamlike stories, creative writing, radio race, Giorgio Manganelli, Centuria homage, autobiographical fiction, literary challenge No We Won the War Against Poverty! 62 62 We Won the War Against Poverty! full 923834f0-0e42-442b-b646-f190b6db59c1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/10f08fe4 Stuart Fowkes, creator of Cities and Memory, published a call asking artists to re imagine a curated selection of field recordings from 36 countries around the world to develop brand new compositions on the theme of sustainability, equity and well-being in cities. The project launched at the C40 Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2022. I had the honour to be one of those artists.

I started from the idea that the organisation of the city and its meeting spaces have a profound impact on society.

I then collected real and existing examples of hostile architecture, bringing them to the extreme, the worst possible scenario, where no type of aggregation is allowed if not linked to consumption.

No aggregation without consumption!

"The fight against poverty is won by physically eliminating the poor" this the slogan of the time of terror framed, through a narrative device, in the past, a time as different as possible from a much more harmonious and inclusive present.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Voices: Romeo Maria Minutolo, M. Cristina Marras

Check out all tracks included in the album and check also the C40 Summit: Global & Smart Cities Talk that brought together the mayors of global and regional cities, business leaders, philanthropists, campaigners, youth leaders, scientists and residents, to share bold ideas, showcase innovative solutions and stand together to create a sustainable, prosperous and equitable future.

]]> Stuart Fowkes, creator of Cities and Memory, published a call asking artists to re imagine a curated selection of field recordings from 36 countries around the world to develop brand new compositions on the theme of sustainability, equity and well-being in cities. The project launched at the C40 Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2022. I had the honour to be one of those artists.

I started from the idea that the organisation of the city and its meeting spaces have a profound impact on society.

I then collected real and existing examples of hostile architecture, bringing them to the extreme, the worst possible scenario, where no type of aggregation is allowed if not linked to consumption.

No aggregation without consumption!

"The fight against poverty is won by physically eliminating the poor" this the slogan of the time of terror framed, through a narrative device, in the past, a time as different as possible from a much more harmonious and inclusive present.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Voices: Romeo Maria Minutolo, M. Cristina Marras

Check out all tracks included in the album and check also the C40 Summit: Global & Smart Cities Talk that brought together the mayors of global and regional cities, business leaders, philanthropists, campaigners, youth leaders, scientists and residents, to share bold ideas, showcase innovative solutions and stand together to create a sustainable, prosperous and equitable future.

]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:06:32 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 308 Stuart Fowkes, creator of Cities and Memory, published a call asking artists to re imagine a curated selection of field recordings from 36 countries around the world to develop brand new compositions on the theme of sustainability, equity and well-being in cities. The project launched at the C40 Summit in Buenos Aires in October 2022. I had the honour to be one of those artists.

I started from the idea that the organisation of the city and its meeting spaces have a profound impact on society.

I then collected real and existing examples of hostile architecture, bringing them to the extreme, the worst possible scenario, where no type of aggregation is allowed if not linked to consumption.

No aggregation without consumption!

"The fight against poverty is won by physically eliminating the poor" this the slogan of the time of terror framed, through a narrative device, in the past, a time as different as possible from a much more harmonious and inclusive present.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Voices: Romeo Maria Minutolo, M. Cristina Marras

Check out all tracks included in the album and check also the C40 Summit: Global & Smart Cities Talk that brought together the mayors of global and regional cities, business leaders, philanthropists, campaigners, youth leaders, scientists and residents, to share bold ideas, showcase innovative solutions and stand together to create a sustainable, prosperous and equitable future.

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Just before leaving [Cities and Memory] 61 61 Just before leaving [Cities and Memory] full 6bac2ce6-1162-46a3-a41d-fc3d94ee79cd https://share.transistor.fm/s/2f6ef71e A woman writes a message during her daily tram commute to work. Seemingly insignificant details, like selling a table or a couch, hide a deeply personal story about love, and the fragility of the hope for new beginnings. In these small, fleeting moments between home and work, she is rewriting her story, while the ordinary tram ride becomes the extraordinary vessel navigating the delicate space between now and tomorrow.

Just before leaving was created for Cities and Memory's Autumn Project, reimagining the sound of a Melbourne tram.

]]> A woman writes a message during her daily tram commute to work. Seemingly insignificant details, like selling a table or a couch, hide a deeply personal story about love, and the fragility of the hope for new beginnings. In these small, fleeting moments between home and work, she is rewriting her story, while the ordinary tram ride becomes the extraordinary vessel navigating the delicate space between now and tomorrow.

Just before leaving was created for Cities and Memory's Autumn Project, reimagining the sound of a Melbourne tram.

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:48:58 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 251 A woman writes a message during her daily tram commute to work. Seemingly insignificant details, like selling a table or a couch, hide a deeply personal story about love, and the fragility of the hope for new beginnings. In these small, fleeting moments between home and work, she is rewriting her story, while the ordinary tram ride becomes the extraordinary vessel navigating the delicate space between now and tomorrow.

Just before leaving was created for Cities and Memory's Autumn Project, reimagining the sound of a Melbourne tram.

]]> cities and memory, experimental podcast short-form audio audio art, atmospheric storytellinglong, distance relationship, love story, urban memory, sonic documentation, sound landscapes, memory preservation, city soundscape, sonic mapping No A woman in her 30s [Audio Flux 06] 60 60 A woman in her 30s [Audio Flux 06] full 8797d4af-7432-4b77-930e-711b0596a463 https://share.transistor.fm/s/98f215f1 What happens when the characters revolt against the writer? That's what happens in this meta-nightmare, where the protagonist literally calls out from the page to tell off the writer who keeps writing her dead. A piece that answers the question: how many settings and locations can you possibly pack within 3 minutes?

The piece was originally created to address Audio Flux 06's prompt "creative tension." It plays with the idea of using cinematic soundscapes to layer scenery and characters, jumping from one fictional setting to the next while giving us a glimpse of the writer's reality at the same time.

Photo by Sarah Yessenbayeva on Unsplash

]]> What happens when the characters revolt against the writer? That's what happens in this meta-nightmare, where the protagonist literally calls out from the page to tell off the writer who keeps writing her dead. A piece that answers the question: how many settings and locations can you possibly pack within 3 minutes?

The piece was originally created to address Audio Flux 06's prompt "creative tension." It plays with the idea of using cinematic soundscapes to layer scenery and characters, jumping from one fictional setting to the next while giving us a glimpse of the writer's reality at the same time.

Photo by Sarah Yessenbayeva on Unsplash

]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:08:13 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 181 What happens when the characters revolt against the writer? That's what happens in this meta-nightmare, where the protagonist literally calls out from the page to tell off the writer who keeps writing her dead. A piece that answers the question: how many settings and locations can you possibly pack within 3 minutes?

The piece was originally created to address Audio Flux 06's prompt "creative tension." It plays with the idea of using cinematic soundscapes to layer scenery and characters, jumping from one fictional setting to the next while giving us a glimpse of the writer's reality at the same time.

Photo by Sarah Yessenbayeva on Unsplash

]]> ambient storytelling, tension, mystery unfolding, fragmented narrative, episodic scenes, atmospheric soundscape, unresolved conflict, suspenseful mood, emotional unease, dialogue-driven drama, layered storytelling, psychological nuance, narrative interruption, metafiction, storytelling disruption, existential anxiety, auditory fiction, immersive narrative experience No Variations in Memory Flat [THE ECCO] 59 59 Variations in Memory Flat [THE ECCO] full 6260b744-4cb1-42b3-92dd-3296109a055f https://share.transistor.fm/s/5006b198 Variations in Memory Flat [bilingual Italian and English - links to translated videos below], is a quiet reflection on childhood memories, caught in a kitchen between big moments of joy and small, unexpected sadness. 

This is the final outcome of my participation in THE ECCO, unveiled at the ((XMTR)) Festival.

Slippery memory, the theme chosen for THE ECCO’s second cohort, was more than a concept, it was a sensation that speaks to those memories that slip away and hide just as you try to grasp and describe them. 

I tried to translate this fleeting quality into sonic impressions, guided by the fragmented recollections of an ever-unreliable narrator.

This piece represents a pivotal moment in my creative journey: an intimate investigation that wants to open a doorway into what remains with us and what time quietly erases.

The project is shaped by the interplay of languages and memories, softened by the patina of recollection, a gentle coating that sweetens even those moments that, when they occurred in the past, left us grasping for meaning. 

I am profoundly grateful to Jasmin Bauomy, founder of THE ECCO, for giving me the opportunity to be part of this group and for the vision and the guidance that were pivotal in bringing to light what I didn’t even know I needed to express. 

I am grateful to the group of European audio producers of THE ECCO, who have become my friends. We spent some incredible days in our Tuscany retreat, writing, playing, cooking, eating, talking, feeding the fox, crying, and laughing. We shared experiences, doubts, and ideas, forging bonds that are difficult to articulate.

This has been an amazing experience of growth and discovery.

I invite you to listen closely, to immerse yourselves in these fluid, slippery memories, to discover reflections of your own stories within, and to embrace the beautiful ambiguity of what slips through our fingers yet lingers in our minds.

Text, editing and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Jasmin Bauomy
Additional sound engineer: Jesse Lawson

Video with English subtitles
Video with Italian subtitles

]]> Variations in Memory Flat [bilingual Italian and English - links to translated videos below], is a quiet reflection on childhood memories, caught in a kitchen between big moments of joy and small, unexpected sadness. 

This is the final outcome of my participation in THE ECCO, unveiled at the ((XMTR)) Festival.

Slippery memory, the theme chosen for THE ECCO’s second cohort, was more than a concept, it was a sensation that speaks to those memories that slip away and hide just as you try to grasp and describe them. 

I tried to translate this fleeting quality into sonic impressions, guided by the fragmented recollections of an ever-unreliable narrator.

This piece represents a pivotal moment in my creative journey: an intimate investigation that wants to open a doorway into what remains with us and what time quietly erases.

The project is shaped by the interplay of languages and memories, softened by the patina of recollection, a gentle coating that sweetens even those moments that, when they occurred in the past, left us grasping for meaning. 

I am profoundly grateful to Jasmin Bauomy, founder of THE ECCO, for giving me the opportunity to be part of this group and for the vision and the guidance that were pivotal in bringing to light what I didn’t even know I needed to express. 

I am grateful to the group of European audio producers of THE ECCO, who have become my friends. We spent some incredible days in our Tuscany retreat, writing, playing, cooking, eating, talking, feeding the fox, crying, and laughing. We shared experiences, doubts, and ideas, forging bonds that are difficult to articulate.

This has been an amazing experience of growth and discovery.

I invite you to listen closely, to immerse yourselves in these fluid, slippery memories, to discover reflections of your own stories within, and to embrace the beautiful ambiguity of what slips through our fingers yet lingers in our minds.

Text, editing and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Jasmin Bauomy
Additional sound engineer: Jesse Lawson

Video with English subtitles
Video with Italian subtitles

]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 18:34:55 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 430 Variations in Memory Flat [bilingual Italian and English - links to translated videos below], is a quiet reflection on childhood memories, caught in a kitchen between big moments of joy and small, unexpected sadness. 

This is the final outcome of my participation in THE ECCO, unveiled at the ((XMTR)) Festival.

Slippery memory, the theme chosen for THE ECCO’s second cohort, was more than a concept, it was a sensation that speaks to those memories that slip away and hide just as you try to grasp and describe them. 

I tried to translate this fleeting quality into sonic impressions, guided by the fragmented recollections of an ever-unreliable narrator.

This piece represents a pivotal moment in my creative journey: an intimate investigation that wants to open a doorway into what remains with us and what time quietly erases.

The project is shaped by the interplay of languages and memories, softened by the patina of recollection, a gentle coating that sweetens even those moments that, when they occurred in the past, left us grasping for meaning. 

I am profoundly grateful to Jasmin Bauomy, founder of THE ECCO, for giving me the opportunity to be part of this group and for the vision and the guidance that were pivotal in bringing to light what I didn’t even know I needed to express. 

I am grateful to the group of European audio producers of THE ECCO, who have become my friends. We spent some incredible days in our Tuscany retreat, writing, playing, cooking, eating, talking, feeding the fox, crying, and laughing. We shared experiences, doubts, and ideas, forging bonds that are difficult to articulate.

This has been an amazing experience of growth and discovery.

I invite you to listen closely, to immerse yourselves in these fluid, slippery memories, to discover reflections of your own stories within, and to embrace the beautiful ambiguity of what slips through our fingers yet lingers in our minds.

Text, editing and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Jasmin Bauomy
Additional sound engineer: Jesse Lawson

Video with English subtitles
Video with Italian subtitles

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Wo früher die Uhr hing [also in Eng] 58 58 Wo früher die Uhr hing [also in Eng] full 6e0cf37c-51cc-4291-8d8a-a978964a3961 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ae3a90be Was passiert, wenn eine Uhr, die früher an der Wand hing, nicht mehr funktioniert und weggeworfen wird? Und warum fühlen wir uns gezwungen, eine Streichholzschachtel zu schütteln, selbst wenn wir sie nicht benutzen wollen? In diesem Werk finden Sie keine endgültige Antwort auf diese Fragen, aber ich lade dich trotzdem ein, zuzuhören – für eine ruhige Erkundung der beständigen Gewohnheiten unseres Gedächtnisses, dessen, was nach dem Verschwinden von Menschen und Gegenständen aus unserem Leben bleibt, und wie der Klang ihres Lebens lange nach ihrem Verschwinden nachklingt.

Diese Geschichte habe ich für Small Audio Art erstellt, eine von Phoebe McIndoe gegründete Gemeinschaft von Künstlern und Audiomachern, die in einer zerstreuten Welt Zusammengehörigkeit suchen. Das Thema für dieses Audio war "Uhr".

Listen also in English

Bildbearbeitung des Fotos von Abiodun Ageh bei Unsplash

]]> Was passiert, wenn eine Uhr, die früher an der Wand hing, nicht mehr funktioniert und weggeworfen wird? Und warum fühlen wir uns gezwungen, eine Streichholzschachtel zu schütteln, selbst wenn wir sie nicht benutzen wollen? In diesem Werk finden Sie keine endgültige Antwort auf diese Fragen, aber ich lade dich trotzdem ein, zuzuhören – für eine ruhige Erkundung der beständigen Gewohnheiten unseres Gedächtnisses, dessen, was nach dem Verschwinden von Menschen und Gegenständen aus unserem Leben bleibt, und wie der Klang ihres Lebens lange nach ihrem Verschwinden nachklingt.

Diese Geschichte habe ich für Small Audio Art erstellt, eine von Phoebe McIndoe gegründete Gemeinschaft von Künstlern und Audiomachern, die in einer zerstreuten Welt Zusammengehörigkeit suchen. Das Thema für dieses Audio war "Uhr".

