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Sonic art for the visually mindedTRANSCRIPT
November 2012
sonic art for the visually minded
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Tell us what you think of Sonica and we’ll translate your words into music. Please visit Dora in the Tramway foyer. Simply type three sentences about the event you just saw and compose your own piece of sonic art!
Tramway Ground Floor 8 – 18 November12.00 - 21.00
DoraTim Cooper
Hugh Fraser Foundation
a UNESCO Creative Cityphotography: City of Glasgow / Epic Scotland © 2009
design: UNESCO
A special thank you to the following supporters and partners, without whom Sonica 2012 would not have been possible.
Josh Armstrong, Martin Butterfield, CitizenM, Michael Cooper, Grahame
Coyle, Arlene Crawford & staff at Creative Clyde, Mark Daniels at New Media
Scotland, The Cryptic Board of Directors, Mark Gatti, James Gibb,
Chris Glasgow, the Glue Factory staff, Jade Graham & staff at Scotland
Street School Museum, Fiona Hamilton & all the staff at Beanscene, Aaron
McIvor, Francis McKee & staff at the CCA, Hugh MacDonald, Gill Maxwell &
all at The Scottish Music Centre, Lorenzo Mele & Glasgow Life, Iain Laird,
Amanda Rennie, School of Creative & Cultural Industries at The University
of West of Scotland, Sam Sheridan, Ian Smith & staff at Creative Scotland,
Sonica Volunteers, David Thomson, Daphne Thissen, Tramway staff, Sophie
Travers at IETM, TWB staff, Caroline Quinn & staff at Glasgow City Marketing
Bureau, Rita Valiukonyte and Pamela Wright.
A special thank you to Sarah Munro.
Cryptic Staff/Sonica Team
Sonica Curators Cathie Boyd, Graham McKenzie
& Patrick Dickie
Artistic Director Cathie Boyd
Producer Claire Moran
Marketing Sara Harrison
Press Anna Vinegrad
Administrator Jacqueline Farquhar
Production Manager Nick Miller
Public Engagement Rob Morrison
& Kim Simpson
Festival Assistant Lauren Young
Book Keeper Brian Daly
Board of Directors
Chair:April Chamberlain
Directors:Paul Chapman, Susan Robertson, Martin Steele, Steven Speir
& Cathie Boyd
Theatre Cryptic, trading as CRYPTIC, is a company Limited by Guarantee and a Scottish Charity No SCO22476
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In The Memory Room, a little book recently published by artist Danny McCarthy, a sentence caught my eye: “It’s the cracks between the silence I am interested in.” I use the expression ‘caught my eye’ because it did seem to snag or snare the tracking of my eye in the act of reading, and what is reading after all if not the movement of seeing locked in with a silent sounding voice of the self? But cracks between silence suggest silence as a physical surface or block, maybe a state of being if we want to be metaphorical, and so the nothingness of silence opens up to a more penetrating nothingness that is mysterious, clandestine, only accessible to heightened perception.
What is acknowledged here is that the senses are not separate – they interlink, overlap and inform each other. The ear is a mechanism of balance, after all; to be sensitised to sensory ambiguity is to experience sound as an activation of the skin, listening as geographical space and the drifting nuances of scent or light as music without form. I am reminded of an old headline in America’s National Enquirer, that notorious peddler of strident fictions that once traded on a human desire for the marvelous. BOY CAN SEE WITH HIS EARS, it proclaimed, as if anticipating the rise of what we have come to describe as sound art, or sonic art. To talk about sonic art may be the equivalent of calling a comedian a ‘funny talk person’, perhaps, but as our once visuocentric culture immerses itself more thoroughly in the vision-sound immersion of virtual life so we are fascinated by what is lost and what may be ahead of us – presence in the now, the unrepeatable instant, the physicality of experience and the uncanny workings of memory in a world of no forgetting.
David Toop, Composer
Welcome to the very first Sonica!
Sonica is a new programme of events dedicated to world-class sonic arts, presenting emerging British talent alongside exceptional international artists in collaboration with renowned co-producers and venues.
Sonica 2012 – produced by Cryptic - is festival-like in its scale and ambition, however, this new brand may just as readily be represented by a single work popping up in bespoke locations around the world.
