Transmissions
Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: A Beautiful Thing to Destroy
Vivien Schütz, Laura Rojas Aponte and Emily Reeves (US, 2026)
Vivien Schütz, Laura Rojas Aponte and Emily Reeves (US, 2026)
3min
Reyna Elizabeth enjoys making beautiful things, even when she knows they’re meant to be destroyed.
Produced by: Vivien Schütz, Laura Rojas Aponte and Emily Reeves
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Good, Bad, and Otherwise: Carolyn in Good Hart
Mae Nagusky (US, 2026)
Mae Nagusky (US, 2026)
3min
A reporter stumbles across Carolyn Sutherland, a Good Hart, Michigan local who has memorable stories from running the general store and strong feelings about her daughter Ami.
Produced by: Mae Nagusky
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Sanguinaccio
M. Cristina Marras (IT, 2026)
M. Cristina Marras (IT, 2026)
3min
Some Sardinian traditions are better left uninvestigated.
Produced by: M. Cristina Marras
Gianfranco Bitti (The Butcher)
TRANSCRIPT
(In Sardinian) “Pig’s blood, milk, sugar, lard, chocolate, sultanas, walnuts, hazelnuts.
Pig’s blood, milk, sugar, lard, chocolate, sultanas, walnuts, hazelnuts.”
Woman: Wonder what he’s muddling with in there… Yes, I’m watching the butcher’s window from the balcony. On the sly, with binoculars. So what? Well... well… I’ve got an idea.
(on phone)
Butcher: Hello?
Woman: Hello, is this “The Glutton” butcher’s shop?
Butcher: Yes...?
Woman: I’m calling from the “Sardegna Gourmet” magazine. I’m writing an article on the forgotten sweets of Sardinian peasant tradition. Can I ask you a few questions?
Butcher: Fine, but make it quick, I’m in the middle of something I can’t stop.
Woman: Have you ever made sanguinaccio?
Butcher: Look, miss, you don’t believe it, but I’m making it right now.
Woman: Like, this minute?
Butcher: Shame you’re not here, otherwise I’d show you how it’s done.
Woman: I live right across from the shop, if you want, I’ll come down, I’ll be there in a second.
Butcher: Yes, come, miss, come, come!
Woman: May I come in? Here I am. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Man: I wonder what the butcher is doing. Well... well...
(In Sardinian) “…milk, sugar, lard, chocolate, sultanas, walnuts, hazelnuts. Pig’s blood, milk, sugar, lard, chocolate, sultanas...”
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: A Sweet Moment
Laura Joyce Davis & Samantha Hodder (US/CA 2026)
Laura Joyce Davis & Samantha Hodder (CA/US, 2026)
3min
Two strangers become friends by exchanging voice notes, and in the course of a year share the beauty and grief of losing someone they love.
Produced by: Laura Joyce Davis & Samantha Hodder
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Leibniz
Giacomo Bagni & Veronica Lugaro (IT 2026)
Giacomo Bagni & Veronica Lugaro (IT 2026)
3min
As six-year-old Greta prepares to start school in Italy, her neighbor searches Germany for the exact animal-shaped chocolate cookies that comfort her.
Produced by: Giacomo Bagni & Veronica Lugaro
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Dear Mummy, Meet Us In The Infinite Cosmos
Michael Satow (US 2026)
Michael Satow (US, 2026)
3min
When Mummy is away in London, Dad's in charge of keeping the kids alive, keeping spirits high, and providing the sweet treats to cure tiny aching hearts.
Produced by: Michael Satow
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Food Noise
Casey Georgi (US 2026)
Casey Georgi (US, 2026)
3min
They say we’re supposed to get to know our neighbors. But what if you really don’t want to?
Produced by: Casey Georgi
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: Confección
Tomás Uprimny Añez (CO 2026)
Tomás Uprimny Añez (CO, 2026)
3min
A word crosses from English into Spanish — almost the same sound, none of the same meaning.
Produced by: Tomás Uprimny Añez
Editor and sound design: Stan Alcorn
TRANSCRIPT
Tomás: Confection… is an English word. But my brain hears in Spanish: “Confección.”
William: Excuse my ignorance. Why are you holding that gadget so close?
Tomás: Ha! To catch the little sounds.
William: Ah! The needles?
Tomás: Uh huh.
Tomás: This is William Cifuentes. He's been in the business of confección for 49 years. I'm in his workshop with my friend Fefe. Because Fefe needs a suit. He and his girlfriend Paula decided to get married.
William: And you're sure about this?
Fefe: Yes, sir
Tomás: (Laughs)
Fefe: Very sure.
Tomás: So, okay, first things first, right? Taking the measurements.
William: The back is foooooorty-six.
Tomás: But when Fefe turns around, William makes a worried face.
William: The thing is, he's got a little more… seat. I mean, uh… I mean—
Distant voice: Butt.
Tomás: The problem is he's got a big butt?
William: Yes! (laughs)
Tomás: You think you know your friends. Until a tailor measures them.
Tomás: You do have a big butt, man.
Fefe: I know.
Tomás: I'd never noticed that. Twenty years I've known you, and I'd never noticed your big butt.