Listen also in English

Bildbearbeitung des Fotos von Abiodun Ageh bei Unsplash

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:15:58 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 186 Was passiert, wenn eine Uhr, die früher an der Wand hing, nicht mehr funktioniert und weggeworfen wird? Und warum fühlen wir uns gezwungen, eine Streichholzschachtel zu schütteln, selbst wenn wir sie nicht benutzen wollen? In diesem Werk finden Sie keine endgültige Antwort auf diese Fragen, aber ich lade dich trotzdem ein, zuzuhören – für eine ruhige Erkundung der beständigen Gewohnheiten unseres Gedächtnisses, dessen, was nach dem Verschwinden von Menschen und Gegenständen aus unserem Leben bleibt, und wie der Klang ihres Lebens lange nach ihrem Verschwinden nachklingt.

Diese Geschichte habe ich für Small Audio Art erstellt, eine von Phoebe McIndoe gegründete Gemeinschaft von Künstlern und Audiomachern, die in einer zerstreuten Welt Zusammengehörigkeit suchen. Das Thema für dieses Audio war "Uhr".

Listen also in English

Bildbearbeitung des Fotos von Abiodun Ageh bei Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No A big, beautiful painting [Small Audio Art] 56 56 A big, beautiful painting [Small Audio Art] full c38951cb-d654-40c3-aee7-80246e84f3f6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9585a065 I take you on a journey of creativity, surprises and changes of direction, because this story evolves in ways I didn’t expect. 

I started intending to record an interview with my friend Kathleen McCann, who painted the painting I wanted to talk about for my Small Audio Art project. A friend who lives 10 hours time difference away. 


I end up sharing much more, beyond the messages I sent, the questions I wrote, the quiet rooms I asked for.

The piece becomes a gentle reflection on time, care, and the balance between being present and absent. Hard moments in life quietly emerge, along with the demands on time, and the love that carries through it all.


Join me in this quiet and thoughtful exploration of art, friendship, and the spaces between sound and silence. I hope it stays with you.


The painting that inspired me was created by my good friend of many adventures, artist, activist and overall amazing human being Kathleen McCann.

Small Audio Art is a community brought together by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'painting'.

]]> I take you on a journey of creativity, surprises and changes of direction, because this story evolves in ways I didn’t expect. 

I started intending to record an interview with my friend Kathleen McCann, who painted the painting I wanted to talk about for my Small Audio Art project. A friend who lives 10 hours time difference away. 


I end up sharing much more, beyond the messages I sent, the questions I wrote, the quiet rooms I asked for.

The piece becomes a gentle reflection on time, care, and the balance between being present and absent. Hard moments in life quietly emerge, along with the demands on time, and the love that carries through it all.


Join me in this quiet and thoughtful exploration of art, friendship, and the spaces between sound and silence. I hope it stays with you.


The painting that inspired me was created by my good friend of many adventures, artist, activist and overall amazing human being Kathleen McCann.

Small Audio Art is a community brought together by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'painting'.

]]> Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:22:46 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 341 I take you on a journey of creativity, surprises and changes of direction, because this story evolves in ways I didn’t expect. 

I started intending to record an interview with my friend Kathleen McCann, who painted the painting I wanted to talk about for my Small Audio Art project. A friend who lives 10 hours time difference away. 


I end up sharing much more, beyond the messages I sent, the questions I wrote, the quiet rooms I asked for.

The piece becomes a gentle reflection on time, care, and the balance between being present and absent. Hard moments in life quietly emerge, along with the demands on time, and the love that carries through it all.


Join me in this quiet and thoughtful exploration of art, friendship, and the spaces between sound and silence. I hope it stays with you.


The painting that inspired me was created by my good friend of many adventures, artist, activist and overall amazing human being Kathleen McCann.

Small Audio Art is a community brought together by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'painting'.

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Das Fenster der Schande 55 55 Das Fenster der Schande full 40102387-0fb1-4f10-96f4-4d604c611ab4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bca59a93 Ich erzähle einen kleinen, aber eindringlichen Moment, der mein eigenes Bedauern über meine Reaktion in einem bestimmten Moment unseres kollektiven Lebens widerspiegelt. Eine Reflexion darüber, wie leicht Angst unsere Wahrnehmung verzerren kann und uns vergessen lässt, was wirklich zählt: Mitgefühl und Hoffnung. Diese Arbeit hat den zweiten Preis beim Kurzhörspielwettbewerb der Hörspielwiese Kölln 2025 gewonnen.
"Eine Glanzleistung, die vor allem von der Stimme von M. Cristina Marras lebt."

Diese Arbeit ist eine Adaption und Neuinterpretation eines ursprünglich auf Englisch für Small Audio Art erstellten Audios, das auch von Radiophrenia 2025 veröffentlicht wurde.

]]> Ich erzähle einen kleinen, aber eindringlichen Moment, der mein eigenes Bedauern über meine Reaktion in einem bestimmten Moment unseres kollektiven Lebens widerspiegelt. Eine Reflexion darüber, wie leicht Angst unsere Wahrnehmung verzerren kann und uns vergessen lässt, was wirklich zählt: Mitgefühl und Hoffnung. Diese Arbeit hat den zweiten Preis beim Kurzhörspielwettbewerb der Hörspielwiese Kölln 2025 gewonnen.
"Eine Glanzleistung, die vor allem von der Stimme von M. Cristina Marras lebt."

Diese Arbeit ist eine Adaption und Neuinterpretation eines ursprünglich auf Englisch für Small Audio Art erstellten Audios, das auch von Radiophrenia 2025 veröffentlicht wurde.

]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:19:28 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 351 Ich erzähle einen kleinen, aber eindringlichen Moment, der mein eigenes Bedauern über meine Reaktion in einem bestimmten Moment unseres kollektiven Lebens widerspiegelt. Eine Reflexion darüber, wie leicht Angst unsere Wahrnehmung verzerren kann und uns vergessen lässt, was wirklich zählt: Mitgefühl und Hoffnung. Diese Arbeit hat den zweiten Preis beim Kurzhörspielwettbewerb der Hörspielwiese Kölln 2025 gewonnen.
"Eine Glanzleistung, die vor allem von der Stimme von M. Cristina Marras lebt."

Diese Arbeit ist eine Adaption und Neuinterpretation eines ursprünglich auf Englisch für Small Audio Art erstellten Audios, das auch von Radiophrenia 2025 veröffentlicht wurde.

]]> Corona, Audio immersiv, persönliches Erlebnis, intime Erzählung No Da ist dieser Moment [für Doku Drops] 54 54 Da ist dieser Moment [für Doku Drops] full 0cedd584-9fa7-4b8a-aac5-9d0a54134ac2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ad69512c This is my very first commissioned piece in German, published on Deutschanldfunk Kultur's Doku Drops, a monthly audio magazine curated and moderated by Judith Geffert and Ingo Kottkamp, featuring short documentary pieces.


In my piece, Da ist dieser Moment (There is this moment), I explore that fleeting, endless moment of waiting, the pause between dialling a phone number and hearing the other side pick up.

What seems like nothing on the outside opens up an entire universe of thoughts, feelings, and possibilities on the inside.

Text, sound and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Judith Geffert

Artwork Photo by Adam Hamel on Unsplash

]]> This is my very first commissioned piece in German, published on Deutschanldfunk Kultur's Doku Drops, a monthly audio magazine curated and moderated by Judith Geffert and Ingo Kottkamp, featuring short documentary pieces.


In my piece, Da ist dieser Moment (There is this moment), I explore that fleeting, endless moment of waiting, the pause between dialling a phone number and hearing the other side pick up.

What seems like nothing on the outside opens up an entire universe of thoughts, feelings, and possibilities on the inside.

Text, sound and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Judith Geffert

Artwork Photo by Adam Hamel on Unsplash

]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:36:16 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 264 This is my very first commissioned piece in German, published on Deutschanldfunk Kultur's Doku Drops, a monthly audio magazine curated and moderated by Judith Geffert and Ingo Kottkamp, featuring short documentary pieces.


In my piece, Da ist dieser Moment (There is this moment), I explore that fleeting, endless moment of waiting, the pause between dialling a phone number and hearing the other side pick up.

What seems like nothing on the outside opens up an entire universe of thoughts, feelings, and possibilities on the inside.

Text, sound and voice: M. Cristina Marras
Producer: Judith Geffert

Artwork Photo by Adam Hamel on Unsplash

]]> German, Doku Drops, Deutschalndfunk, doing nothing, telephone, long distance relatoinship No What's happening in Seattle? [Cities and Memory] 57 57 What's happening in Seattle? [Cities and Memory] full 0604520f-d4bd-49bf-b18e-bb3e40505b64 https://share.transistor.fm/s/87e3ced2 A surreal exchange of words by the Aurora Bridge, near the railway. A dialogue between unlikely spies that makes a mockery of spy stories with irony and nonsense.

The scene is set by the historic bridge in Seattle, known for its striking presence over Lake Union. This audio work reimagines the soundscape of the Hannover Hydroelectric Power Plant. It is part of the Cities and Memory project, blending place, story, and sound to invite listeners into a playful world of coded secrets and hidden meanings.

Created for Cities and Memory using the 'Hydroelectric power plant, Hannover' recording by Jurgen Morgenstern-Feise.

Photo by Nationaal Archief on Unsplash

]]> A surreal exchange of words by the Aurora Bridge, near the railway. A dialogue between unlikely spies that makes a mockery of spy stories with irony and nonsense.

The scene is set by the historic bridge in Seattle, known for its striking presence over Lake Union. This audio work reimagines the soundscape of the Hannover Hydroelectric Power Plant. It is part of the Cities and Memory project, blending place, story, and sound to invite listeners into a playful world of coded secrets and hidden meanings.

Created for Cities and Memory using the 'Hydroelectric power plant, Hannover' recording by Jurgen Morgenstern-Feise.

Photo by Nationaal Archief on Unsplash

]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 149 A surreal exchange of words by the Aurora Bridge, near the railway. A dialogue between unlikely spies that makes a mockery of spy stories with irony and nonsense.

The scene is set by the historic bridge in Seattle, known for its striking presence over Lake Union. This audio work reimagines the soundscape of the Hannover Hydroelectric Power Plant. It is part of the Cities and Memory project, blending place, story, and sound to invite listeners into a playful world of coded secrets and hidden meanings.

Created for Cities and Memory using the 'Hydroelectric power plant, Hannover' recording by Jurgen Morgenstern-Feise.

Photo by Nationaal Archief on Unsplash

]]> Cities and Memory No Too much information? [Sonic Dash] 53 53 Too much information? [Sonic Dash] full 74a3f590-f29c-43fd-8ba7-7639df68fd0c https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c95b671 Created in 2 days, just as the rules of Sonic Dash require, without too much fuss, a bit rough and really rushed.

The theme was 'too much information,' to be interpreted freely. My luck is having a lot of interesting and original friends scattered around the world who come to my aid without asking too many questions when I show up again with one of my strange requests.

You might actually recognise some voices (many of them work in the podcast and audio world), but I am not writing their names here. Because  when I asked them to tell me 'too much information,' I also specified that it didn’t necessarily had to be true. In short, don’t form any opinions based solely on what you hear here, I warn you!

I’ve already thanked my friends personally, even those I couldn’t include (there were many friends and only two minutes to fill), but I still like to repeat my thanks here because this really is a wonderful community.

Enjoy the ride! (works best with headphones).

Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash

]]> Created in 2 days, just as the rules of Sonic Dash require, without too much fuss, a bit rough and really rushed.

The theme was 'too much information,' to be interpreted freely. My luck is having a lot of interesting and original friends scattered around the world who come to my aid without asking too many questions when I show up again with one of my strange requests.

You might actually recognise some voices (many of them work in the podcast and audio world), but I am not writing their names here. Because  when I asked them to tell me 'too much information,' I also specified that it didn’t necessarily had to be true. In short, don’t form any opinions based solely on what you hear here, I warn you!

I’ve already thanked my friends personally, even those I couldn’t include (there were many friends and only two minutes to fill), but I still like to repeat my thanks here because this really is a wonderful community.

Enjoy the ride! (works best with headphones).

Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:19:49 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 121 Created in 2 days, just as the rules of Sonic Dash require, without too much fuss, a bit rough and really rushed.

The theme was 'too much information,' to be interpreted freely. My luck is having a lot of interesting and original friends scattered around the world who come to my aid without asking too many questions when I show up again with one of my strange requests.

You might actually recognise some voices (many of them work in the podcast and audio world), but I am not writing their names here. Because  when I asked them to tell me 'too much information,' I also specified that it didn’t necessarily had to be true. In short, don’t form any opinions based solely on what you hear here, I warn you!

I’ve already thanked my friends personally, even those I couldn’t include (there were many friends and only two minutes to fill), but I still like to repeat my thanks here because this really is a wonderful community.

Enjoy the ride! (works best with headphones).

Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Past tense [Audio Flux 05] 52 52 Past tense [Audio Flux 05] full a10635e7-f4c4-4d6e-87b0-014127d5c5d9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/02a8da5b A story of childhood wonder, loss, and the consequences of chasing what we don’t fully understand, a cautionary tale about the stories we inherit, the memories we cling to, and the dangers of tampering with time-real or imagined.

Photo by Egor Litvinov on Unsplash

]]> A story of childhood wonder, loss, and the consequences of chasing what we don’t fully understand, a cautionary tale about the stories we inherit, the memories we cling to, and the dangers of tampering with time-real or imagined.

Photo by Egor Litvinov on Unsplash

]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:31:51 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 181 A story of childhood wonder, loss, and the consequences of chasing what we don’t fully understand, a cautionary tale about the stories we inherit, the memories we cling to, and the dangers of tampering with time-real or imagined.

Photo by Egor Litvinov on Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No The space where the clock used to be [Small Audio Art] 51 51 The space where the clock used to be [Small Audio Art] full d39b58a6-dbaf-4fea-a43d-88a830eb0f92 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b56016e4 What happens when a clock that used to hang at the wall stops working, and is thrown away? And why do we feel compelled to shake a matchbox, even if we do not intend to use it? In this work you will not find a definitive answer to these questions, but I invite you to listen nonetheless, for a quiet exploration of the persistent habits of our memory, of what remains after people and objects disappear from our life, how the sound of their lives lingers long after they are gone.

I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'clock'.

[Höre auch auf Deutsch]

Image reworking of Photo by Abiodun Ageh on Unsplash

]]> What happens when a clock that used to hang at the wall stops working, and is thrown away? And why do we feel compelled to shake a matchbox, even if we do not intend to use it? In this work you will not find a definitive answer to these questions, but I invite you to listen nonetheless, for a quiet exploration of the persistent habits of our memory, of what remains after people and objects disappear from our life, how the sound of their lives lingers long after they are gone.

I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'clock'.

