Archive for July, 2009

WORKSHOPS…AN ARCHIVE IN PROGRESS…

SECRET CITY ARTS, ANDERTON PARK CHILDRENS’ CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 2009.

Secret City Arts is a new mixed media arts organisation consisting of animator Claire Evans, sound artist Helena Gough, writer Mandy Ross and mask maker Pyn Stockman. This summer we worked with a group of 8 - 11 year olds in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. We traced the River Rea from its source in the Waseley Hills and into Digbeth in the city centre, using this as inspiration for a multitude of different creations….

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The hard-to-spot source of the River Rea…

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A soundtrack made by Guneel and Laraib to accompany their masked performance:

Please see our in-progress blog for more details…

Photos by Kate Beatty

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CREATIVE YOUTH ENSEMBLE, CBSO CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM, JULY 2009.

An annual week of improvisation, performance, electronics, field recording and film. With musician Duncan Chapman, sound artist Helena Gough, filmmaker Jonathan Lee and CBSO cellist Jackie Tyler. Part of the the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Education Department’s summer programme.

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The wonderful Duncan Chapman (on squeeze box).

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TILLINGTON MANOR PRIMARY SCHOOL & STAFFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST, MAY 2007.

Sound workshops inspired by a field recording trip to Doxey Marshes wildlife reserve.

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Doxey Marshes

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SONIC POSTCARDS, CEIP DOLORS MONSERDA SANTAPAU, BARCELONA, APRIL 2007.

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Sonic Postcard by class 6b:

Sonic Postcards International

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SONIC POSTCARDS, MALBANK SCHOOL, NANTWICH, JANUARY 2007.

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Group Sonic Postcard:

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THE DOMESTIC APPLIANCE AUDIO RESEARCH SOCIETY

The Domestic Appliance Audio Research Society was formed in 2007 with the express purpose of pursuing a non-exotic approach to field recording.

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Our inaugural Annual General Meeting occurred at Cut & Splice, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 19th June 2009.

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Photos by Nick Gwyer

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