Particular emphasis is placed on working with emerging artists to facilitate the making of new original work to the highest standards, and to disseminate that work internationally – such as Claudia Molitor’s miniature operaRemember Me– which will play at major festivals throughout 2012. Equally, however, our mission is to provide opportunities for audiences to experience further performances of the best recent works represented here by the astonishingSandglassesby Just Janulyt and Janek Schaefer’s emotionally-charged, award winningExtended Play, originally commissioned by hcmf// in 2007.
Great art requires world-class venues and strong partnerships and we would like to thank Tramway, CCA, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the PRS for Music Foundation and especially Creative Scotland amongst our many other great partners.
Sonica was devised by three curators each with a strong interest in sound and art, particularly in the way artists and composers deal with sound across various mediums in today’s highly developed visual culture.
We are proud to launch Sonica in Glasgow, a fantastic city synonymous with culture. We invite you to join us!
Cathie Boyd: Co-curator and Artistic Director for Sonica 2012, GlasgowGraham McKenzie & Patrick Dickie: Co-curators
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Our Contemporaries [ European Premiere ]
Mookyoung Shin
Tramway9 – 18 November12.00 – 20.00 (Not Mondays)Free
Hundreds of giant, skeletal, kinetic ‘fingers’ surround you, determinedly tapping on individual desks. As the ‘fingers’ grow more impatient, the sense of tension builds, climaxing in a mind-blowing cacophony of sound.
Korean artist Mookyoung Shin has createdOur Contemporariesin response to a growing sense of the repetitive nature of everyday life. This eerie and disquieting piece poses metaphysical questions about the dreams and ideals of individuals, living increasingly constrained and monotonous lives in a modern society.
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country: Korea type: Installation venue: Tramway info: sonic-a.co.uk
country: UK type: Performance venue: Tramway moreinfo: www.sonic-a.co.uk
a new quality of musical wholeness and integrity…theatre of sound and sight, time and space…moments of utopia-like rigor.
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country: UK type: Performance venue: Tramway moreinfo: www.sonic-a.co.uk
country: Lithuania type: Performance venue: Tramway info: sonic-a.co.uk
Sandglasses [ Scottish Premiere ]
Just Janulyt
TramwayThursday 8 & Friday 9 November19.30 (1 hr)Seated: 7-day Advance - £9/£6 or Full Price - £12/£8Non-seated: 7-day Advance – £8/£5 or Full Price - £10/£7 tramway.org or 0845 330 3501
Four cellists are shrouded in transparent columns. As they play, traces of light flit down the columns like grains of sand in an hour glass. The music and visuals become increasingly powerful, and the viewer becomes submerged, slowly losing their sense of time and space.
Created in collaboration with Italian video artist Luca Scarzella and performed by the Gaida Ensemble,Sandglassesis a three-dimensional, audio-visual exploration of the acoustic, visual and symbolic meaning of sand-timers.
A production by Gaida Festival Vilnius, supported by Réseau Varèse – European Network for the Creation and Promotion of New Music, with funds from the European Union’s “Culture” Programme. Supported by the Lithuanian Culture Fund.
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Remember MeClaudia Molitor
Scotland Street School MuseumThursday 8, Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 November17.00, 18.00 & 19.30 (50 mins)7-day Advance - £9/£6 or Full Price - £12/£8tramway.org or 0845 330 3501Limited Capacity
“Imagine you open your desk one day and a whole new world opens in front of you…”Claudia Molitor
Staged in the evocative surroundings of Scotland Street School Museum,Remember Me, is an intimate, miniature, multi-media opera, in a desk!
Inspired by an antique which the composer inherited from her grandmother,Remember Metells the story of an imagined friendship between ill-fated opera heroines, Dido and Eurydice, on a tiny stage, with no singers.
Complete with film, orchestral pit visit, interval refreshments and live performance by Molitor, this playful and imaginative opera questions whether big really is better.
A Cryptic production by Claudia Molitor for Sonica, co-commissioned by hcmf//, supported by the PRS for Music Foundation and The RVW Trust.