[Höre auch auf Deutsch]

Image reworking of Photo by Abiodun Ageh on Unsplash

]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2025 19:27:29 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 181 What happens when a clock that used to hang at the wall stops working, and is thrown away? And why do we feel compelled to shake a matchbox, even if we do not intend to use it? In this work you will not find a definitive answer to these questions, but I invite you to listen nonetheless, for a quiet exploration of the persistent habits of our memory, of what remains after people and objects disappear from our life, how the sound of their lives lingers long after they are gone.

I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world. The prompt for this audio was 'clock'.

[Höre auch auf Deutsch]

Image reworking of Photo by Abiodun Ageh on Unsplash

]]> nostalgia, childhood, memories, sound rich, engaging, Small Audio Art, Phoebe McIndoe, audio community No Unwanted intimacy [featured at Radiophrenia 2025] 49 49 Unwanted intimacy [featured at Radiophrenia 2025] full 842ed4d5-b65e-4e8f-9606-24b144c5b906 https://share.transistor.fm/s/27d2c719 A haunting monologue, a power struggle between two vastly different entities. 

The speaker (a woman trapped in a toxic relationship?) reveals pain and vulnerability, shattered by constant attacks. But amidst the despair, a chilling undercurrent of defiance emerges. The speaker unveils a disturbing truth: a force to be reckoned with, a presence that has infiltrated their tormentor's very being.

As the monologue progresses, the listener's perspective shifts, drawn in by the speaker's menacing words and the hint of a power far beyond their initial fragility. 

The final revelation questions the true nature of the dominance and the unsettling reality that unfolds.

]]> A haunting monologue, a power struggle between two vastly different entities. 

The speaker (a woman trapped in a toxic relationship?) reveals pain and vulnerability, shattered by constant attacks. But amidst the despair, a chilling undercurrent of defiance emerges. The speaker unveils a disturbing truth: a force to be reckoned with, a presence that has infiltrated their tormentor's very being.

As the monologue progresses, the listener's perspective shifts, drawn in by the speaker's menacing words and the hint of a power far beyond their initial fragility. 

The final revelation questions the true nature of the dominance and the unsettling reality that unfolds.

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 19:12:59 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 208 A haunting monologue, a power struggle between two vastly different entities. 

The speaker (a woman trapped in a toxic relationship?) reveals pain and vulnerability, shattered by constant attacks. But amidst the despair, a chilling undercurrent of defiance emerges. The speaker unveils a disturbing truth: a force to be reckoned with, a presence that has infiltrated their tormentor's very being.

As the monologue progresses, the listener's perspective shifts, drawn in by the speaker's menacing words and the hint of a power far beyond their initial fragility. 

The final revelation questions the true nature of the dominance and the unsettling reality that unfolds.

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Instructions for a safe crossing [Cities and Memory] 48 48 Instructions for a safe crossing [Cities and Memory] full fb78a4ba-7688-461e-9c38-4a14b48e25e8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5ab64c2f The narrative explores the complex emotions of returning to your homeland to see, possibly for the last time, an ageing parent. 

The salty air, the rocking of the ferry, all becomes sensory details that evoke the physical experience of the journey. Yet, beneath the surface lies a deeper turmoil, a haunting question about goodbyes and the fragility of life.

]]> The narrative explores the complex emotions of returning to your homeland to see, possibly for the last time, an ageing parent. 

The salty air, the rocking of the ferry, all becomes sensory details that evoke the physical experience of the journey. Yet, beneath the surface lies a deeper turmoil, a haunting question about goodbyes and the fragility of life.

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 19:07:56 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 133 The narrative explores the complex emotions of returning to your homeland to see, possibly for the last time, an ageing parent. 

The salty air, the rocking of the ferry, all becomes sensory details that evoke the physical experience of the journey. Yet, beneath the surface lies a deeper turmoil, a haunting question about goodbyes and the fragility of life.

]]> cities and memory, home, family, journy, return No A step by step guide to wooden spoon carving [Small Audio Art] 47 47 A step by step guide to wooden spoon carving [Small Audio Art] full f756423c-2f50-4e97-a4b7-83a042fe0ffc https://share.transistor.fm/s/af865107 Shortlisted UK Radiodrama Festival 2026


More of a borderline stream-of-consciousness than a tutorial!

It's called a step-by-step guide, and it promises to teach you how to carve a wooden spoon, but despite its promising beginning, the piece soon becomes something completely different, as the advice turns into personal anecdotes and unexpected digressions that touch on paranoia (and maybe even murderous thoughts). 

If you are someone who wants to learn how to carve a wooden spoon, this guide will leave you disappointed. But if you are after a quirky, personal essay that is strangely compelling and, at the same time, totally unhelpful, then this might be for you.


If you're looking for a practical tutorial, look elsewhere.


I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world.

This audio creation starts from the prompt 'wooden spoon'.

]]> Shortlisted UK Radiodrama Festival 2026


More of a borderline stream-of-consciousness than a tutorial!

It's called a step-by-step guide, and it promises to teach you how to carve a wooden spoon, but despite its promising beginning, the piece soon becomes something completely different, as the advice turns into personal anecdotes and unexpected digressions that touch on paranoia (and maybe even murderous thoughts). 

If you are someone who wants to learn how to carve a wooden spoon, this guide will leave you disappointed. But if you are after a quirky, personal essay that is strangely compelling and, at the same time, totally unhelpful, then this might be for you.


If you're looking for a practical tutorial, look elsewhere.


I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world.

This audio creation starts from the prompt 'wooden spoon'.

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 19:03:01 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 381 Shortlisted UK Radiodrama Festival 2026


More of a borderline stream-of-consciousness than a tutorial!

It's called a step-by-step guide, and it promises to teach you how to carve a wooden spoon, but despite its promising beginning, the piece soon becomes something completely different, as the advice turns into personal anecdotes and unexpected digressions that touch on paranoia (and maybe even murderous thoughts). 

If you are someone who wants to learn how to carve a wooden spoon, this guide will leave you disappointed. But if you are after a quirky, personal essay that is strangely compelling and, at the same time, totally unhelpful, then this might be for you.


If you're looking for a practical tutorial, look elsewhere.


I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers looking for togetherness in a scattered world.

This audio creation starts from the prompt 'wooden spoon'.

]]> Small Audio Art, how-to-guide, serial killer, unhelpful, strange No Night radio 46 46 Night radio full dfb2c478-cbf5-40b8-83f6-500262102709 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e8db578f Night Radio was one of my first podcasts. Unfortunately it required the voice talent of a young girl and of a mature man with a deep voice, and I had no one to ask.

But I was really keen on telling the story: a young, impressionable girl who spent her sleepless nights listening to a mature man who covered the graveyard shift on the local radio, philosophising about the world with his beautiful, deep voice, a voice that in the darkness, evoked incredible worlds and strong feelings in the girl's mind.


The year was 2013, I lived in Melbourne, and I was still trying to find my community of podcasters. The only place where I felt at home was  SoundCloud, which, back then, was a cool boutique platform based in Berlin (oh! how have things changed since!), and that's where I reached out.


Actually, it was the other way around: one morning I woke up to find that the views on my SoundCloud channel had skyrocketed (several thousand compared to the usual few dozen): I had been named Soundclouder of the Day. That's how I started exchanging messages with SoundCloud's extraordinaire community leader, Luke Leighfield, and with his help, I put out a call to audition for the two voices I needed to tell my story.


I remember very well the euphoria of listening to the voices of the dozens of people who auditioned, and I must say that when I heard the voices of Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven, I immediately knew that they were perfect for what I had in mind.

Those were pretty anything-goes times for podcasts, and in fact, I decided to use Stairway to Heaven at the beginning of my piece—which was the theme song of the night program that I had fallen madly in love with as a girl (it won't surprise anyone to know that the story is autobiographical).

Listening to Night Radio again lately, I thought that it was too good to stay private, so I replaced the initial music (with something legit) but left everything else as it was: raw, unpolished (I created it using Audacity, go figure!), naive, and yet, thanks to the fantastic interpretations of Bailey and Darren, it retains its nocturnal magic.

Dedicated to all those who have fallen in love with a voice on the radio.


(If anyone is curious to know what happened with my radio crush, I can only say that it had quite a different ending. Write me in private if you want the details).



Voices: Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven
Words & Production: M. Cristina Marras
Photo by Chandan Chaurasia on Unsplash

]]> Night Radio was one of my first podcasts. Unfortunately it required the voice talent of a young girl and of a mature man with a deep voice, and I had no one to ask.

But I was really keen on telling the story: a young, impressionable girl who spent her sleepless nights listening to a mature man who covered the graveyard shift on the local radio, philosophising about the world with his beautiful, deep voice, a voice that in the darkness, evoked incredible worlds and strong feelings in the girl's mind.


The year was 2013, I lived in Melbourne, and I was still trying to find my community of podcasters. The only place where I felt at home was  SoundCloud, which, back then, was a cool boutique platform based in Berlin (oh! how have things changed since!), and that's where I reached out.


Actually, it was the other way around: one morning I woke up to find that the views on my SoundCloud channel had skyrocketed (several thousand compared to the usual few dozen): I had been named Soundclouder of the Day. That's how I started exchanging messages with SoundCloud's extraordinaire community leader, Luke Leighfield, and with his help, I put out a call to audition for the two voices I needed to tell my story.


I remember very well the euphoria of listening to the voices of the dozens of people who auditioned, and I must say that when I heard the voices of Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven, I immediately knew that they were perfect for what I had in mind.

Those were pretty anything-goes times for podcasts, and in fact, I decided to use Stairway to Heaven at the beginning of my piece—which was the theme song of the night program that I had fallen madly in love with as a girl (it won't surprise anyone to know that the story is autobiographical).

Listening to Night Radio again lately, I thought that it was too good to stay private, so I replaced the initial music (with something legit) but left everything else as it was: raw, unpolished (I created it using Audacity, go figure!), naive, and yet, thanks to the fantastic interpretations of Bailey and Darren, it retains its nocturnal magic.

Dedicated to all those who have fallen in love with a voice on the radio.


(If anyone is curious to know what happened with my radio crush, I can only say that it had quite a different ending. Write me in private if you want the details).



Voices: Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven
Words & Production: M. Cristina Marras
Photo by Chandan Chaurasia on Unsplash

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 18:48:28 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 265 Night Radio was one of my first podcasts. Unfortunately it required the voice talent of a young girl and of a mature man with a deep voice, and I had no one to ask.

But I was really keen on telling the story: a young, impressionable girl who spent her sleepless nights listening to a mature man who covered the graveyard shift on the local radio, philosophising about the world with his beautiful, deep voice, a voice that in the darkness, evoked incredible worlds and strong feelings in the girl's mind.


The year was 2013, I lived in Melbourne, and I was still trying to find my community of podcasters. The only place where I felt at home was  SoundCloud, which, back then, was a cool boutique platform based in Berlin (oh! how have things changed since!), and that's where I reached out.


Actually, it was the other way around: one morning I woke up to find that the views on my SoundCloud channel had skyrocketed (several thousand compared to the usual few dozen): I had been named Soundclouder of the Day. That's how I started exchanging messages with SoundCloud's extraordinaire community leader, Luke Leighfield, and with his help, I put out a call to audition for the two voices I needed to tell my story.


I remember very well the euphoria of listening to the voices of the dozens of people who auditioned, and I must say that when I heard the voices of Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven, I immediately knew that they were perfect for what I had in mind.

Those were pretty anything-goes times for podcasts, and in fact, I decided to use Stairway to Heaven at the beginning of my piece—which was the theme song of the night program that I had fallen madly in love with as a girl (it won't surprise anyone to know that the story is autobiographical).

Listening to Night Radio again lately, I thought that it was too good to stay private, so I replaced the initial music (with something legit) but left everything else as it was: raw, unpolished (I created it using Audacity, go figure!), naive, and yet, thanks to the fantastic interpretations of Bailey and Darren, it retains its nocturnal magic.

Dedicated to all those who have fallen in love with a voice on the radio.


(If anyone is curious to know what happened with my radio crush, I can only say that it had quite a different ending. Write me in private if you want the details).



Voices: Bailey Castle and Darren Kleven
Words & Production: M. Cristina Marras
Photo by Chandan Chaurasia on Unsplash

]]> early work, auditioned voice talents, Bailey Castle, Darren Kleven, Luke Leighfield No You've got to be kidding me! [Sonic Dash 2025 finalist] 45 45 You've got to be kidding me! [Sonic Dash 2025 finalist] full ea355774-8a78-4e88-a4ae-d1c6dc04b184 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9033b6d8 A comedic game show called You've Got to Be Kidding Me tests contestants' knowledge of a dystopian society's new constitution and the decrees of their Glorious Supreme President.

When I created this for the Silver Sound Biannual Sonic Dash competition in January 2025, it sounded like something fun and out of this world. 

By May 2025, in the US, they are talking about having people compete for a green card by taking part in a quiz show. Yes, it is depressing. And no, if someone had asked me, I would have chosen a different audio creation to be transformed into reality.

Anyway, the piece was created from scratch within 48 hours in response to a prompt emailed to participants on Friday, January 3rd, 2025. 

All sounds and music in the audio drama were created by me and the rest of my family (my son Romeo and my husband Gianfranco) without any external support or pre-existing materials. None of us can compose music-the theme song is simply us singing. 


One funny bit trivia: all finalists met for a collective listening session on January 6th (does this date ring a bell?), and my entry was the only one dealing with contemporary politics and also the only one from Italy (that I know of).


Written and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Voices: Romeo M. Minutolo (the amazing Quiz Master); Gianfranco Bitti (the lucky Giuseppe); M. Cristina Marras (the wise but not so good after all Maria).


Image Freepik www.freepik.com

]]> A comedic game show called You've Got to Be Kidding Me tests contestants' knowledge of a dystopian society's new constitution and the decrees of their Glorious Supreme President.

When I created this for the Silver Sound Biannual Sonic Dash competition in January 2025, it sounded like something fun and out of this world. 

By May 2025, in the US, they are talking about having people compete for a green card by taking part in a quiz show. Yes, it is depressing. And no, if someone had asked me, I would have chosen a different audio creation to be transformed into reality.

Anyway, the piece was created from scratch within 48 hours in response to a prompt emailed to participants on Friday, January 3rd, 2025. 

All sounds and music in the audio drama were created by me and the rest of my family (my son Romeo and my husband Gianfranco) without any external support or pre-existing materials. None of us can compose music-the theme song is simply us singing. 


One funny bit trivia: all finalists met for a collective listening session on January 6th (does this date ring a bell?), and my entry was the only one dealing with contemporary politics and also the only one from Italy (that I know of).


Written and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Voices: Romeo M. Minutolo (the amazing Quiz Master); Gianfranco Bitti (the lucky Giuseppe); M. Cristina Marras (the wise but not so good after all Maria).


Image Freepik www.freepik.com

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 18:18:05 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 121 A comedic game show called You've Got to Be Kidding Me tests contestants' knowledge of a dystopian society's new constitution and the decrees of their Glorious Supreme President.

