“A Close Listen” is an audio fanzine documenting Rojak Radio Rojak made for SAM Residencies “Out of Office” programme during Singapore Art Week, 17–26 January 2025. It features excerpts from two live broadcasts: “What’s in A Voice?” with Suvani Suri [Instagram] and “Learning Together – Alternative Pedagogy and Art Schools” with Engy Mohsen [Instagram], both supported by Angela Pinto and Seline Teo from SAM Residencies. The centrefold is a sound piece “Do you have in mind someone else, or do you sometimes think of them as yourself” (2024) by Huijun Lu [Instagram].

We were all SAM residents in 2024, but we didn’t all meet, so radio became a third space to connect. Both Suvani and Engy produced “scripts” that were the basis of these live broadcasts, and with radio as the stage we uncovered some interesting resonances and overlaps in our interests in sound, voice, pedagogy and ephemeral spaces.