... a fresh attitude to sound ...musicalcriticism.com
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Bluebeard [ UK Premiere ]
33 1/3 collective
Tramway14 – 18 NovemberWednesday 14 November – 19.30Thursday 15 November – 19.30 Friday 16 November – 19.30 (Followed by Q&A)Saturday 17 November – 14.30 & 19.30Sunday 18 November – 14.30 & 16.00(50 mins)7-day Advance - £9/£6 or Full Price - £12/£8tramway.org or 0845 330 3501Limited Capacity
It was said that the rooms in the Bluebeard legend mirrored the workings of man’s psyche and that the relentless quest by the female protagonist to enter these rooms, regardless of the consequences, represented women’s pursuit of truth. Collective 33 1/3 is a collaboration between artists Douwe Dijkstra, Jules van Hulst and Coen Huisman. In this production the conventions of classical theatre are shifted, transforming the male protagonist into a virtual circumstance. And the female protagonist, of the same virtual making, leads the audience through the several doorways enabling a sense of what is happening behind ‘closed doors’. The resultant atmosphere is that of experiencing the inside of the chambers whilst witnessing a fatal destiny. In collaboration with ten musicians the score was written by improvising on our visual themes. Additionally a soundscape was created by Michael de Roo. Supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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A dark, droll take on Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, a masterpiece of video projection and computer animation.
Financial Times
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Ecstatic Arc [ World Premiere ]
Robbie Thomson
Tramway8 – 11 November
PErForMANCES: Thursday 8, Friday 9 & Saturday 10 November – 21.00Sunday 11 November – 14.30 & 16.00 (45 mins)7-day Advance - £9/£6 or Full Price - £12/£8tramway.org or 0845 330 3501Limited Capacity
INSTALLATIoN: Friday 9 & Saturday 10 November – 12.00 – 19.00Free
Created using found materials and recording devices, this machine powered, theatrical installation features sonic-kinetic sculpture, mechanical puppetry and recorded composition. Ecstatic Arccan be viewed during the day, but really comes to life at night, through live performance.
Commissioned by Cryptic Nights and supported by The Craignish Trust and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.
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Palimpsest [ UK Premiere ]
Daniel Skoglund & Kathy Hinde
TramwaySaturday 10 November 19.30 & 21.00 (1 hr)7-day Advance - £8/£5 or Full Price - £10/£7tramway.org or 0845 330 3501Limited Capacity
Drawings in pencil. Drawings in light. Traces of journeys, mappings, sketches, networks, rhythms… Two artists create live sketches, drawings and video projections and, using graphite sequencers, translate them into an ever-adaptable musical score of techno rhythms and electronic pulses. This hypnotic performance work transfixes the viewer, as they begin to lose track of where the drawings end and the music begins...
Created for the Sounds of Stockholm Festival 2010, commissioned by Stockholm’s Electronic Music Studio (EMS) and WELD experimental arts space.
country: Sweden / UK type: Performance venue: Tramway info: sonic-a.co.uk
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Tales of Magical Realism - Part 2Sven Werner
Tramway14 – 18 NovemberWednesday 14, Thursday 15, Friday 16 & Saturday 17 November 20.00, 20.30, 21.00 & 21.30 Sunday 18 November - 15.30, 16.00, 16.30 & 17.00 (55 mins)7-day Advance - £9/£6 or Full Price - £12/£8tramway.org or 0845 330 3501Limited Capacity
A mysterious door presents itself; should you open it? You look through the peephole… Suddenly, you find yourself sitting in an old train carriage, rattling through the night.
Following the sellout success ofTales of Magical Realism - Part 1at Cryptic Nights last year, Sven Werner once again invites you to embark on an illusion fuelled journey to darkly poetic places.
Based on his feature filmOculista,in which a lone traveller meets a beautiful, mysterious girl at a train station, this intensely atmospheric installation, allows audiences to truly experience Sven’s magical realism ‘from within’. Take a peek into Sven’s miniature, peep-show world with this curiously vaudevillian sonic experience, featuring live music by Graeme Miller.
Commissioned by Cryptic Nights and supported by Creative Scotland, The Luxembourg Ministry for Culture, The Craignish Trust and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.