When I created this for the Silver Sound Biannual Sonic Dash competition in January 2025, it sounded like something fun and out of this world. 

By May 2025, in the US, they are talking about having people compete for a green card by taking part in a quiz show. Yes, it is depressing. And no, if someone had asked me, I would have chosen a different audio creation to be transformed into reality.

Anyway, the piece was created from scratch within 48 hours in response to a prompt emailed to participants on Friday, January 3rd, 2025. 

All sounds and music in the audio drama were created by me and the rest of my family (my son Romeo and my husband Gianfranco) without any external support or pre-existing materials. None of us can compose music-the theme song is simply us singing. 


One funny bit trivia: all finalists met for a collective listening session on January 6th (does this date ring a bell?), and my entry was the only one dealing with contemporary politics and also the only one from Italy (that I know of).


Written and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Voices: Romeo M. Minutolo (the amazing Quiz Master); Gianfranco Bitti (the lucky Giuseppe); M. Cristina Marras (the wise but not so good after all Maria).


Image Freepik www.freepik.com

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Beneath the surface [All The Best Radio 24h audio race] 44 44 Beneath the surface [All The Best Radio 24h audio race] full 25230d1c-3f4b-4c6c-8baa-c73621409f88 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e1aaaec2 This is one of the stories created for All The Best Radio's 24 hour radio challenge, in which producers were tasked with creating audio stories from scratch in a day. I participated from Sardinia (Italy) with a story starting with a recurring dream.

Here you can listen to all the entries.
Photo by Quinn Korsune on Unsplash
[29/11/2024]

]]> This is one of the stories created for All The Best Radio's 24 hour radio challenge, in which producers were tasked with creating audio stories from scratch in a day. I participated from Sardinia (Italy) with a story starting with a recurring dream.

Here you can listen to all the entries.
Photo by Quinn Korsune on Unsplash
[29/11/2024]

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 18:00:47 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 291 This is one of the stories created for All The Best Radio's 24 hour radio challenge, in which producers were tasked with creating audio stories from scratch in a day. I participated from Sardinia (Italy) with a story starting with a recurring dream.

Here you can listen to all the entries.
Photo by Quinn Korsune on Unsplash
[29/11/2024]

]]> 24h challenge, race, fast audio, dreams, distopian, post-apocalyptic, future, bleak No Window of contempt [Small Audio Art] 43 43 Window of contempt [Small Audio Art] full c3d39a37-17f2-410e-9006-1585bfeed0c6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/12f0f9bd I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers "looking for togetherness in a scattered world". The prompt was 'window'.
I recount a small but poignant moment that reflects my own regret over the way I reacted in a specific moment of our collective lives. A reflection on how easily fear can distort one's perception, making us forget what really matters: compassion and hope.

Small Audio Art
Featured on RADIOPHRENIA  2025

Release date:

29 November 2024

]]> I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers "looking for togetherness in a scattered world". The prompt was 'window'.
I recount a small but poignant moment that reflects my own regret over the way I reacted in a specific moment of our collective lives. A reflection on how easily fear can distort one's perception, making us forget what really matters: compassion and hope.

Small Audio Art
Featured on RADIOPHRENIA  2025

Release date:

29 November 2024

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 17:48:06 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 330 I created this story for Small Audio Art, a community created by Phoebe McIndoe with artists and audio makers "looking for togetherness in a scattered world". The prompt was 'window'.
I recount a small but poignant moment that reflects my own regret over the way I reacted in a specific moment of our collective lives. A reflection on how easily fear can distort one's perception, making us forget what really matters: compassion and hope.

Small Audio Art
Featured on RADIOPHRENIA  2025

Release date:

29 November 2024

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No I am the first [Audio Flux 04 finalist] 42 42 I am the first [Audio Flux 04 finalist] full 3637d34e-64fc-4712-b435-211fc0560868 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7a849b3d This piece was one of the 15 finalists in Audio Flux Circuit 04. The prompt asked for a three-minute piece that referenced an object related to a first and included the sound of time passing (but not a clock).

I decided to tell about the day I did something that no one in my family had ever done before me. I'd rather not tell you what so as not to spoil the narration. Featuring: strong sense of atmosphere, moods shift, and anticipation and a study on class, family, and the weight of expectation.
Here more about Audio Flux.
[10/11/2024]

]]> This piece was one of the 15 finalists in Audio Flux Circuit 04. The prompt asked for a three-minute piece that referenced an object related to a first and included the sound of time passing (but not a clock).

I decided to tell about the day I did something that no one in my family had ever done before me. I'd rather not tell you what so as not to spoil the narration. Featuring: strong sense of atmosphere, moods shift, and anticipation and a study on class, family, and the weight of expectation.
Here more about Audio Flux.
[10/11/2024]

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 17:37:50 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 181 This piece was one of the 15 finalists in Audio Flux Circuit 04. The prompt asked for a three-minute piece that referenced an object related to a first and included the sound of time passing (but not a clock).

I decided to tell about the day I did something that no one in my family had ever done before me. I'd rather not tell you what so as not to spoil the narration. Featuring: strong sense of atmosphere, moods shift, and anticipation and a study on class, family, and the weight of expectation.
Here more about Audio Flux.
[10/11/2024]

]]> Audio Flux, university degree, first in my family, childhood memories No Front door [Small Audio Art] 41 41 Front door [Small Audio Art] full bb8f8549-1cc7-47bd-a01a-85d5edace8db https://share.transistor.fm/s/2ba319bf The prompt was 'door'.

Created for Phoebe McIndoe's Small Audio Art project "Exploring identity and belonging through the objects that make up a home. Join us every other month for community & creative prompts." 


Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash

[09/07/2024]

]]> The prompt was 'door'.

Created for Phoebe McIndoe's Small Audio Art project "Exploring identity and belonging through the objects that make up a home. Join us every other month for community & creative prompts." 


Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash

[09/07/2024]

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 17:20:29 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 158 The prompt was 'door'.

Created for Phoebe McIndoe's Small Audio Art project "Exploring identity and belonging through the objects that make up a home. Join us every other month for community & creative prompts." 


Photo by Elimende Inagella on Unsplash

[09/07/2024]

]]> Small audio art, prompted audio, childhood memories No Are you there? [Sonic Dash 2024] 40 40 Are you there? [Sonic Dash 2024] full e6dcfe28-fa57-4d54-b02d-bffcb7dae8b9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/50031ac9 Some things are lost over and over and then are found again and again.

But then there are also other things.


By Maria Cristina Marras for Sonic Dash June 2024 

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour audio storytelling competition held each winter and summer. With participating audio-makers from around the world, entrants must craft a completely original, from-scratch audio piece within two days of being emailed a prompt (no archival material or pre-existing music allowed!). 

Voices: M. Cristina Marras and Romeo M. Minutolo
Music: Romeo M. Minutolo
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
[25/06/2024]

]]> Some things are lost over and over and then are found again and again.

But then there are also other things.


By Maria Cristina Marras for Sonic Dash June 2024 

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour audio storytelling competition held each winter and summer. With participating audio-makers from around the world, entrants must craft a completely original, from-scratch audio piece within two days of being emailed a prompt (no archival material or pre-existing music allowed!). 

Voices: M. Cristina Marras and Romeo M. Minutolo
Music: Romeo M. Minutolo
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
[25/06/2024]

]]> Sun, 25 May 2025 16:43:38 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 121 Some things are lost over and over and then are found again and again.

But then there are also other things.


By Maria Cristina Marras for Sonic Dash June 2024 

The Sonic Dash is a 48-hour audio storytelling competition held each winter and summer. With participating audio-makers from around the world, entrants must craft a completely original, from-scratch audio piece within two days of being emailed a prompt (no archival material or pre-existing music allowed!). 

Voices: M. Cristina Marras and Romeo M. Minutolo
Music: Romeo M. Minutolo
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
[25/06/2024]

]]> Sonic Dash, competition, 48h competition, mother and son, imaginary friend, childhood, nostalgia No Announcement [60 Sec Radio] 39 39 Announcement [60 Sec Radio] full 62080438-44cf-49cb-888e-20fdfa4c30b0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0ba0428d Forget your morning latte, folks, because the city's daily dose of WTF is already brewing! Today's public service announcements veer into the delightfully deranged, leaving us scratching our heads and wondering what exactly they're putting in the water cooler at City Hall.
Whether a deliberate artistic experiment or a product of a malfunctioning system remains a source of speculation. However, its impact on its audience is undeniable. By embracing the absurd, the Announcement has sparked conversations about the nature of language, the power of communication, and the subjective construction of reality. In doing so, it transcends the realm of mere entertainment and enters the space of artistic commentary, prompting reflection on the world we inhabit and the ways in which we interpret it.
[22/06/2024]

Photo by Vasi on Unsplash

]]> Forget your morning latte, folks, because the city's daily dose of WTF is already brewing! Today's public service announcements veer into the delightfully deranged, leaving us scratching our heads and wondering what exactly they're putting in the water cooler at City Hall.
Whether a deliberate artistic experiment or a product of a malfunctioning system remains a source of speculation. However, its impact on its audience is undeniable. By embracing the absurd, the Announcement has sparked conversations about the nature of language, the power of communication, and the subjective construction of reality. In doing so, it transcends the realm of mere entertainment and enters the space of artistic commentary, prompting reflection on the world we inhabit and the ways in which we interpret it.
[22/06/2024]

Photo by Vasi on Unsplash

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 19:37:40 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 61 Forget your morning latte, folks, because the city's daily dose of WTF is already brewing! Today's public service announcements veer into the delightfully deranged, leaving us scratching our heads and wondering what exactly they're putting in the water cooler at City Hall.
Whether a deliberate artistic experiment or a product of a malfunctioning system remains a source of speculation. However, its impact on its audience is undeniable. By embracing the absurd, the Announcement has sparked conversations about the nature of language, the power of communication, and the subjective construction of reality. In doing so, it transcends the realm of mere entertainment and enters the space of artistic commentary, prompting reflection on the world we inhabit and the ways in which we interpret it.
[22/06/2024]

Photo by Vasi on Unsplash

]]> 60 sec radio, strange, weird, city hall, dogs, very random stuff, morning latte No Now She Lives In A Flat [Audio Flux] 38 38 Now She Lives In A Flat [Audio Flux] full ab54f879-334a-411b-ac10-b5a8c1e0d96c https://share.transistor.fm/s/2f3cc892 A longing house cat dreams of returning to her old home with a garden, a lost paradise of sunlit playful hunts.
In the picture is my beloved Ombra, whom I did not have the heart of forcing to endure a flight that would have lasted several days, followed by a month quarantine inside a cage. 
Ombra now plays happy in a beautiful Northcote garden with her friend Tuppy the Puddle. 


Created for Audio Flux Circuit 03 Pet Sounds.
[09/06/2024]

]]> A longing house cat dreams of returning to her old home with a garden, a lost paradise of sunlit playful hunts.
In the picture is my beloved Ombra, whom I did not have the heart of forcing to endure a flight that would have lasted several days, followed by a month quarantine inside a cage. 
Ombra now plays happy in a beautiful Northcote garden with her friend Tuppy the Puddle. 


Created for Audio Flux Circuit 03 Pet Sounds.
[09/06/2024]

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 19:22:14 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 181 A longing house cat dreams of returning to her old home with a garden, a lost paradise of sunlit playful hunts.
In the picture is my beloved Ombra, whom I did not have the heart of forcing to endure a flight that would have lasted several days, followed by a month quarantine inside a cage. 
Ombra now plays happy in a beautiful Northcote garden with her friend Tuppy the Puddle. 


Created for Audio Flux Circuit 03 Pet Sounds.
[09/06/2024]

]]> Audio Flux, cat, loneliness, urban living, house cats, nostalgia, solitude No Now and tomorrow 37 37 Now and tomorrow full d5563c9a-caac-4523-99b4-7cbac695a033 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bff5be29 A sonic reflection on the monotony of our daily routines.
With a touch of irony and a hint of existential angst, I present the symphony of mundane sounds that mark the passing of our days, a never-ending loop of bodily functions and technological hums.
This is our absurd, repetitive existence.
Photo by bady abbas on Unsplash
[15/10/2023]

]]> A sonic reflection on the monotony of our daily routines.
With a touch of irony and a hint of existential angst, I present the symphony of mundane sounds that mark the passing of our days, a never-ending loop of bodily functions and technological hums.
This is our absurd, repetitive existence.
Photo by bady abbas on Unsplash
[15/10/2023]

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 19:19:04 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 83 A sonic reflection on the monotony of our daily routines.
With a touch of irony and a hint of existential angst, I present the symphony of mundane sounds that mark the passing of our days, a never-ending loop of bodily functions and technological hums.
This is our absurd, repetitive existence.
Photo by bady abbas on Unsplash
[15/10/2023]

]]> repetition, bodily functions, noise, daily routine No Sound(s) Matter(s) [Cities and Memory] 36 36 Sound(s) Matter(s) [Cities and Memory] full 529c8104-6b18-4f97-a456-473e87bda19b https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4227040 This piece is a reflection on the concept of space as sound. Space understood not as a visual concept, but as an auditory one, as the connective tissue between all of the objects in the world, carried to the perimeter and to the center. A voluminous environment that emerges from an exquisite global polyphony. 
This piece was inspired by Mathias Hinke's lesson 'Demonstrations and fun cultures' which explores the role of sound in specific non-musical social settings and practices.

Manchester political rally reimagined by M.Cristina Marras.
credits from Sounds of the Year 2023, released December 14, 2023

citiesandmemory.bandcamp.com/track/soun…er-england

]]> This piece is a reflection on the concept of space as sound. Space understood not as a visual concept, but as an auditory one, as the connective tissue between all of the objects in the world, carried to the perimeter and to the center. A voluminous environment that emerges from an exquisite global polyphony. 
This piece was inspired by Mathias Hinke's lesson 'Demonstrations and fun cultures' which explores the role of sound in specific non-musical social settings and practices.

Manchester political rally reimagined by M.Cristina Marras.
credits from Sounds of the Year 2023, released December 14, 2023

citiesandmemory.bandcamp.com/track/soun…er-england

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 19:07:51 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 149 This piece is a reflection on the concept of space as sound. Space understood not as a visual concept, but as an auditory one, as the connective tissue between all of the objects in the world, carried to the perimeter and to the center. A voluminous environment that emerges from an exquisite global polyphony. 
This piece was inspired by Mathias Hinke's lesson 'Demonstrations and fun cultures' which explores the role of sound in specific non-musical social settings and practices.

Manchester political rally reimagined by M.Cristina Marras.
credits from Sounds of the Year 2023, released December 14, 2023

citiesandmemory.bandcamp.com/track/soun…er-england

]]> Cities and memory, power of sound, political sound, rally No Hold Your Breath ________(60" of silence) 35 35 Hold Your Breath ________(60" of silence) full 0bfc6561-8561-45a3-a624-beb402b243dc https://share.transistor.fm/s/17af135a Audio Club is a place to meet, workshop and develop ideas through monthly audio challenges. This intriguing experiment launched by All The Best Radio, kicked off with the first challenge: create 5-7 minute pieces about anything and everything in the whole entire world.