Fefe: Thirty years you've known me.
Tomás: Thirty years, man.
Tomás: For this magnificent, one-of-a-kind body of Fefe's, William has to break out his best needles and do what a tailor does: measure, measure again…
William: We've got ninety-five…
Tomás: Chalk the lines, cut,
William: for forty seven…
Tomás: Take a break for a whisky…
William: Gentlemen, it's a pleasure to serve you. Such a pleasure.
Tomás: Gossip about his colleagues in the neighborhood…
William: That one's just a bastard. Sorry, forgive me.
Tomás: While we eat little candies made for children.
(a wrapper crinkling…)
William: And you start to, to sew it: up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down.
(the sewing machine's bell)
William: Done.
Tomás: Until — voilà.
Tomás: How do you feel, Fefe?
Fefe: Elegant.
Tomás: You look elegant.
Fefe: I've never had a pair of pants that actually fit my body.
(laughs)
Fefe: Let's go then. I'll leave this at your place.
Tomás: Yeah?
Fefe: Yeah, I'll get ready at your place on Wednesday.
Tomás: Wednesday arrives.
(doorbell rings, repeatedly)
Tomás: I'm going to kill you.
(opening door)
Tomás: You're such a pain.
Fefe: Hi, little Tommy. How's it going… Hey, my suit!
Tomás: Fefe puts on the pants, puts on the vest, puts on the jacket. Just like at school when we were little, and we'd change to play soccer. We were always last, because the two of us would stay behind talking nonsense. But today he looks happier… and more nervous.
Fefe: Son of a bitch, my hands are shaking. Ugh, can you help me?
Tomás: I tie the knot in his tie while he, quietly, says things to himself.
Fefe: I'm going to marry the love of my life, I'm going to marry the love of my life, I'm going to marry the…
Tomás: The other friends arrive.
First friend, distant: (shouting)
Tomás: It's time.
Second friend, distant: Let's go!
Fefe: To get married.
(door closes)
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood
Maya Kroth (US 2026)
Maya Kroth (US 2026)
3min
They say we’re supposed to get to know our neighbors. But what if you really don’t want to?
Produced by: Maya Kroth
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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Audio Flux Circuit 08 Confection: New Shapes
Mette Post Riggelsen (DK 2026)
Mette Post Riggelsen (DK 2026)
3min
Is a broken heart and hot candy mixture anything like molten tin?
Produced by: Mette Post Riggelsen
TRANSCRIPT
We were supposed to go to a party together tonight. The invitations arrived six months ago. Before he left. Now I’m sitting alone in the summer house, looking out at the sea as I sink deeper into the sofa. The power keeps going out. I feel easily dissolvable, diffuse. The summer heatwaves and loneliness have made me jellyfish-like. Maybe eventually I’ll just seep out as a puddle right here between the cushions. I fall asleep and dream of invertebrate sea creatures.
When I wake up, I put on my swimsuit and run out into the cold waves. Later, I walk down to the harbour to get an ice cream. Not because of the weather, but because of habit.
Ice cream guy: Hello
Mette: Hi.
Ice cream guy: What’s up?
Mette: I can see you’re closed.
Ice cream guy: Yes, we’re closed. We’ve lost… we’ve lost all our power, so we don’t have any ice cream or anything interesting to keep the place open for.
Mette: Okay, is it the thunderstorm?
Ice cream guy: Yes, it’s the thunderstorm.
Mette: Okay… Is it completely melted, or what?
Ice cream guy: Yes, all our ice cream has melted.
Mette: Oh shit, what now?
Ice cream guy: Well, we’re just closing. We’re shutting down for today.
Mette: Okay, can it just - can the ice cream be used again?
Ice cream guy: No, no, they’re down in the sewer now.
I picture it - blackcurrant sorbet, pistachio, chocolate, raspberry - colourful masses flowing downward through dirty pipes.
Ice cream guy: It’ll be okay.
Mette: It’ll be okay.
Then I notice a shelf on the other side of the counter, filled with homemade hard candies in every colour imaginable. I let my fingers glide over the jars.
Ice cream guy: The lime one is good.
Mette: This one?
Ice cream guy: Then there’s the liquorice one with salmiak - that one’s good.
Mette: How do you make them?
Ice cream guy: Well, you heat it up and pour it out onto the table.
I imagine the hot candy mixture as molten tin, hardening instantly when poured into cold water. But the warped, twisted candy shapes I see in my mind look nothing like the neat cylinders in the jars in front of me. And I wonder whether my obsession with jumping into cold water is about making sure I retain my own solid form.
Audio Flux is a home for short-form, innovative audio. They invite people far and wide to create short “fluxworks” in response to a theme and set of prompts.
For Circuit 08, each fluxwork needed to:
Respond to the theme “Confection”
Last three minutes on the dot
Include a conversation with someone who you don’t know yet, and who lives or works within one mile (or kilometer) of where you live or work.
Mention chocolate or another sweet treat.
Incorporate an audible sonic fluctuation inspired by the chocolate-tempering process of repeated heating and cooling. (See video ) This fluctuation may be conveyed through volume, pacing, tone, language… or something else entirely.
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