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Extended Play [ Scottish Premiere ]
[ Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict ]
Janek Schaefer
CCA8 – 15 November (Not Sundays)11.00 – 18.00 Free The inspirationalExtended Playis a thought provoking installation, reflecting on the lives of children who have survived conflict, continuously and positively celebrating hope, survival and new beginnings.
Artist Janek Schaefer’s score in three parts for violin, cello and piano is played on nine multi-speed record players arranged within the space. As visitors navigate around the installation, their movements cause the record players to stop and start. The visitors’ influence over the ever-changing composition is a reminder of our place in the global community and the impact we can have on its stability.
Winner of The British Composer of The Year Award, for Sonic Art 2008 and Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers 2008.
Commissioned by hcmf// 2007.
a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling.
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Luke Fowler and Jean-Luc GuionnetCCAFriday 16 November21.00 (1 hr)£9/£6 ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com or 0141 352 4900
Glasgow based filmmaker Luke Fowler and musician Jean-Luc Guionnet’s recent collaboration resulted in the creation of Turner Prize nominated filmAll Divided Selves.For Sonica the pair will debut a live performance piece, which
explores their relationship to Dance and Electronic Music. For this performance, Luke and Jean-Luc will push their basic analogue instruments to the extreme, opening up fresh possibilities of sound.
…at once a coherent narrative essay on the orchestra’s history, and a fluid portrait in film of Cardew and his confreres.
MAP Magazine
Image: Luke Fowler and Jean-Luc Guionnet
Pilgrimage from Scattered PointsLuke Fowler
CCA12 – 16 November11.00 – 18.00 (45 minute loop)Free Glasgow based filmmaker and 2012 Turner Prize nominee Luke Fowler’s kaleidoscopic and enigmatic view of the life and work of composer Cornelius Cardew, founder of experimental musical collective the Scratch Orchestra (1968 - 1973).
Juxtaposing first-person interviews, recent and archive footage, still photographs, short animated sequences and predominantly unreleased music, Fowler has created an appropriately unconventional and compelling film-work, which highlights the issues raised by and the synergies between Cardew’s and his own creative practice.
Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
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#UNRAVEL Found and Aidan Moffat
CCA8 – 17 November (Not Sundays)11.00 – 18.00 Free
A ground-breaking, reactive sound installation, through which the audience attempts to unravel the truth about The Narrator’s life, by playing records from his collection. The viewer plays a record, which controls a series of customised, self-playing instruments, providing a soundtrack to The Narrator’s story. Just as a real narrator alters the way they tell a story depending on their mood, audience and context, the memories embodied in the installation will distort, evolve and warp depending on external influences.
A year in the making, this project required Aidan Moffat to write 10 short stories with multiple variations of each, to be sound tracked by a total of 160 new musical compositions by FOUND. For Sonica, FOUND are presenting a specially prepared intimate version of the installation.
#UNRAVEL was created with investment from Creative Scotland’s Vital Spark Programme and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund, with support of the Centre for Design Informatics, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, SWG3 and The University of Edinburgh.
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TED TalksCCA9 November14.00 – 19.00 (1 hr 40 min loop)Free
A series of inspiring, fascinating and jaw-dropping talks, curated from a selection of TED Conferences, exploring music, listening and the way we experience sound.
Tape Crackers: An Oral History of Jungle Pirate RadioRollo Jackson
CCA 10 November14.00 – 19.00 (2 hr 30 min loop)Free
A fascinating fan’s-ear recollection of an amazing period in UK music culture, charting the shifts between Happy Hardcore, Jungle, D&B and Garage in the mid-late ‘90s. Preceded by a selection of sonic shorts.
A supercool storytelling robot...The Herald
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country: Australia type: Performance venue: The Glue Factory info: sonic-a.co.uk
Visually stunning…The New York Times
robin Fox Laser Show The Glue FactorySaturday 17 November21.00 (45 mins, followed by club night)£9/£6 ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com or 0141 352 4900
Following the success of Chunky Move’s Mortal Engine at the Southbank Centre in October, audio-visual performance artist Robin Fox presents the results of a four week residency at The Glue Factory. For one performance only, Fox uses lasers, smoke and electronic composition, to fill the cavernous spaces of The Glue Factory, creating an awe-inspiring, three-dimensional, synaesthetic experience.