The catch? The piece had to incorporate 60 seconds of absolute, pin-drop silence. 

This is how I tackled the challenge, remembering the women and men who fought and sacrificed for the elimination of the fascist regime. Forever against fascism and fascists.

Audio Club
All The Best Radio (my third place in me second home)
[13/03/2024]

]]> Audio Club is a place to meet, workshop and develop ideas through monthly audio challenges. This intriguing experiment launched by All The Best Radio, kicked off with the first challenge: create 5-7 minute pieces about anything and everything in the whole entire world.

The catch? The piece had to incorporate 60 seconds of absolute, pin-drop silence. 

This is how I tackled the challenge, remembering the women and men who fought and sacrificed for the elimination of the fascist regime. Forever against fascism and fascists.

Audio Club
All The Best Radio (my third place in me second home)
[13/03/2024]

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 16:00:48 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 299 Audio Club is a place to meet, workshop and develop ideas through monthly audio challenges. This intriguing experiment launched by All The Best Radio, kicked off with the first challenge: create 5-7 minute pieces about anything and everything in the whole entire world.

The catch? The piece had to incorporate 60 seconds of absolute, pin-drop silence. 

This is how I tackled the challenge, remembering the women and men who fought and sacrificed for the elimination of the fascist regime. Forever against fascism and fascists.

Audio Club
All The Best Radio (my third place in me second home)
[13/03/2024]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Every library in my life (welcome to my circus) 34 34 Every library in my life (welcome to my circus) full 2907e3ee-3af2-4d67-8efd-dbe039945954 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6907a383 A swirl of sounds and sensations, listening to this piece is like entering a circus. Still, instead of clowns and illusionists, you'll find: libraries, librarians mistreating innocent children, thunders, revenge, dark nights, betrayal, tax fraud (just a little bit), more thunders, Berlin in the '80s, translations, revenge, triumph, cautionary tales. 

Disclaimer: no books were harmed while making this piece.


Awarded Transom's Small, Random, Meaningful.


Special Mention at the Australian Black Snapper International Film Festival (Audio section).


"Delicious and bittersweet treat to enjoy with headphones."
Orecchiabile, 17 July 2024

]]> A swirl of sounds and sensations, listening to this piece is like entering a circus. Still, instead of clowns and illusionists, you'll find: libraries, librarians mistreating innocent children, thunders, revenge, dark nights, betrayal, tax fraud (just a little bit), more thunders, Berlin in the '80s, translations, revenge, triumph, cautionary tales. 

Disclaimer: no books were harmed while making this piece.


Awarded Transom's Small, Random, Meaningful.


Special Mention at the Australian Black Snapper International Film Festival (Audio section).


"Delicious and bittersweet treat to enjoy with headphones."
Orecchiabile, 17 July 2024

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 09:21:51 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 789 A swirl of sounds and sensations, listening to this piece is like entering a circus. Still, instead of clowns and illusionists, you'll find: libraries, librarians mistreating innocent children, thunders, revenge, dark nights, betrayal, tax fraud (just a little bit), more thunders, Berlin in the '80s, translations, revenge, triumph, cautionary tales. 

Disclaimer: no books were harmed while making this piece.


Awarded Transom's Small, Random, Meaningful.


Special Mention at the Australian Black Snapper International Film Festival (Audio section).


"Delicious and bittersweet treat to enjoy with headphones."
Orecchiabile, 17 July 2024

]]> revenge podcast, childhood memories, No My non arrival 33 33 My non arrival full fb5e5eb6-e429-437a-909a-9b9ec18303f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/87d9bed2 Winner Audionomia's best mini-headphone & Hörspielsommer Kurzhörspielwettbewerbs.


Set in one of my favourite non-places, the arrivals at a railway platform, and inspired by Wisława Szymborska's poem "Dworzec" (The Railroad Station), My non arrival is an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

In My non arrival the estrangement between the protagonist and the voice of the announcer becomes an evocative thread that weaves through the narrative.

As listeners immerse in the soundscape of a bustling train station, a poignant sense of distance unfolds, born from the announcer addressing the protagonist directly. Each announcement becomes a reminder of her yearning for connection, the anticipation of her beloved's arrival, and the profound vulnerability that accompanies unmet expectations.

As the train approaches, the estrangement deepens, as the protagonist stands on the precipice of hope and despair.

The announcer's instructions on how to approach the carriage, the gentle warning to ignore the embraces of strangers, and the delicate reminder to carefully search for her love within the crowd emphasise the weight of her solitude.

The departure of the train, coupled with the announcer's matter-of-fact declarations, reverberates with the ache of unfulfilled longing.

The protagonist finds herself at the crossroads of acceptance and heartache, where the pain of non-arrival meets the poetry of possibilities.

With this audio piece, I hope to draw the listener into an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

The estrangement produced by the voice of the announcer, speaking directly to the protagonist, reflects the universal experience of seeking intimacy amidst a world that may, at times, feel distant and elusive.

]]> Winner Audionomia's best mini-headphone & Hörspielsommer Kurzhörspielwettbewerbs.


Set in one of my favourite non-places, the arrivals at a railway platform, and inspired by Wisława Szymborska's poem "Dworzec" (The Railroad Station), My non arrival is an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

In My non arrival the estrangement between the protagonist and the voice of the announcer becomes an evocative thread that weaves through the narrative.

As listeners immerse in the soundscape of a bustling train station, a poignant sense of distance unfolds, born from the announcer addressing the protagonist directly. Each announcement becomes a reminder of her yearning for connection, the anticipation of her beloved's arrival, and the profound vulnerability that accompanies unmet expectations.

As the train approaches, the estrangement deepens, as the protagonist stands on the precipice of hope and despair.

The announcer's instructions on how to approach the carriage, the gentle warning to ignore the embraces of strangers, and the delicate reminder to carefully search for her love within the crowd emphasise the weight of her solitude.

The departure of the train, coupled with the announcer's matter-of-fact declarations, reverberates with the ache of unfulfilled longing.

The protagonist finds herself at the crossroads of acceptance and heartache, where the pain of non-arrival meets the poetry of possibilities.

With this audio piece, I hope to draw the listener into an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

The estrangement produced by the voice of the announcer, speaking directly to the protagonist, reflects the universal experience of seeking intimacy amidst a world that may, at times, feel distant and elusive.

]]> Sat, 24 May 2025 08:30:43 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 260 Winner Audionomia's best mini-headphone & Hörspielsommer Kurzhörspielwettbewerbs.


Set in one of my favourite non-places, the arrivals at a railway platform, and inspired by Wisława Szymborska's poem "Dworzec" (The Railroad Station), My non arrival is an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

In My non arrival the estrangement between the protagonist and the voice of the announcer becomes an evocative thread that weaves through the narrative.

As listeners immerse in the soundscape of a bustling train station, a poignant sense of distance unfolds, born from the announcer addressing the protagonist directly. Each announcement becomes a reminder of her yearning for connection, the anticipation of her beloved's arrival, and the profound vulnerability that accompanies unmet expectations.

As the train approaches, the estrangement deepens, as the protagonist stands on the precipice of hope and despair.

The announcer's instructions on how to approach the carriage, the gentle warning to ignore the embraces of strangers, and the delicate reminder to carefully search for her love within the crowd emphasise the weight of her solitude.

The departure of the train, coupled with the announcer's matter-of-fact declarations, reverberates with the ache of unfulfilled longing.

The protagonist finds herself at the crossroads of acceptance and heartache, where the pain of non-arrival meets the poetry of possibilities.

With this audio piece, I hope to draw the listener into an emotional journey that explores the intricacies of human connection and the bittersweet dance of hope and detachment.

The estrangement produced by the voice of the announcer, speaking directly to the protagonist, reflects the universal experience of seeking intimacy amidst a world that may, at times, feel distant and elusive.

]]> audionomia, Wisława Szymborska, poetry, liminal place, train station, waiting No Gigi Riva and I 32 32 Gigi Riva and I full 0e563697-dde1-473f-8ebc-779bb5ca98dd https://share.transistor.fm/s/f6d2b508 This is a story about Gigi Riva, the legendary Italian soccer player who "led the modest team of Cagliari to win the Serie A championship in the 1969-70 season." 

While it portrays Riva as more than a player—a demigod whose name is whispered with reverence and his deeds immortalised—it’s ultimately a tale of childhood, wonder, memories, and a touch of mischievous revenge. 

Without giving too much away (there is a twist!), this 12-minute story will surprise and enchant, offering an unexpected journey through hero worship, nostalgia, and the magic of storytelling.

Production, editing and sound design M. Cristina Marras

]]> This is a story about Gigi Riva, the legendary Italian soccer player who "led the modest team of Cagliari to win the Serie A championship in the 1969-70 season." 

While it portrays Riva as more than a player—a demigod whose name is whispered with reverence and his deeds immortalised—it’s ultimately a tale of childhood, wonder, memories, and a touch of mischievous revenge. 

Without giving too much away (there is a twist!), this 12-minute story will surprise and enchant, offering an unexpected journey through hero worship, nostalgia, and the magic of storytelling.

Production, editing and sound design M. Cristina Marras

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 16:16:58 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 721 This is a story about Gigi Riva, the legendary Italian soccer player who "led the modest team of Cagliari to win the Serie A championship in the 1969-70 season." 

While it portrays Riva as more than a player—a demigod whose name is whispered with reverence and his deeds immortalised—it’s ultimately a tale of childhood, wonder, memories, and a touch of mischievous revenge. 

Without giving too much away (there is a twist!), this 12-minute story will surprise and enchant, offering an unexpected journey through hero worship, nostalgia, and the magic of storytelling.

Production, editing and sound design M. Cristina Marras

]]> Gigi Riva, soccer, Serie A, football, Cagliari Calcio, scudetto 1969-70, capocannoniere No The Bride in the Wind (La Sposa Nel Vento) - voxpop at Seattle Social Film Festival 31 31 The Bride in the Wind (La Sposa Nel Vento) - voxpop at Seattle Social Film Festival full 154951ba-2ea9-4445-8c06-3ffc1f48db24 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a3ffa8b4 La Sposa nel Vento premiered at the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival in front of a stunned and engaged audience, receiving high praise from viewers for its powerful and emotional depiction of the topic of gender violence against women.

Directed by Giovanni Coda, the film combines stunning dance moves with graphic and tragic stories to create a work of art that is both beautiful and impactful.

The film tackles the sensitive topic of domestic violence and its effects on women, their families, and future generations. It highlights the fact that patriarchal systems harm not just women but everyone, and it drives home the point that gender-based violence is an issue that affects us all.


Viewers were moved by the film's innovative approach to storytelling, which blends different art forms such as dance, voice-over, and powerful imagery. They were also touched by Giovanni's bravery in tackling such an important issue, and many felt that his unique perspective made the film even more impactful.


This are the voices of the viewers that I collected immediately after the Seattle premier.


PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M.Cristina Marras

]]> La Sposa nel Vento premiered at the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival in front of a stunned and engaged audience, receiving high praise from viewers for its powerful and emotional depiction of the topic of gender violence against women.

Directed by Giovanni Coda, the film combines stunning dance moves with graphic and tragic stories to create a work of art that is both beautiful and impactful.

The film tackles the sensitive topic of domestic violence and its effects on women, their families, and future generations. It highlights the fact that patriarchal systems harm not just women but everyone, and it drives home the point that gender-based violence is an issue that affects us all.


Viewers were moved by the film's innovative approach to storytelling, which blends different art forms such as dance, voice-over, and powerful imagery. They were also touched by Giovanni's bravery in tackling such an important issue, and many felt that his unique perspective made the film even more impactful.


This are the voices of the viewers that I collected immediately after the Seattle premier.


PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M.Cristina Marras

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:55:22 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 252 La Sposa nel Vento premiered at the Seattle Social Justice Film Festival in front of a stunned and engaged audience, receiving high praise from viewers for its powerful and emotional depiction of the topic of gender violence against women.

Directed by Giovanni Coda, the film combines stunning dance moves with graphic and tragic stories to create a work of art that is both beautiful and impactful.

The film tackles the sensitive topic of domestic violence and its effects on women, their families, and future generations. It highlights the fact that patriarchal systems harm not just women but everyone, and it drives home the point that gender-based violence is an issue that affects us all.


Viewers were moved by the film's innovative approach to storytelling, which blends different art forms such as dance, voice-over, and powerful imagery. They were also touched by Giovanni's bravery in tackling such an important issue, and many felt that his unique perspective made the film even more impactful.


This are the voices of the viewers that I collected immediately after the Seattle premier.


PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M.Cristina Marras

]]> Seattle Social Justice Film Festival, Jo Coda, Film, gender-based violence No Sardinia, which is like nowhere 30 30 Sardinia, which is like nowhere full 7d14c1a2-73ae-49e2-b575-bb04dc345285 https://share.transistor.fm/s/97cf36e3 A tale of cultural neocolonialism. This podcast is inspired by my personal experience, as someone who grew up in Sardinia surrounded by stories and boasts about the journey of the famous English writer D.H. Lawrence, and his wife Frida through Sardinia.

Lawrence visited Sardinia in 1921, after becoming bored with rainy Sicily. He spent just over a week there, during which time he wrote a book in which he described the island and its people.

I find Lawrence's portrayal of Sardinia and its inhabitants myopic and insensitive, as he was unable and unwilling to understand or engage with anything that was different from the reality he was familiar with.

Despite these criticisms, I embarked on a journey to retrace Lawrence's footsteps through Sardinia, exploring the breath-taking landscape of vineyards, pioneers, and love for the soil. Along the way, I encounter winemaker Stefano Soi, who demonstrates an awe-inspiring dedication to the land and an ability to embrace old traditions while planning and creating a sustainable future.

VOICES: Cristina Marras (Narrator; Reader from “The Little Prince”) and Stefano Soi (as himself); passages from D.H. Lawrence’s book “Sea and Sardinia” read by Romeo M. Minutolo
PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M. Cristina Marras

]]> A tale of cultural neocolonialism. This podcast is inspired by my personal experience, as someone who grew up in Sardinia surrounded by stories and boasts about the journey of the famous English writer D.H. Lawrence, and his wife Frida through Sardinia.

Lawrence visited Sardinia in 1921, after becoming bored with rainy Sicily. He spent just over a week there, during which time he wrote a book in which he described the island and its people.

I find Lawrence's portrayal of Sardinia and its inhabitants myopic and insensitive, as he was unable and unwilling to understand or engage with anything that was different from the reality he was familiar with.

Despite these criticisms, I embarked on a journey to retrace Lawrence's footsteps through Sardinia, exploring the breath-taking landscape of vineyards, pioneers, and love for the soil. Along the way, I encounter winemaker Stefano Soi, who demonstrates an awe-inspiring dedication to the land and an ability to embrace old traditions while planning and creating a sustainable future.

