Archive for category Full of Noises Festival

Date: August 4th, 2011
Cate: Community, FON 2011, Residencies, Uncategorized
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FON 2011:PHILIP JECK LIVE AT STATION VIEW HOUSE, BARROW

 

Over the last few months Octopus has been visiting the residents of Station View House, playing records and talking about music, how we experience it and what it means to people . In the coming year we will be working on a project called Voices Of Station View, with the support of our County Council. Today  composer Philip Jeck performed for  the residents,  drawing on records sourced from local charity shops.  At the end of the performance a member of the audience told Philip ” I could have listened to that all day.”

 

Date: August 4th, 2011
Cate: Education, FON 2011, Residencies, Uncategorized
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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,

Date: August 3rd, 2011
Cate: FON 2011, Full of Noises Festival, Uncategorized
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FON 2011. THE RESIDENCY WEEK BEGINS. AGF, PHILIP JECK, TETSUO KOGAWA AND LEE GAMBLE AT OCTOPUS HQ

Lee Gamble,  Philip Jeck and AGF at Piel View House , Barrow , at work on their pieces for FON 2011.  Lee, Antye and Philip will join Barrow’s own Tom Scott and  Japanese Transmissions Artist Tetsuo Kogawa. Tetsuo presents a Transmitter workshop at Lanternhouse tonight alongside a performance and origami workshop from Ryoko Akama.

Date: June 30th, 2011
Cate: Commissions, FON 2011, Full of Noises Festival
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RE-DOCK return

Re-Dock’s John O’Shea returns for a further recce of Barrow Park in advance of their FON project.  Here we have Andrew making a test broadcast from the boating lake while John and Glenn, (with Ruth McCullough from AND) test the range from various sites around the park. John also visited our friends at Station View House in Barrow to set up a meeting with residents who will be compiling vinyl for a  FON Desert Island Discs broadcast from the Re-Dock Swan Pedalo.

Date: June 2nd, 2011
Cate: Bandstand, Commissions, FON 2011
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Artists and family create post-gig “Unhalfbricking” mood.

Elderly Fairport fans will get the reference.  Mary Stark , Ellie Chaney with friends and family in the , er, Octopus garden after thier april Bandstand show.

Date: June 2nd, 2011
Cate: Commissions, FON 2011, Full of Noises Festival
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John O’Shea, Swan Pedallo pedeller, visits Octopus.

Purposefully striding towards the kitchen are Octopods Andrew and Glenn and ( red jacket) FON 2011 artist John O’Shea of  RE-DOCK.  John was in the park to have a look at the boating pond which on which the RE-DOCK Swan Pedalo will sail during FON weekend August 5 and 6. John also gave us a preview of  his great film documenting a Workington Uppies v Downies game from a few weeks ago, and his plans for the reintroduction of pigs bladder football into the sporting calendar.

Date: February 16th, 2011
Cate: Commissions, Education, FON 2011
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Bandstanding

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.

Date: January 28th, 2011
Cate: Events, FON 2010
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FON AIR:Dan Fox in Barrow Park

Ulverston Sound Artist and Musician Dan Fox visists the Park for a special FON AIR show on Feb 27. Dan will be bringing his magnificent Boom Bike ( left) , through which you can play your own music via your mobile or usb stick, and his Woosh Directional Speaker, which…well, come and listen.

1pm Sunday Feb 27, and its free of charge.

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.

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