ArtCast_audio

Darlin Instrumental, SPIN

Richard Higlett, Rosemary Hudson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:02:07 +0100

Released 10th April 2008

This is the first of four weekly podcasts in association with moves08, in which audio and video art exploring the theme of this year's moves festival, the interaction of movement and sound, has been selected from an international open call. For the first week two audio and three video pieces have been brought together, all of which have a shared wit and communicative sensibility.

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In this week's ArtCast_audio:

Rosemary Hudson: Darlin Instrumental (1 min 25 sec)
Using sound, and basic recording equipment, London-based Rosemary Hudson has re-created the XX teen’s song Darlin’ using only her own voice and layering sound upon sound. Her solo efforts are called me me me because the choir consists only of her.

Richard Higlett: SPIN (1 min 05 sec)
“SPIN” is part of a series of sound pieces where effects have been added to artists’ dialogues sometimes in a comedic manner, at other time for the purpose of imposing a false tension in the narrative.

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Scratched Concrete 5,6,9

Seth Brignell — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:46:12 +0100

Released 17th April 2008

This week's selection explores and makes manifest tensions which arise in the relation of audio to visual, sound to movement, and vice versa. One audio and two video pieces communicate the intensity inherent in such relationships.

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In this week's ArtCast_audio:

Seth Brignell: Scratched Concrete 5,6,9 (11 min 20 sec)
“SCRATCHED CONCRETE 5,6,9”, by Seth Brignell, was created from numerous concrete recordings of metal made in rich acoustic environments. The recordings were then duplicated onto various CDR’s which were then scratched. The resulting chance material was re-spliced together to create rhythmic and repetitive ‘frames’ of sound to which emphasise particular nuances.

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Moving Parts #1 / slow spindle

Kevin Logan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:22:18 +0100

Released 24th April 2008

For the third week of podcasts exploring the moves08 festival theme of the interaction between movement and sound, three videos and one audio piece have been selected. There is a subtlety in the execution of these pieces which crosses the line between calming or contemplative and something more unnerving and sinister.

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In this week's ArtCast_audio:

Kevin Logan: Moving Parts #1 / slow spindle (9 min 23 sec)
“Moving Parts #1 / slow spindle” is a sonic piece which spans the areas of soundscape and experimental music, combining an interest in the incidental noises incorporated in the production and recording of music and sound: A by-product of using virtual sound studios is still physical movement and mechanical noise.

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Figurehead

First Person Theatre — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:24:54 +0100

Released 1st May 2008

The final podcast in this series, released to coincide with moves08, takes a more descriptive or observational approach to the theme, addressing both verbal and visual approaches to commentary and the act of description, in one audio and two contrasting video pieces.

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In this week's ArtCast_audio:

First Person Theatre: Figurehead (8 min 38 sec)
First Person Theatre is a company of theatre makers and sound artists who use portable mp3 players and headphones to create interactive theatrical forms. The solo performance “Figurehead” is for one person on a free-standing park bench, anywhere. First Person Theatre's compositions and recordings have been developed to suggest and infer, rather than impose images and sensations, allowing opportunity for participants to activate their perceptions and imaginations.

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