VOICES: Cristina Marras (Narrator; Reader from “The Little Prince”) and Stefano Soi (as himself); passages from D.H. Lawrence’s book “Sea and Sardinia” read by Romeo M. Minutolo
PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M. Cristina Marras

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:47:32 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 600 A tale of cultural neocolonialism. This podcast is inspired by my personal experience, as someone who grew up in Sardinia surrounded by stories and boasts about the journey of the famous English writer D.H. Lawrence, and his wife Frida through Sardinia.

Lawrence visited Sardinia in 1921, after becoming bored with rainy Sicily. He spent just over a week there, during which time he wrote a book in which he described the island and its people.

I find Lawrence's portrayal of Sardinia and its inhabitants myopic and insensitive, as he was unable and unwilling to understand or engage with anything that was different from the reality he was familiar with.

Despite these criticisms, I embarked on a journey to retrace Lawrence's footsteps through Sardinia, exploring the breath-taking landscape of vineyards, pioneers, and love for the soil. Along the way, I encounter winemaker Stefano Soi, who demonstrates an awe-inspiring dedication to the land and an ability to embrace old traditions while planning and creating a sustainable future.

VOICES: Cristina Marras (Narrator; Reader from “The Little Prince”) and Stefano Soi (as himself); passages from D.H. Lawrence’s book “Sea and Sardinia” read by Romeo M. Minutolo
PRODUCTION, EDITING & SOUND DESIGN M. Cristina Marras

]]> Sardinia, neo-colonialism, D.H. Lawrence, wineyard, Stefano Soi, Sardinian wine No Pot, as a sexy instruction manual 29 29 Pot, as a sexy instruction manual full 3f10b032-7897-4925-9a3e-c7678fdc79fd https://share.transistor.fm/s/92b2e2b1 Instructions on how to prepare a clay pot, before using it to cook, presented with a sexy voice.

This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> Instructions on how to prepare a clay pot, before using it to cook, presented with a sexy voice.

This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:35:50 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 121 Instructions on how to prepare a clay pot, before using it to cook, presented with a sexy voice.

This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> in the dark course No Pot, to the tune of a song 28 28 Pot, to the tune of a song full adf06888-0e09-45c5-bb33-b0ef6f6f33a7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b3b6459 This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This time I looked for actual instructions (on how to prepare a clay pot to be used) presented the same material to the tune of a song. Let's see whether you recognise which one.

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This time I looked for actual instructions (on how to prepare a clay pot to be used) presented the same material to the tune of a song. Let's see whether you recognise which one.

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:31:00 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 155 This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This time I looked for actual instructions (on how to prepare a clay pot to be used) presented the same material to the tune of a song. Let's see whether you recognise which one.

Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Pot, a collage experiment 27 27 Pot, a collage experiment full b6cd38ef-5926-4118-bd6a-f3cdde392962 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe16b3b3 This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This piece consists of found sounds mixed up with my original piece. Enjoy!


Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This piece consists of found sounds mixed up with my original piece. Enjoy!


Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:25:26 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 208 This is part of an exploration on voice that I created as assignment for the 'In the dark' course (a course that I highly recommend, presented by the fabulous Nina Garthwaite).

This piece consists of found sounds mixed up with my original piece. Enjoy!


Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> in the dark, audio course, experiment No Pot of good and evil - experiment 26 26 Pot of good and evil - experiment full 9f0c1b10-24ce-4c8a-9882-489a199b1de0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/63c08613 An audio experiment created while attending Nina Garthwaite's amazing In the dark audio course.
Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> An audio experiment created while attending Nina Garthwaite's amazing In the dark audio course.
Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> Fri, 23 May 2025 15:17:40 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 201 An audio experiment created while attending Nina Garthwaite's amazing In the dark audio course.
Photo by Alfonso Escu on Unsplash

]]> audio experiment, in the dark audio course No Killing creativity 25 25 Killing creativity full 2edb87e3-2099-49f8-9ea7-518f7caeb897 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d771d768 What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 15:51:58 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 218 What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> audio playgound No Robert H. Lawrence Jr. trailblazing astronaut 24 24 Robert H. Lawrence Jr. trailblazing astronaut full 83e058eb-6a43-4c54-adf8-fdbb49a067b4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/317b5621 Created for Cities and Memory's Shortwave project, this piece starts from the real shortwave audio from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to tell the real story of Robert H. Lawrence Jr., a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut.

"Shortwave radio is one of the most fascinating sonic worlds – capturing vital moments in world history as well as the thrill of pirate radio, clandestine radio stations, secretive number stations, military and spy radio. All of humanity is truly out there to be listened to at the turn of a dial – and it’s been remixed and reimagined in the Shortwave Transmissions project."

Shortwave is a project by Cities and Memory citiesandmemory.com/shortwave/

The image is by artist Tavares Strachan. I Belong Here (White), 2012

Voice Romeo M. Minutolo
Production, editing & sound design M.Cristina Marras
[03/10/2021]

]]> Created for Cities and Memory's Shortwave project, this piece starts from the real shortwave audio from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to tell the real story of Robert H. Lawrence Jr., a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut.

"Shortwave radio is one of the most fascinating sonic worlds – capturing vital moments in world history as well as the thrill of pirate radio, clandestine radio stations, secretive number stations, military and spy radio. All of humanity is truly out there to be listened to at the turn of a dial – and it’s been remixed and reimagined in the Shortwave Transmissions project."

Shortwave is a project by Cities and Memory citiesandmemory.com/shortwave/

The image is by artist Tavares Strachan. I Belong Here (White), 2012

Voice Romeo M. Minutolo
Production, editing & sound design M.Cristina Marras
[03/10/2021]

]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 18:43:25 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 251 Created for Cities and Memory's Shortwave project, this piece starts from the real shortwave audio from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster to tell the real story of Robert H. Lawrence Jr., a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut.

"Shortwave radio is one of the most fascinating sonic worlds – capturing vital moments in world history as well as the thrill of pirate radio, clandestine radio stations, secretive number stations, military and spy radio. All of humanity is truly out there to be listened to at the turn of a dial – and it’s been remixed and reimagined in the Shortwave Transmissions project."

Shortwave is a project by Cities and Memory citiesandmemory.com/shortwave/

The image is by artist Tavares Strachan. I Belong Here (White), 2012

Voice Romeo M. Minutolo
Production, editing & sound design M.Cristina Marras
[03/10/2021]

]]> Space Shuttle Challenger, Robert H. Lawrence Jr., first African American astronaut, Cities and memory No The smell of naphtha 23 23 The smell of naphtha full d2bce270-bf6f-4de1-9ffa-564558c016e9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed5c12b2 I venture with my namesake Cristina Marras along the Mining Trail of St Barbara, across the Sulcis mining area of Sardinia, gruelling isolated goat trails swept by the ubiquitous mistral wind, but also breath-taking glimpses of views and beaches with water so crystalline that it always reminds me of stained-glass windows in churches. And suddenly the smell of naphtha, motor oil, takes me back to my childhood.

See some of the pictures taken during the trip.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo by Giampiero Pinna
Voices: M.Cristina Marras, Cristina Marras, Romeo Minutolo, the cloistered nuns of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Good Path.

Thank you Cristina for being such a great adventure companion.
Thank you Giampiero Pinna and thank you to the Fondazione Cammino Minerario di Santa Barbara for your support.

I invite you all to take a look at the Cammino. It's great beyond what I'll be ever able to convey.

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]]> I venture with my namesake Cristina Marras along the Mining Trail of St Barbara, across the Sulcis mining area of Sardinia, gruelling isolated goat trails swept by the ubiquitous mistral wind, but also breath-taking glimpses of views and beaches with water so crystalline that it always reminds me of stained-glass windows in churches. And suddenly the smell of naphtha, motor oil, takes me back to my childhood.

See some of the pictures taken during the trip.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo by Giampiero Pinna
Voices: M.Cristina Marras, Cristina Marras, Romeo Minutolo, the cloistered nuns of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Good Path.

Thank you Cristina for being such a great adventure companion.
Thank you Giampiero Pinna and thank you to the Fondazione Cammino Minerario di Santa Barbara for your support.

I invite you all to take a look at the Cammino. It's great beyond what I'll be ever able to convey.

[18/01/2022]

]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 18:24:17 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 1058 I venture with my namesake Cristina Marras along the Mining Trail of St Barbara, across the Sulcis mining area of Sardinia, gruelling isolated goat trails swept by the ubiquitous mistral wind, but also breath-taking glimpses of views and beaches with water so crystalline that it always reminds me of stained-glass windows in churches. And suddenly the smell of naphtha, motor oil, takes me back to my childhood.

See some of the pictures taken during the trip.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo by Giampiero Pinna
Voices: M.Cristina Marras, Cristina Marras, Romeo Minutolo, the cloistered nuns of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Good Path.

Thank you Cristina for being such a great adventure companion.
Thank you Giampiero Pinna and thank you to the Fondazione Cammino Minerario di Santa Barbara for your support.

I invite you all to take a look at the Cammino. It's great beyond what I'll be ever able to convey.

[18/01/2022]

]]> Cammino di Santa Barbara, Sulcis Iglesiente, mining, Sardinia, childhood memories No Exploration on darkness #4 (Viviana) 22 22 Exploration on darkness #4 (Viviana) full d284811f-9827-4451-834c-7390a702c35c https://share.transistor.fm/s/54f7cd70 Meet Viviana: be it between the doors of a garage or enticing others to play along (and breathing and touching), her darkness is always a celebration of life, friendship and love. Some people have an intrinsic luminosity that transpires even when they are immersed in the deepest darkness.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo Viviana Staiano

This is part of my explorations on darkness. See also Exploration on darkness #1 (games we play in the dark), Exploration on darkness #2 (why is dark-ness), Exploration on darkness #3 (among friends)


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]]> Meet Viviana: be it between the doors of a garage or enticing others to play along (and breathing and touching), her darkness is always a celebration of life, friendship and love. Some people have an intrinsic luminosity that transpires even when they are immersed in the deepest darkness.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo Viviana Staiano

This is part of my explorations on darkness. See also Exploration on darkness #1 (games we play in the dark), Exploration on darkness #2 (why is dark-ness), Exploration on darkness #3 (among friends)


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]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 18:12:13 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 467 Meet Viviana: be it between the doors of a garage or enticing others to play along (and breathing and touching), her darkness is always a celebration of life, friendship and love. Some people have an intrinsic luminosity that transpires even when they are immersed in the deepest darkness.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras
Music Epidemic Sound
Photo Viviana Staiano

This is part of my explorations on darkness. See also Exploration on darkness #1 (games we play in the dark), Exploration on darkness #2 (why is dark-ness), Exploration on darkness #3 (among friends)


[13/10/2021]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Exploration on darkness #3 (among friends) 21 21 Exploration on darkness #3 (among friends) full 91c0e2ff-c635-40b6-bac0-0cffab4b06f7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/acb726f8 There is no generic description that captures the essence of darkness. And this is what makes darkness so compelling.

Thank you to all the friends who have generously shared with me their thoughts. You are my inspiration. Thank you.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Featuring (in alphabetical order):
Hala Abdelnour, Christian Astourian, Fabio Bruno, Essan Dileri, Samantha Easton-Cavanagh, Brett Ellenport, Daniele Ferlito, Magica Fossati, James Jackson, Kenton Miller, Nicola Morelli, Peter ‘Chook’ O’Rourke, James Panichi, Maurizio Pascucci, Samuel Sakama, Andi Snelling, Cate Taylor, Chloé Thibaux, Claudia van Vliet, Frankie van Vliet, Michael van Vliet, Tony Yap.

Photo by Matthias Müllner on Unsplash
Music Epidemic Sound

This is part #3 of my explorations on darkness. See also EXPLORATION #1 (games we play in the dark) and 

EXPLORATION #2 (why is dark-ness).

[23/09/2021]

]]> There is no generic description that captures the essence of darkness. And this is what makes darkness so compelling.

Thank you to all the friends who have generously shared with me their thoughts. You are my inspiration. Thank you.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Featuring (in alphabetical order):
Hala Abdelnour, Christian Astourian, Fabio Bruno, Essan Dileri, Samantha Easton-Cavanagh, Brett Ellenport, Daniele Ferlito, Magica Fossati, James Jackson, Kenton Miller, Nicola Morelli, Peter ‘Chook’ O’Rourke, James Panichi, Maurizio Pascucci, Samuel Sakama, Andi Snelling, Cate Taylor, Chloé Thibaux, Claudia van Vliet, Frankie van Vliet, Michael van Vliet, Tony Yap.

Photo by Matthias Müllner on Unsplash
Music Epidemic Sound

This is part #3 of my explorations on darkness. See also EXPLORATION #1 (games we play in the dark) and 

EXPLORATION #2 (why is dark-ness).

[23/09/2021]

]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 18:04:37 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 529 There is no generic description that captures the essence of darkness. And this is what makes darkness so compelling.

Thank you to all the friends who have generously shared with me their thoughts. You are my inspiration. Thank you.

Written, edited and produced by M. Cristina Marras

Featuring (in alphabetical order):
Hala Abdelnour, Christian Astourian, Fabio Bruno, Essan Dileri, Samantha Easton-Cavanagh, Brett Ellenport, Daniele Ferlito, Magica Fossati, James Jackson, Kenton Miller, Nicola Morelli, Peter ‘Chook’ O’Rourke, James Panichi, Maurizio Pascucci, Samuel Sakama, Andi Snelling, Cate Taylor, Chloé Thibaux, Claudia van Vliet, Frankie van Vliet, Michael van Vliet, Tony Yap.

Photo by Matthias Müllner on Unsplash
Music Epidemic Sound

This is part #3 of my explorations on darkness. See also EXPLORATION #1 (games we play in the dark) and 

EXPLORATION #2 (why is dark-ness).

[23/09/2021]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Sound of empty [for Cities and Memory] 20 20 Sound of empty [for Cities and Memory] full 4d36ba10-0ee4-4078-b5a7-f3706eccc08f https://share.transistor.fm/s/ec18cceb My take on Piazza San Marco's soundscape. A narrative interpretation inspired by the memory of a trip that I took to Venice many years ago with my Australian boyfriend who didn't manage to captured with his toy camera the beauty of a deserted Piazza San Marco. My last trip to Venice resulted in a surreal feeling as I found myself alone in the square.
[11/09/2021] 

Created for Cities and Memories



]]> My take on Piazza San Marco's soundscape. A narrative interpretation inspired by the memory of a trip that I took to Venice many years ago with my Australian boyfriend who didn't manage to captured with his toy camera the beauty of a deserted Piazza San Marco. My last trip to Venice resulted in a surreal feeling as I found myself alone in the square.
[11/09/2021] 

Created for Cities and Memories



]]> Tue, 20 May 2025 17:34:54 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 297 My take on Piazza San Marco's soundscape. A narrative interpretation inspired by the memory of a trip that I took to Venice many years ago with my Australian boyfriend who didn't manage to captured with his toy camera the beauty of a deserted Piazza San Marco. My last trip to Venice resulted in a surreal feeling as I found myself alone in the square.
[11/09/2021] 

Created for Cities and Memories



]]> Diana toy camera, Andree, Australian friend, Venice, Piazza San Marco, Cities and Memory, COVID No Exploration on darkness #2 (why is darkness) 19 19 Exploration on darkness #2 (why is darkness) full c160a300-7e1b-4e97-af8f-128ebe14f460 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a5295ee0 There are many questions related to darkness, so many that it is difficult choosing where to start from.

