FON 2011; TETSUO KOGAWA’S TRANSMITTER WORKSHOP, LANTERNHOUSE, ULVERSTON.
The first event of FON 2011. Japanese Free Radio pioneer Tetsuo Kogawa presents his Transmitter workshop at Lanternhouse , Ulverston,
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Octopus workshops at Barrow Island School
Barrow Island Schools Year Six crammed themselves into John ‘s art studio for a live recording as the culmination of a days Sound, Text and Music workshops . The group produced a series of recordings reflecting on thier camping residential at Ormsgill, and took part in editing, recording music and sound effects , writing and delivering texts with Octopods Glenn, John and Andrew and guest writer Kate Davis. The project was part of the Bifocals EAR programme. Here’s Megan’s poem The Climbing Wall, with breathy effects and a thumb piano and vocal loop.
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UCLAN student Pete Dent and colleague Davydd Pattinson outside Octopus HQ where they will be working on Pete’s Octopus /FON commission. Pete’s Course requires what he describes as a Real World brief, and with our varied and arcane knowledge of the real world we’ve supplied one, which will lead to a performance /installation at Barrow Park Bandstand on April the 15th. Pete begins work tomorrow, in the remaining 8 square feet of space that isn’t taken up with flight cases and broken tape recorders.
Paul Rooney at Barrow Sixth Form College
Paul Rooney talks about his work and his plans for the Barrow Park piece to Foundation Students at Barrow Sixth Form College.
Octopus Vegetable Orchestra
Octopus Vegetable Orchestra Live in Barrow Park 25/08/10 from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.
Pupils from Lillian Bayliss school in Lambeth performing with Octopus on Barrow Park Bandstand with home-made vegetable instruments. The performance took place in Barrow-in-Furness Park as part of a Grizedale Arts project with artist Jeremy Deller.
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Octopus Turntablism
Octopus live turntable set at Lanternhouse July 2010 from Octopus Collective on Vimeo.
Four performances with vinyl from Octopus members John Hall (Cardboard Lung), Fern Oxley (Shengi), Andrew Deakin (Yantantethra) and Glenn Boulter (Focal Gaol). Visuals from the Multiple Otomo DVD by Otomo Yoshihide. The performances took place at Lanternhouse as part of an evening devoted to turntablism.
SOUND OBJECTS Workshop at St Bernards RC, Barrow.
The Patented Octopus Crash Course in DIY music production, led by Glenn (left) and John at St Bernards RC School,Barrow. The idea was to form and name a Band and come up with a photograph, a piece of original recorded music, packaging and a press biog in half a day, with the results posted online, ie here. On the left we see the Terrors recording thier piece, and on the right we have the a moment in the design process for Indian Haggis’s “Explosive Silence” cd.
Thanks to the group and thier teacher Lesley Skelton for a really good day.
FON exhibition at Barrow Sixth Form College
Sound Objects ,an exhibition of design, presentation and dessimination methods is currently on show to students at Barrow Sixth Form College as part of the FON education programme. Featuring artwork and objects from a wide range of contemporary musicians including many FON festival artists , the exhibition and its accompanying workshop sessions from FON curators will tour local schools.
SOUND OBJECTS Exhibition, Barrow Sixth Form College.
Oct 2009…Barrow Sixth Form College has an excellent arts department, and we were lucky enough to be able to use a lot of thier facilities during FON 2009. Manchester music boffins Owl Project gave a performance and demonstration of their current I-LOG project, and we installed the first of the Sound Object exhibitions, presenting some examples of packaging-as-editioning , or as a means of combining fine art ideas with musical content. Drawing on the festival bill, the exhibits included Faust’s transparent first lp, John Wall’s Blood-bag sleeve for “hylic”, Matthew Bower’s individually painted boxes, Richard Young’s Sackcloth single bag and PIL’s “Metal Box.”
Thanks to B6FC’s Colin Aldred and Sue Deakin for thier help.