Announcing the launch of Manchester : Peripheral - a soundclash of voices and music
 

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.




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.




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 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


For more information and to play with our sound
map of Manchester
visit
http://www.manchesterperipheral.com
http://linkger.com/c959f9



Manchester :
Peripheral has been made possible thanks to the generous support of:

Manchester
International Festival
http://www.manchesterinternationalfestival.com

Arts Council
England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk

Futuresonic
http://www.futuresonic.com

Kro
Piccadilly
http://www.kro.co.uk

Piccadilly
Partnership
http://www.piccadillymanchester.com

Museum of Science and Industry,
Manchester
http://www.msim.org.uk

Lancaster
University
http://www.lancs.ac.uk

Manchester City
Council
http://www.manchester.gov.uk



For further information on Futuresonic,
Manchester's urban festival of
art, music and ideas, please visit

http://www.futuresonic.com

To find out what's happening in Piccadilly, Manchester
visit
http://www.piccadillymanchester.com



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Announcing the launch of Manchester : Peripheral - a soundclash of voices and music
 

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:01:21 -0000, musiclook musiclook
wrote:

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.


So are you telling us that right-on lefty crap is all that happens in
Manchester? There must be something of greater substance and worth
than this. I'm willing to bet that this so-called soundscape of
Manchester reflects your own political biases quite closely, huh?
Congratulations on making something entirely worthless.

d

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