Darkness is an overused metaphor to describe negative feelings. We need to remember that, like all metaphors, it is just an image.

This is part of my explorations on darkness. Its reality is rich in meanings and suggestions. Here I explore some of them.

Words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Voice Romeo M. Minutolo

[12/08/2021]

]]> There are many questions related to darkness, so many that it is difficult choosing where to start from.

Darkness is an overused metaphor to describe negative feelings. We need to remember that, like all metaphors, it is just an image.

This is part of my explorations on darkness. Its reality is rich in meanings and suggestions. Here I explore some of them.

Words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Voice Romeo M. Minutolo

[12/08/2021]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 19:55:28 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 218 There are many questions related to darkness, so many that it is difficult choosing where to start from.

Darkness is an overused metaphor to describe negative feelings. We need to remember that, like all metaphors, it is just an image.

This is part of my explorations on darkness. Its reality is rich in meanings and suggestions. Here I explore some of them.

Words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Voice Romeo M. Minutolo

[12/08/2021]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Podcast for commute (in times of no commuting) 18 18 Podcast for commute (in times of no commuting) full ee359f28-6c21-49a3-b6b3-d599f95bbb6f https://share.transistor.fm/s/076ec9cb Always a pleasure playing at Sarag Geis' Audio Playground. This is my take on Assignment#16: "Make a podcast for your current commute" compiled while Italy was in total lockdown because of COVID.
Photo by Benoit Roy on Unsplash

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]]> Always a pleasure playing at Sarag Geis' Audio Playground. This is my take on Assignment#16: "Make a podcast for your current commute" compiled while Italy was in total lockdown because of COVID.
Photo by Benoit Roy on Unsplash

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]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 19:22:18 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 150 Always a pleasure playing at Sarag Geis' Audio Playground. This is my take on Assignment#16: "Make a podcast for your current commute" compiled while Italy was in total lockdown because of COVID.
Photo by Benoit Roy on Unsplash

[02/10/2020]

]]> soundscape, No A fish tale 17 17 A fish tale full 42b66f5a-1c53-4858-963b-7a553cb85143 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d09a5765 A tale of killer fish, a killer lion, an expensive camera (that I hoped was going to save someone's life), a mysterious video animation and dreams so vivid that you have to get dressed and go out (and even then you think that going out could be itself part of the scary dream).

And then lockdowns, fears, water, fish tanks, memories and why I avoid thinking of interesting things before falling asleep.

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

[01/10/2020]

]]> A tale of killer fish, a killer lion, an expensive camera (that I hoped was going to save someone's life), a mysterious video animation and dreams so vivid that you have to get dressed and go out (and even then you think that going out could be itself part of the scary dream).

And then lockdowns, fears, water, fish tanks, memories and why I avoid thinking of interesting things before falling asleep.

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

[01/10/2020]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 18:47:45 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 926 A tale of killer fish, a killer lion, an expensive camera (that I hoped was going to save someone's life), a mysterious video animation and dreams so vivid that you have to get dressed and go out (and even then you think that going out could be itself part of the scary dream).

And then lockdowns, fears, water, fish tanks, memories and why I avoid thinking of interesting things before falling asleep.

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

[01/10/2020]

]]> All The Best Radio, nightmares, childhood memories, dreams, strange animations No Consider the lobster 16 16 Consider the lobster full 56e24275-8389-45e8-bb75-bd2b160b8f19 https://share.transistor.fm/s/24fdb716 Inspired by David Foster Wallace's essay of the same title, created for Radiotonic (ABC Radio National) and produced by Jesse Cox. 

Fascinated by lobsters, I take on a journey that starts from the stalls of Melbourne busy Victoria Market and takes me straight into an adventure that includes Sardinian wisdom, lobster police, a protective German shepherd, Jean Paul Sartre, the B-52’s and religious enlightenment.


No lobster was harmed in the making of this program.


Writer: Cristina Marras
 Sound Engineer: Mark Don
 Producer: Jesse Cox


Here the link to the original broadcast - Consider the lobster (Radiotonic | ABC Radio National, 13 Nov 2015)
Radiotonic was the best thing that could happen to sound. 

]]> Inspired by David Foster Wallace's essay of the same title, created for Radiotonic (ABC Radio National) and produced by Jesse Cox. 

Fascinated by lobsters, I take on a journey that starts from the stalls of Melbourne busy Victoria Market and takes me straight into an adventure that includes Sardinian wisdom, lobster police, a protective German shepherd, Jean Paul Sartre, the B-52’s and religious enlightenment.


No lobster was harmed in the making of this program.


Writer: Cristina Marras
 Sound Engineer: Mark Don
 Producer: Jesse Cox


Here the link to the original broadcast - Consider the lobster (Radiotonic | ABC Radio National, 13 Nov 2015)
Radiotonic was the best thing that could happen to sound. 

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 18:18:06 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 295 Inspired by David Foster Wallace's essay of the same title, created for Radiotonic (ABC Radio National) and produced by Jesse Cox. 

Fascinated by lobsters, I take on a journey that starts from the stalls of Melbourne busy Victoria Market and takes me straight into an adventure that includes Sardinian wisdom, lobster police, a protective German shepherd, Jean Paul Sartre, the B-52’s and religious enlightenment.


No lobster was harmed in the making of this program.


Writer: Cristina Marras
 Sound Engineer: Mark Don
 Producer: Jesse Cox


Here the link to the original broadcast - Consider the lobster (Radiotonic | ABC Radio National, 13 Nov 2015)
Radiotonic was the best thing that could happen to sound. 

]]> lobsters, No I am a podcaster 15 15 I am a podcaster full f7e52319-6c32-442d-be80-95761cb984a9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0ff3a1a ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022 

Imagine being unable to speak your native language, and that your choice is between using whatever language you were taught as a kid or to use English, if you want to be heard. Welcome to my world! Fluent in three languages but unable to communicate with my illiterate grandmother, who only spoke Sardinian, I found myself mourning the loss of culture and familial connection this bizarre situation brought.

This piece was part of #AllTheBest programming allthebestradio.com/featured/459-lost-connections/


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
[30/03/2021]

]]> ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022 

Imagine being unable to speak your native language, and that your choice is between using whatever language you were taught as a kid or to use English, if you want to be heard. Welcome to my world! Fluent in three languages but unable to communicate with my illiterate grandmother, who only spoke Sardinian, I found myself mourning the loss of culture and familial connection this bizarre situation brought.

This piece was part of #AllTheBest programming allthebestradio.com/featured/459-lost-connections/


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
[30/03/2021]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 15:04:02 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 541 ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022 

Imagine being unable to speak your native language, and that your choice is between using whatever language you were taught as a kid or to use English, if you want to be heard. Welcome to my world! Fluent in three languages but unable to communicate with my illiterate grandmother, who only spoke Sardinian, I found myself mourning the loss of culture and familial connection this bizarre situation brought.

This piece was part of #AllTheBest programming allthebestradio.com/featured/459-lost-connections/


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
[30/03/2021]

]]> All The Best Radio, On Air Official Select No I don't want any dice 14 14 I don't want any dice full 76b6471c-e8e6-4cc5-8d76-b748f4aa342c https://share.transistor.fm/s/8ed4a9b3 Created for Sarah Geis' Audio playground "Roll a pair of dice. Make a 1-minute doodle inspired by that number. Guest prompt from Rob Rosenthal and Gwen.
Here all assignments www.audioplayground.xyz/assignments.

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

]]> Created for Sarah Geis' Audio playground "Roll a pair of dice. Make a 1-minute doodle inspired by that number. Guest prompt from Rob Rosenthal and Gwen.
Here all assignments www.audioplayground.xyz/assignments.

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 15:01:07 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 61 Created for Sarah Geis' Audio playground "Roll a pair of dice. Make a 1-minute doodle inspired by that number. Guest prompt from Rob Rosenthal and Gwen.
Here all assignments www.audioplayground.xyz/assignments.

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

]]> chance, Audio Playground No I love you Odysseus 13 13 I love you Odysseus full 3f1ec152-6c30-461a-bc8d-ffe650378aab https://share.transistor.fm/s/916f47a3 In Italy we devote three years to the study of Dante’s Holy Comedy, but despite of analysis and exegesis, no one remembers Purgatory and Heaven, we all remember Hell.

Amongst the many characters encountered in Hell, Odysseus is one of those that I’ve always loved because I very much identified with his spirit of rebellion against rules and his passion for discovery. Reading the story of Odysseus today, I still love it, but I cannot avoid thinking that behind every hero there is a multitude of enablers, people who must take care of the dirty, hidden, unsatisfactory and unheroic daily tasks, so that the destined hero can take his masculine place among the other masculine heroes.


I decided to tell the heroic story through the eyes of one of those enabler, making her a woman in love who doesn’t regret having followed her hero to Hell, at the cost of hiding her true self, because her love for Odysseus is second only to her love for discovery and adventure.


Part of the Inferno project to imagine and compose the sounds of Dante’s Hell, marking the 700th anniversary of The Divine Comedy. To find out more, visit www.citiesandmemory.com/inferno

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

]]> In Italy we devote three years to the study of Dante’s Holy Comedy, but despite of analysis and exegesis, no one remembers Purgatory and Heaven, we all remember Hell.

Amongst the many characters encountered in Hell, Odysseus is one of those that I’ve always loved because I very much identified with his spirit of rebellion against rules and his passion for discovery. Reading the story of Odysseus today, I still love it, but I cannot avoid thinking that behind every hero there is a multitude of enablers, people who must take care of the dirty, hidden, unsatisfactory and unheroic daily tasks, so that the destined hero can take his masculine place among the other masculine heroes.


I decided to tell the heroic story through the eyes of one of those enabler, making her a woman in love who doesn’t regret having followed her hero to Hell, at the cost of hiding her true self, because her love for Odysseus is second only to her love for discovery and adventure.


Part of the Inferno project to imagine and compose the sounds of Dante’s Hell, marking the 700th anniversary of The Divine Comedy. To find out more, visit www.citiesandmemory.com/inferno

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:58:56 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 321 In Italy we devote three years to the study of Dante’s Holy Comedy, but despite of analysis and exegesis, no one remembers Purgatory and Heaven, we all remember Hell.

Amongst the many characters encountered in Hell, Odysseus is one of those that I’ve always loved because I very much identified with his spirit of rebellion against rules and his passion for discovery. Reading the story of Odysseus today, I still love it, but I cannot avoid thinking that behind every hero there is a multitude of enablers, people who must take care of the dirty, hidden, unsatisfactory and unheroic daily tasks, so that the destined hero can take his masculine place among the other masculine heroes.


I decided to tell the heroic story through the eyes of one of those enabler, making her a woman in love who doesn’t regret having followed her hero to Hell, at the cost of hiding her true self, because her love for Odysseus is second only to her love for discovery and adventure.


Part of the Inferno project to imagine and compose the sounds of Dante’s Hell, marking the 700th anniversary of The Divine Comedy. To find out more, visit www.citiesandmemory.com/inferno

Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras

]]> Cities and memory No Cristina's list of things to do after lockdown 12 12 Cristina's list of things to do after lockdown full a459f2de-535f-4fca-8146-53932592426e https://share.transistor.fm/s/2dc697fa Some things are better left untold.
Created for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/

Photo by 8 verthing on Unsplash

]]> Some things are better left untold.
Created for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/

Photo by 8 verthing on Unsplash

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:50:45 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 61 Some things are better left untold.
Created for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/

Photo by 8 verthing on Unsplash

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No My last 5 searches on Google 11 11 My last 5 searches on Google full 2f24ac8a-e171-46ce-badd-7f00388ef735 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5f597a26 Sonic poem inspired by my last 5 Google searches, created as Assignment #12 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> Sonic poem inspired by my last 5 Google searches, created as Assignment #12 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:47:46 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 37 Sonic poem inspired by my last 5 Google searches, created as Assignment #12 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Audio Playground No Hug 10 10 Hug full 9eb422b0-b8e3-408b-8137-3ba0088c8d15 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3b68d95 What does it feel like when you want to hug someone but you know that you should not? Or when you do, despite knowing that you should not?

This is the new normal, when even the most mundane tasks, like taking the shopping to your elderly mother, become source of worry and doubt.

Initially created as Assignment #10 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground, "Create an audio hug, 1-minute or less", Hug was featured on Australian broadcaster FBI Radio, on the program All The Best, and was also one of 2021 On Air Fest Official Selects.

[02/10/2020]

]]> What does it feel like when you want to hug someone but you know that you should not? Or when you do, despite knowing that you should not?

This is the new normal, when even the most mundane tasks, like taking the shopping to your elderly mother, become source of worry and doubt.

Initially created as Assignment #10 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground, "Create an audio hug, 1-minute or less", Hug was featured on Australian broadcaster FBI Radio, on the program All The Best, and was also one of 2021 On Air Fest Official Selects.

[02/10/2020]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:46:35 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 79 What does it feel like when you want to hug someone but you know that you should not? Or when you do, despite knowing that you should not?

This is the new normal, when even the most mundane tasks, like taking the shopping to your elderly mother, become source of worry and doubt.

Initially created as Assignment #10 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground, "Create an audio hug, 1-minute or less", Hug was featured on Australian broadcaster FBI Radio, on the program All The Best, and was also one of 2021 On Air Fest Official Selects.