The laser show will be followed by a club night with a DJ Set as part of Sonica’s closing party.
Sonica 2012 Artist in Residence. Supported by Australia Council IETM Collaboration Project.
Enlightened SoundThe Whisky Bond27 october – 18 November (Thursday – Sunday) 14.00 – 18.00Free
The Whisky Bond’s unseen spaces host an exhibition to celebrate and explore the intrinsic relationship between Glasgow’s music and arts culture. A group of artist/musicians including Raydale Dower (Tut Vu Vu), Steev Livingston (Errors), Richard McMaster (Silk Cut), Tom Marshallsay (Dam Mantle) and Tom Scholefield (Konx-om-pax), will visually expand on a piece of music they have made through light, installation, film and sculpture.
Includes preview night party and a variety of musical happenings, throughout Sonica 2012. For more info please check website and our social networking sites (#sonica2012).
country: Various type: Installation venue: The Whisky Bond info: sonic-a.co.uk
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Piano Migrations [ Scottish Premiere ] Kathy Hinde
Scottish Music Centre19 october – 18 November11.00 – 19.00 Free Piano Migrationstransforms the inside of a recycled piano into a kinetic sound sculpture. Dozens of small birds landing on telegraph lines appear to flutter and settle on its strings: the movements of the birds trigger small machines to twitch, causing the piano strings to resonate.
InPiano Migrationsnature appears to control machines as they come together to create a delicate and ever-changing musical score, for passers-by to enjoy in a surprise sonic encounter.
Supported by Scottish Music Centre. Somehow completely alive, and you could relax in its company for hours.
Venue Magazine
Music Box MigrationsKathy Hinde
Scottish Music CentreSaturday 20 october Workshop 10.00 – 13.00Free & Fun! Drop-in at any time.
Designed to accompanyPiano Migrations, Music Box Migrationsexplores the idea of using a picture as a musical score. Images of birds, bird migration patterns and maps are printed directly onto strips of card. Holes are punched according to chosen points on the images or map. These holes trigger notes when the score is wound through a music box – creating a (usually pleasing) melody.
Supported by Scottish Music Centre.
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Picture Window25 october – 18 NovemberVarious Venues GlasgowFree
Picture Window is an on-going project which animates vacant and transitional commercial spaces and shop fronts. In different locations across the city, these temporary spaces present work outside the gallery environment, allowing artists and musicians to engage with the public directly. A Picture Window project for Sonica 2012. For more info please check website and our social networking sites (#sonica2012).
Festival Hub8 – 10 & 15 – 17 NovemberSecret LocationFree Over the course of Sonica 2012 there will be a pop-up Festival Hub in a secret location. This will be a central point for information, workshops, events, performances, screenings and exhibitions, as well a place to meet and socialise after Sonica events. For more info please check website and our social networking sites (#sonica2012).
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Sonica has created a fun and engaging programme of events for all the family to get involved with sonic art and music. The programme will take place between 20 October and 20 November 2012. For further information please visit the website. All workshops are free but pre-booking is essential as spaces are limited. To book a place on one of the workshops please send us an email [email protected] note that all children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult.
Sonic DreamsCryptic & ARUP
Digital Design Studio, The Hub (@ Pacific Quay)Saturday 10, Sunday 11, Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 14.00, 14.30, 15.00, 15.30 (20 mins)£2 per person (up to 6 people per performance)ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com or 0141 352 4900
What do your dreams sound like? Sonic Dreamsis a fantastic sound world for children and adults alike. Meet Barney the cat, who dreams of catching fish in the ocean, fly to the jungle in your own helicopter and become a Commonwealth Games gold-medalist! Anything is possible on this 3D sound journey where the only limit is your imagination! An intimate sonic installation for families. Age 5 upwards.
Commissioned by Edinburgh’s International Science Festival created by Cryptic and ARUP. Developed with support from the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Supported by Digital Design Studio.
a wonderful journey…an experience that shouldn’t be missed
Edinburgh Spotlight
Sonic Storytelling The Hub / Saturday 10 & Saturday 17 November @ 11.00 – 13.00 & 14.00 – 15.30 / 11 November @ 11.00 – 13.00 / All AgesExplore stories through sound! As part ofSonic Dreams,build a sonic story to tell of places you dream of going and things you dream of doing!
