Archive for December, 2010

Date: December 20th, 2010
Cate: Community, FON 2010, happenings

Octopus Merch at Coniston Farmers Market and Art Fair.

We have better pictures somewhere, but for now enjoy the sunlight on the paper fibres in this uninformative snap of our Merch Stall at a pre Christmas Grizedale Arts event at Coniston Institute.  As a fundraiser for the Institute we were selling work by Paul Rooney, Binural Media and ourselves alongside local artists and butchers, and several Grizedale alumni including Marcus Coates, Ryan Gander and Nat Mellors. A nice day all round. We ate well and Moved Some Units.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Commissions, FON 2010
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Christmas Re-wind: Production Values.

Alys emerges from Tech duties and helps Sue handle the visuals.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Commissions, FON 2010
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Christmas Re-wind: all things to all people.

Contrasting appreciative  responses to the sound of Klaus Wunderlich scurrying around beneath your feet during  Mark Vernon’s ”Christmas Re-wind.”  “…very seasonal, and not a cliche in sight.”..”cakes, drinks…mad tunes.”

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Commissions, FON 2010
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“Christmas Re-wind”: A song from under the floorboards.

Andrew, Alys and Wiliam Deakin brave the cobwebs to install Powered Speakers in the crawlspace beneath the Bandstand. William (right) found 52p, which covered the cost of his safety gear.

Date: December 10th, 2010
Cate: Commissions, FON 2010
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Mark Vernon’s “Christmas Re-wind”

Mark Vernon is a sound artist, musician and radio producer based in Glasgow. He was a founding member of the art radio collective, ‘Radio Tuesday’ and has produced programmes and features for stations including WFMU, RADIA, Resonance FM, CKUT, Radio 101, VPRO and the BBC. His radio productions range from documentaries and radio plays to more experimental audio collage and soundscape pieces.  On December the 12th he presented “Christmas Rewind” a multi channel  assemblage of Christmas recordings made in the 60′s by the Derby Tape Recording Club  These include oddly moving audio letters, kids singing and talking,and  snatches of  christmas music seeded with Marks own additions.