[02/10/2020]

]]> All The Best Radio, Audio Playground No Killing creatvity 9 9 Killing creatvity full 220e5af1-0b08-4b14-833f-20db9eae1c77 https://share.transistor.fm/s/78fdaf7b What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:44:59 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 218 What does the opposite of inspiration sound like? It's an endless litany of audio prompts delivered with horrible audio and without any sense or order. Created as Assignment #13 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Audio Playground No Your weather report 8 8 Your weather report full 0e7f4737-d477-4f78-a727-5cf5ebefc60b https://share.transistor.fm/s/fdb73766 You are a weatherperson. Dress up, go outside, and give a 1-minute weather report. Created as Assignment #2 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> You are a weatherperson. Dress up, go outside, and give a 1-minute weather report. Created as Assignment #2 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:42:46 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 72 You are a weatherperson. Dress up, go outside, and give a 1-minute weather report. Created as Assignment #2 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Audio Playground No Welcome to the "Venice has not disappeared, it's just submerged" tour 7 7 Welcome to the "Venice has not disappeared, it's just submerged" tour full a544f6d2-4b83-4fbd-8f0b-f44dbcdd9b5d https://share.transistor.fm/s/944219ed It’s 2pm on a regular Thursday in the year 2050. Record a 30-second dispatch. Created as Assignment #11 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
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]]> It’s 2pm on a regular Thursday in the year 2050. Record a 30-second dispatch. Created as Assignment #11 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 14:40:09 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 35 It’s 2pm on a regular Thursday in the year 2050. Record a 30-second dispatch. Created as Assignment #11 for Sarah Geis' Audio Playground www.audioplayground.xyz/
[02/10/2020]

]]> Audio Playground No Berlin 1989 - Part two: Pictures 6 6 Berlin 1989 - Part two: Pictures full e2198104-b732-4552-aa24-555e1d954d11 https://share.transistor.fm/s/96c4822c I don’t have a single picture from when the wall came down. That Thursday in 1989, I didn’t even take my camera with me, on purpose, and mind you, I never stepped outside without my Minox. Rule number one is that you don’t take pictures if you don’t understand what is happening. But not having taken any picture doesn’t mean that I don’t keep the images of those days safe in my mind.
 

]]> I don’t have a single picture from when the wall came down. That Thursday in 1989, I didn’t even take my camera with me, on purpose, and mind you, I never stepped outside without my Minox. Rule number one is that you don’t take pictures if you don’t understand what is happening. But not having taken any picture doesn’t mean that I don’t keep the images of those days safe in my mind.
 

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 13:39:16 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 830 I don’t have a single picture from when the wall came down. That Thursday in 1989, I didn’t even take my camera with me, on purpose, and mind you, I never stepped outside without my Minox. Rule number one is that you don’t take pictures if you don’t understand what is happening. But not having taken any picture doesn’t mean that I don’t keep the images of those days safe in my mind.
 

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Berlin 1989 - Part one: The Wall 5 5 Berlin 1989 - Part one: The Wall full f232d2cb-1e6c-4341-9028-9207567f398f https://share.transistor.fm/s/a148f4b0 "At the end I didn't meet Franca, and Michaela was in Spain on a study trip. Can you believe it? You are one of the few people who was actually born in Berlin and you miss it. For a stupid study trip to Spain."
Cristina has moved to West Berlin to learn German. She is young and everything is exciting. Even the occasional trip to East Berlin. Then on the afternoon of the 9th November 1989, history happens.


STORY AND SOUND DESIGN: Cristina Marras
VOICE: Cristina Marras and Stefano Olla (voice messages)
[26/09/2019]

]]> "At the end I didn't meet Franca, and Michaela was in Spain on a study trip. Can you believe it? You are one of the few people who was actually born in Berlin and you miss it. For a stupid study trip to Spain."
Cristina has moved to West Berlin to learn German. She is young and everything is exciting. Even the occasional trip to East Berlin. Then on the afternoon of the 9th November 1989, history happens.


STORY AND SOUND DESIGN: Cristina Marras
VOICE: Cristina Marras and Stefano Olla (voice messages)
[26/09/2019]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 13:01:27 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 682 "At the end I didn't meet Franca, and Michaela was in Spain on a study trip. Can you believe it? You are one of the few people who was actually born in Berlin and you miss it. For a stupid study trip to Spain."
Cristina has moved to West Berlin to learn German. She is young and everything is exciting. Even the occasional trip to East Berlin. Then on the afternoon of the 9th November 1989, history happens.


STORY AND SOUND DESIGN: Cristina Marras
VOICE: Cristina Marras and Stefano Olla (voice messages)
[26/09/2019]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Suspended time 4 4 Suspended time full 79959a19-a118-48a4-a6f9-95b3e04b500b https://share.transistor.fm/s/2e649423 So, I guess this is the suspended time we keep on talking about, a time that is not here nor there. Like the time...


Text, production and sound design by Cristina Marras
Photo by Mohammadreza Asherloo on Unsplash

]]> So, I guess this is the suspended time we keep on talking about, a time that is not here nor there. Like the time...


Text, production and sound design by Cristina Marras
Photo by Mohammadreza Asherloo on Unsplash

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 12:13:16 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 293 So, I guess this is the suspended time we keep on talking about, a time that is not here nor there. Like the time...


Text, production and sound design by Cristina Marras
Photo by Mohammadreza Asherloo on Unsplash

]]> Melbourne, travel, No And then, a museum 3 3 And then, a museum full 314b2799-bc93-4fda-82db-cb6c1b021807 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6f95f6ea Museums as machines to create stories. Sometimes things happen, on a summer afternoon, when there is nothing better to do.


This came back to me from some forgotten lane of my past, after listening to a lecture given in Melbourne by Rory Hyde in August 2015.


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Opera singer courtesy of Ramston 
Soprano riffs courtesy of tweedledee3 
Music Epidemic sound
[13 Aug 2015]

]]> Museums as machines to create stories. Sometimes things happen, on a summer afternoon, when there is nothing better to do.


This came back to me from some forgotten lane of my past, after listening to a lecture given in Melbourne by Rory Hyde in August 2015.


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Opera singer courtesy of Ramston 
Soprano riffs courtesy of tweedledee3 
Music Epidemic sound
[13 Aug 2015]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 12:05:31 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 404 Museums as machines to create stories. Sometimes things happen, on a summer afternoon, when there is nothing better to do.


This came back to me from some forgotten lane of my past, after listening to a lecture given in Melbourne by Rory Hyde in August 2015.


Voice, words, production and sound design by M. Cristina Marras
Opera singer courtesy of Ramston 
Soprano riffs courtesy of tweedledee3 
Music Epidemic sound
[13 Aug 2015]

]]> community building, role of museums, children and art, childhood memories, boredom No Exploration on darkness #1 (games we play in the dark) 2 2 Exploration on darkness #1 (games we play in the dark) full eb67beea-6a28-4fbb-be6a-4af66dc094c6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4bade19 ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022
When I think about the dark, I think about a game that I used to play as a kid. I am here, in a house that is not mine. I’m here with my friend, I’ll call him Mario (I’ll tell you later why). I’m 11, he is one year younger than me.
Text, Voice and Production by M. Cristina Marras
[10/06/2021]

]]> ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022
When I think about the dark, I think about a game that I used to play as a kid. I am here, in a house that is not mine. I’m here with my friend, I’ll call him Mario (I’ll tell you later why). I’m 11, he is one year younger than me.
Text, Voice and Production by M. Cristina Marras
[10/06/2021]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 11:12:15 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 551 ON AIR FEST OFFICIAL SELECT 2022
When I think about the dark, I think about a game that I used to play as a kid. I am here, in a house that is not mine. I’m here with my friend, I’ll call him Mario (I’ll tell you later why). I’m 11, he is one year younger than me.
Text, Voice and Production by M. Cristina Marras
[10/06/2021]

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Eulogy 1 1 Eulogy full dea0d667-6b11-415e-b6ea-f815326e9799 https://share.transistor.fm/s/936a9106 Sarah Geis' Audio Playground. assignment #20
Eulogize an object you have lost. Guest prompt from Zak Rosen.
EulogyAudioPlaygroundSoundrich
[28/07/2021]

]]> Sarah Geis' Audio Playground. assignment #20
Eulogize an object you have lost. Guest prompt from Zak Rosen.
EulogyAudioPlaygroundSoundrich
[28/07/2021]

]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 10:54:09 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 52 Sarah Geis' Audio Playground. assignment #20
Eulogize an object you have lost. Guest prompt from Zak Rosen.
EulogyAudioPlaygroundSoundrich
[28/07/2021]

]]> Sarah Geis' Audio Playground. No Airport, carousel [Cities and Memory] 71 71 Airport, carousel [Cities and Memory] full 2c65bf55-9cd5-41c0-a2e7-1f86b9c2980a https://share.transistor.fm/s/e6f59fee A woman arrives at Melbourne Airport after a 24-hour flight from a frozen Berlin winter. The reunion she has been counting down to is moments away — and something has shifted. This is a quiet interior portrait of a traveller caught between the momentum of a decision already made and the uncertainty that surfaces only when the moment of no return is finally here.

Created for Cities and Memory

]]> A woman arrives at Melbourne Airport after a 24-hour flight from a frozen Berlin winter. The reunion she has been counting down to is moments away — and something has shifted. This is a quiet interior portrait of a traveller caught between the momentum of a decision already made and the uncertainty that surfaces only when the moment of no return is finally here.

Created for Cities and Memory

]]> Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 244 A woman arrives at Melbourne Airport after a 24-hour flight from a frozen Berlin winter. The reunion she has been counting down to is moments away — and something has shifted. This is a quiet interior portrait of a traveller caught between the momentum of a decision already made and the uncertainty that surfaces only when the moment of no return is finally here.

Created for Cities and Memory

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Stealing souls in Venice [Cities and Memory] 72 72 Stealing souls in Venice [Cities and Memory] full 3bec3e0b-8a62-408a-9917-ab349c577406 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2576fce A lone figure moves through Venice with a hidden recorder, gathering voices and sounds from strangers who have no idea they are being captured. Part field recordist, part outsider, part something harder to name — this is a first-person account of listening as compulsion, observation as survival, and sound as the only thread connecting someone to a world they no longer quite belong to.

For Cities and Memory

]]> A lone figure moves through Venice with a hidden recorder, gathering voices and sounds from strangers who have no idea they are being captured. Part field recordist, part outsider, part something harder to name — this is a first-person account of listening as compulsion, observation as survival, and sound as the only thread connecting someone to a world they no longer quite belong to.

For Cities and Memory

]]> Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 197 A lone figure moves through Venice with a hidden recorder, gathering voices and sounds from strangers who have no idea they are being captured. Part field recordist, part outsider, part something harder to name — this is a first-person account of listening as compulsion, observation as survival, and sound as the only thread connecting someone to a world they no longer quite belong to.

For Cities and Memory

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Why did he take me there? [Cities and Memory] 70 70 Why did he take me there? [Cities and Memory] full cf14776e-169a-41a4-9425-5918bce2ff94 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2537fd68 A reluctant tourist's stream-of-consciousness spirals through Rome's sun-drenched Giardino degli Aranci: acrobatic jets overhead dredge up a grim German tragedy, an off-key Elvis crooner grates, heels sink into pebbles, and a too-polite, too-short suitor fails to impress—or even buy a prosecco. From bored sighs to bladder panic, one woman's hilariously miserable June day begs the question: why didn't she stay home?

]]> A reluctant tourist's stream-of-consciousness spirals through Rome's sun-drenched Giardino degli Aranci: acrobatic jets overhead dredge up a grim German tragedy, an off-key Elvis crooner grates, heels sink into pebbles, and a too-polite, too-short suitor fails to impress—or even buy a prosecco. From bored sighs to bladder panic, one woman's hilariously miserable June day begs the question: why didn't she stay home?

]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0100 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 262 A reluctant tourist's stream-of-consciousness spirals through Rome's sun-drenched Giardino degli Aranci: acrobatic jets overhead dredge up a grim German tragedy, an off-key Elvis crooner grates, heels sink into pebbles, and a too-polite, too-short suitor fails to impress—or even buy a prosecco. From bored sighs to bladder panic, one woman's hilariously miserable June day begs the question: why didn't she stay home?

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No Borsellino and Falcone: death of antimafia magistrates [Cities and Memory] 69 69 Borsellino and Falcone: death of antimafia magistrates [Cities and Memory] full f15836e8-e0d1-4fef-a803-121eff4c6d93 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3949eede 2018 is the 26th anniversary of the Mafia murder of anti-mafia prosecutors Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone and of their escorts. They have become symbol of an Italy that fights and does not surrender to organised crime. Cosa Nostra bosses have been condemned for the killings but there is still the shadow of alleged State-mafia talks over the two bomb slayings of Falcone and Borsellino. Sicilian prosecutors called the investigation into the Borsellino killing "the biggest cover-up in Italian history".

In my recording I have put together the newsreader breaking the news of Falcone’s killing, together with the voices of people discussing the impact of those killings, as well as pro-mafia protesters at a ceremony for the naming of a public space to their memory. I have also included the voice of Falcone himself saying that the mafia is a human made phenomenon, and as such it’ll pass soon or later.

I have distorted the original sound to make it ominous and menacing, highlighting basses and low frequencies. The original recording appears as a contrast of 'joyous patriotism'. I am not implying any relation between the soldiers singing at the parade and the killing of the two magistrates, I have just used the song as a representation of the Italian state, covering up and colluding with the mafia.

Created for Cities and Memory.

]]> 2018 is the 26th anniversary of the Mafia murder of anti-mafia prosecutors Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone and of their escorts. They have become symbol of an Italy that fights and does not surrender to organised crime. Cosa Nostra bosses have been condemned for the killings but there is still the shadow of alleged State-mafia talks over the two bomb slayings of Falcone and Borsellino. Sicilian prosecutors called the investigation into the Borsellino killing "the biggest cover-up in Italian history".

In my recording I have put together the newsreader breaking the news of Falcone’s killing, together with the voices of people discussing the impact of those killings, as well as pro-mafia protesters at a ceremony for the naming of a public space to their memory. I have also included the voice of Falcone himself saying that the mafia is a human made phenomenon, and as such it’ll pass soon or later.

I have distorted the original sound to make it ominous and menacing, highlighting basses and low frequencies. The original recording appears as a contrast of 'joyous patriotism'. I am not implying any relation between the soldiers singing at the parade and the killing of the two magistrates, I have just used the song as a representation of the Italian state, covering up and colluding with the mafia.

Created for Cities and Memory.

]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:17:00 +0200 M. Cristina Marras M. Cristina Marras 140 2018 is the 26th anniversary of the Mafia murder of anti-mafia prosecutors Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone and of their escorts. They have become symbol of an Italy that fights and does not surrender to organised crime. Cosa Nostra bosses have been condemned for the killings but there is still the shadow of alleged State-mafia talks over the two bomb slayings of Falcone and Borsellino. Sicilian prosecutors called the investigation into the Borsellino killing "the biggest cover-up in Italian history".

In my recording I have put together the newsreader breaking the news of Falcone’s killing, together with the voices of people discussing the impact of those killings, as well as pro-mafia protesters at a ceremony for the naming of a public space to their memory. I have also included the voice of Falcone himself saying that the mafia is a human made phenomenon, and as such it’ll pass soon or later.

I have distorted the original sound to make it ominous and menacing, highlighting basses and low frequencies. The original recording appears as a contrast of 'joyous patriotism'. I am not implying any relation between the soldiers singing at the parade and the killing of the two magistrates, I have just used the song as a representation of the Italian state, covering up and colluding with the mafia.

Created for Cities and Memory.

]]> sound rich, full immersion, storytelling, audio art No