Sarah Kenchington Performances The Hub / Saturday 10 November / Throughout the day / All AgesSarah Kenchington builds her own remarkable mechanical instruments, including a pedal-powered hurdy-gurdy, a giant rotating kalimba and her own brass band, powered by tractor inner-tubes.
Skoog The Hub / Talk – Sunday 11 November @ 14.00 – 16.00 / Workshop Day - Sunday 18 November @ 11.00 – 16.00 / All Ages The Skoog is not just one instrument but lots of instruments in a multi-coloured box of technology! Come and explore, through workshops and performances and have a go – anyone can play!
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Seeing SoundTramway / Saturday 10 November @ 13.00 – 14.00 / (Pre 5 yrs) / Saturday 17 November @ 13.00 – 15.00 / (5–8 yrs) & @ 13.00 – 15.00 / (9–12 yrs) You can’t just hear sound and music, you can SEE it too! How? Find out in this workshop exploring how music and sound look!
Conducting ColourCity Halls / Saturday 20 & Saturday 27 october @ 14.00 / 5–8 yrs Be your own conductor and make your own music in this interactive workshop exploring sound, colour, light and movement!
SYNTHESISThe Whisky Bond / Saturday 10 November @ 10.00 – 18.00See behind the scenes of how cutting edge electronica theatre is created: workshops in live soundtrack and physical theatre combine in front of an audience.
Din DenScotland St School Museum / Saturday 3 November @ 14.00 – 15.30 / (Pre 5 yrs) & 15.30 – 17.00 / (5–8 yrs)Explore all the fantastic possibilities of weird and wonderful noise-makers which you can use in other workshops around the city throughout November!
Satsymph Marc Yeats, ralph Hoyte & Phill PhelpsAvailable to download free/ www.satsymph.co.ukYour own personal sonic experience….simply download the app (http://satsymph.co.uk/) head to The Hidden Gardens, Maxwell Park, Creative Clyde, Kelvingrove or any open space and enjoy a sonic stroll.
The Listening Machine Peter Gregson, Daniel Jones and Britten Sinfonia / www.thelisteningmachine.org / Until october 2012An automated system that generates a continuous piece of music based on the activity of 500 Twitter users around the United Kingdom. Their conversations, thoughts and feelings are translated into musical patterns in real time, which you can tune in to at any point.
The Listening Machine was created with funding from Arts Council England in partnership with the BBC, as part the digital pop-up arts service www.thespace.org.
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Tramway25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PESOUTHTrain: 2 minutes walk from Pollokshields East StationBus: 23, 29, 38, 38A, 45 or 57
Centre for Contemporary Arts350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JDCENTRETrain: 5 minutes walk from Charing Cross StationBus: 44, 23, 11, 7, 57 or 42
Scottish Music Centre / City HallsCity Halls, Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 1NQCENTRETrain: 5 minutes walk from High Street Station
The Glue Factory22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill, Glasgow, G4 9SECENTRESubway: 10 minutes walk from St Georges Cross Subway StationBus: 75, 54 or 20
Scotland Street School Museum225 Scotland Street, Glasgow G5 8QBSOUTHSubway: Shields Road Station, directly oppositeBus: 89 or 90
The Hub Weekends only70 Pacific Quay (beside Science Centre) Glasgow, G51 1EASOUTHSubway: 15 minutes walk from Cessnock StationBus: 23 or 23A
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The Whisky BondDawson Road, Glasgow, G4 9SS (Glasgow Canal)CENTRESubway: 15 minutes walk from St. Georges Subway Bus: 75 or 54
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For all Sonica events at Tramway:Buy a ticket for two different shows and get a third show free – cheapest show free – limited availability. Only available through Tramway box office: 0845 330 3501
Cheapest show freeLimited availabilityOnly available through Tramway box office: 0845 330 3501 Each Sonica event lasts for 1 hr or less – why not join us for several? 19
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