Radioactive: Stories from Beyond the Wall is a series of community-engaged radio/visual broadcasts located between the largest architecture of Chicago’s West Side, The Cook County Jail, and the working-class residential area of the Lawndale communities. Radioactive centers the voices of those currently incarcerated by broadcasting and projecting intimate and creative stories from inside Cook County Jail to outside its' border. On September 15-16, 2018, the project debuted in a large-scale public art event at the north-end wall of Cook County Jail. Community members, passersby, and members of the ensemble gathered to watch the North-side wall bordering the Cook County jail become a screen transformed by audio and animations created by currently and previously detained individuals. Radioactive, led by artist Maria Gaspar, is a continuation of the 96 Acres Project, which she began in 2012. The 96 Acres Project is a series of site-responsive art projects that involve community stakeholders’ ideas about social and restorative justice issues, and that examine the impact of incarceration at the Cook County Jail on Chicago’s West Side. Credits: Maria Gaspar, Lead Artist Radioactive Ensemble: Eduardo Alanis, Rahmon Ali, Edgar Arce, Anthony C.Bailey, Paris Baker, Frederick Barker, Jacob Barth, Marlon Baymon, Rodney Cal, Christopher Coleman, James Collier, JD Edwards, Luis Encarnacion, Michael M. Evans, Pedro Gonzalez, Joseph Grant, Steve Hatfield, Martin Howard-Paez (“Sick of Sin”), Gary Johns (“Gypsy”), Douglas Johnson, David Kahles, Anthony Miller, Alex V. Petik, Paul G. Robert Jr., Paul Robert, Enrique Ruiz, Pedro Sarmiento, James Skoda, Alex “Good Tree” Soto, Masean Spencer, Jessie Sulk, James Taylor, Herbert L. Turner Jr. Videography | Benjamin Kolak at Scrappers Film Group. Animation editing and design | Giorgia Harvey and Benjamin Kolak at Scrappers Film Group Sound engineering and design | Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio Program Instruction | Michael de Anda Muniz Project support | Allison Cochrane Instructional recording support | Rocio Santos Radio broadcast and production support | Lumpen Radio and Free Write Sound and Vision Special thanks to the Cook County Department of Corrections Sheriff’s Department, especially Chief Jane Gubser, Director of Programs; Dena Williams, Director of Behavioral Health; Sheriff Sophia Ansari, Press Secretary; Sheriff Claire Seryak, Program Specialist; and the Division 6 staff.