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Archive for June, 2009

REFINING DISSENT: THE ARTS COUNCIL AND RADICAL ARTS

The Arts Council describes itself as “the national development agency for the arts… distributing public money to help artists and arts organisations.” Wherever there is the smell of money, however, art inevitably becomes a political issue. In this article, Corporate Watch takes a look at why a government body that is [...]

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE

NEXT DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE is 17th of July 2009, 7 to 9, in Frances Bowman house as part of the Leytonstone Art Trail.
We are still LOOKING FOR PERFORMANCES, interactive installations, live art, dance, sound art and music for 17th of July 2009 Domestic Disturbance. Please contact Sonia or express your interest by writing on their facebook [...]

A Series of Soundscapes 01

 
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Being Listened to by place

We placed microphones in an old pianola, and put it in the middle of a Shopping Mall to record the space. The output from the pianolas was to a set of speakers which were around the corner from where the piano is, so, as people walk by the piano talking, they would be recorded, and [...]

like pixelated scraps of jasmine in your hair

Fujiya & Miyagi rocked it at the Synch Festival Athens 2009
Postmodern lyrics, crisp tight drumming, and warm basslines had us jumping!
Heres a taste from a Live performance in the USA:
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Socrates was off his head!

Okay, so the actors werent nominated for any BAFTAS for their performances, but, this is classy method acting that would make harrison Ford  proud! – enjoy

Talking Rain: Hildegard Westerkamp

 
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Composer and acoustic ecologist Hildegard Westerkamp gives a live performance and lecture at Goldsmiths University, April 2009.  This is part one as  only the concert is available at present.  The lecture will be available on Radio Plateaux soon.

Trip to Tirana

Trip to Tirana

Summer of Love

“But theories are only made to die”

It has become a commonplace to argue that we have witnessed the resurgence or renaissance of anarchism in recent years, particularly with the emergence of the ‘movement of movements’ after the Seattle uprising of 1999 or the earlier Chiapas uprising of 1994. David Graeber has poetically summarised the case:…

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