A portable radio and a vase of flowers on a wooden table against a turquoise wall in Rwanda

LOVE RADIO

Client
Prospektor
Date
March, 2014
Roles
Interaction Design, Mobile Web Development

Transmedia documentary about the process of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda

The year 2014 marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide. Hate campaigns in the media played a central role. Today, popular radio soap ‘Musekeweya’ broadcasts a message of reconciliation on the same frequency that in 1994 incited the population to kill. Love Radio tells the story of Musekeweya, ‘New Dawn’, that was created to prevent new outbursts of violence.

©Love Radio

About the concept

Love Radio consists of a web documentary, a television documentary, tappable stories for smartphones, several publications and an exhibition that was shown in Foam and The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Love Radio combines film with photography, audio, text and archive material. Over the space of 100 days from April to June 2014 – the duration of the genocide exactly 20 years ago – a new episode was added every other week. The project straddles the thin line between fact and fiction. At first glance it tells a linear, almost fairy-tale narrative. But a closer look reveals the complex reality beneath.

Screens of the Love Radio website: village scenes, characters listening to the radio, a map of Africa and the characters and places overview
©Submarine Channel

Mobile experience

Smartphone visitors were immersed in intimate short tap stories especially designed to be enjoyed while on the move. Over the period of 100 days we published 7 different stories.

A story unfolds itself by tapping on the screen. With every tap, a little bit of the story shows.

Six phones showing the Love Radio mobile experience with story chapters and subtitles

Meet the team

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