Announcing the launch of Manchester : Peripheral – a soundclash of voices and music from across the city.
Manchester : Peripheral is a networked installation which remixes and replays music, voices and ambient sound recorded in Moss Side, Levenshulme and Ancoats & Clayton. Driven in real-time by votes from special control kiosks in each ward, Manchester : Peripheral uses digital media to create a continually evolving soundscape, plotting a new relationship between city centre and its surrounding areas.
As cities change, things get left behind. Things get forgotten. In Manchester, urban redevelopment has left many communities and cultures ignored or excluded – communities that are central to the city’s history and its continued vitality.
For one month from June 29, Kro Piccadilly and Piccadilly Gardens are hosting Manchester : Peripheral, a new project that places three of these areas centre-stage. A soundclash of voices from across the city. A central space that is open to the communities that surround it. A celebration of the creative energies that thrive and struggle outside the boundaries of Manchester’s city centre. Kashmiri singers, dubstep, the sounds of steel works and cars on the Stockport Road. This is a folk music of constant change. This is a city of a thousand centres.
Manchester : Peripheral is the latest work by The Folk Songs Project, curated by Drew Hemment, Director of Futuresonic. Futuresonic has been commissioned by Manchester International Festival to present the project as a part of Manchester Firsts.
For more information and to play with our sound map of Manchester visit
www.manchesterperipheral.com.
Read about Manchester : Peripheral in Art Fairs International magazine
For further information on Futuresonic, Manchester’s urban festival of
art, music and ideas, please visit www.futuresonic.com
Manchester : Peripheral has been made possible thanks to the generous support of:
To find out what’s happening in Piccadilly, Manchester visit
www.piccadillymanchester.com
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For one month from June 29, Kro Piccadilly and Piccadilly Gardens are hosting Manchester : Peripheral, a new project that places three of these areas centre-stage. A soundclash of voices from across the city. A central space that is open to the communities that surround it. A celebration of the creative energies that thrive and struggle outside the boundaries of Manchester’s city centre. Kashmiri singers, dubstep, the sounds of steel works and cars on the Stockport Road. This is a folk music of constant change. This is a city of a thousand centres.
Manchester : Peripheral can be seen at Kro Piccadilly and around Piccadilly Gardens
29 June – 29 July 2007
Opening times: Sun – Thurs, 8am – midnight, Fri – Sat, 8am – 8.30pm
Manchester : Peripheral is the latest work by The Folk Songs Project, curated by Drew Hemment, Director of Futuresonic. Futuresonic has been commissioned by Manchester International Festival to present the project as a part of Manchester Firsts.
For more information and to play with our sound map of Manchester visit
www.manchesterperipheral.com.
Read about Manchester : Peripheral in Art Fairs International magazine
For further information on Futuresonic, Manchester’s urban festival of
art, music and ideas, please visit www.futuresonic.com
Manchester : Peripheral has been made possible thanks to the generous support of:
To find out what’s happening in Piccadilly, Manchester visit
www.piccadillymanchester.com
You have received this email as a member of the Futuresonic mailing list. Unsubscribe