Today sees the launch of the Podcast we have been working on in the support of the I Hear Too project. As we have been investigating the role that sound has in heritage we thought 21st century audio media would be the best way to capture and disseminate our work.
The podcast has been announced on EPSRC's news website:
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PressReleases/pastsounds.htm
The video version is available here.
And you can subscribe to it on iTunes by searching for the EPSRC Pioneer Podcast.
It features interviews with Damian Murphy (I Hear Too), Louise K Wilson (Artist), Richard Ranft (British Library Sound Archive), Rupert Till (University of Huddersfield), Seb Jouan (Arup Acoustics), Joe Savage (National Railway Museum, York), Sarah May (English Heritage).
With sincere thanks to Jane Reck of the EPSRC Press Office for all her hard work in pulling this together.
Sounds of the Past and the Future 23 Nov 2009
I Hear Too: Live - 7 October 2009 8pm 19 Sep 2009
York Minster to echo to the sound of heritage
A unique event showcasing sound-art and music in the historic setting of York Minster. I Hear Too: Live will feature seven specially commissioned music, performance and sound-art installation in various locations around the Minster.
Artists include:
Ebor Singers: John Was & Aaron Watson: David Chapman: Craig Vear: Louise K Wilson: HISTORYWORKS: Jon Calver & Helen Weinstein
The varied programme of works will, over the course of the evening, explore, interpret and re-examine the space, architecture and daily life of the Minster, making use of various aspects and features of the building.
We encourage the audience to sit, walk or interact with the works as appropriate - this is not intended to be a traditional concert experience!
Pieces to be performed include:
A Ripple on the World’s Pool by John Was and Aaron Watson
An audio-visual piece inspired by the ways in which York Minster, over many centuries, has been both the focus and transmission point for the key ideas and meanings that bind our culture. The piece will use the sound of the Minster bell(s) to initiate a series of audio-visual sequences commenting upon chains of cause and effect and the spread of influence and ideas in faith, culture and time.
'Cravasse' and 'Melt Water' by Craig Vear
12,000 years ago the geographic position of the Minster would have been underneath a giant glacier - and potentially within the next thousand years, the next 'Ice Age' will start. These two pieces fill the Nave with the sounds recorded from inside Antarctic glacier: in 'Cravasse', giant Icicle bells are used as source material, and in 'Melt Water the inter-moraine smelt water rivers are explored.
Minster Voices by Helen Weinstein and Jon Calver (Historyworks)
A cacophony of found sounds in the Quire aisles leads you via footstep tracks to the Zouche Chapel. In the Zouche Chapel a subdued sound montage interweaving the stories of those who look after the Minster building providing a place of contemplation where the audience can be immersed in story telling snippets woven in to a sound poem about how the Minster is looked after from the waking up of the building to its closing at night.
Sotto Voce by David Chapman
Octo: Sotto Voce is an 8-channel sound installation presenting an audio montage of whispered voices. The whispered prayer, the respectful tone or the irreverent aside are characteristic of the voice hushed to convey private conversations not intended for widespread dissemination. The piece will be installed in the Chapter House to make use of its exceptional acoustic properties and stunning architecture where 8 loudspeakers will be face out from the central octagonal floor motif.
I Hear Too Live starts at 8pm on 7 October. Tickets - priced £10 (£5 conc) - are available now from York Minster Box Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York, YO1 7JN.
Web: http://www.boxoffice.yorkminster.org/
Email: concerts@yorkminster.org
Tel: 01904 557200
reports of first two workshop available on-line now 1 Jul 2009
Reports of our first two workshops can be found in the IPUP website. Please follow the links below.
Many thanks to Lucy Sackville and Helen Weinstein of IPUP for writing these
1st Workshop - 20 April National Railway Museum
2nd Workshop - 18 May, British Library Sound Archive
UPDATE Programme for 18th May Event 15 May 2009
A small change in the programme as Mark Edmonds has had to pull out at the last minute and will now hopefully be presenting at our Glasgow event in September instead.
We are very pleased to announce that at the 11th hour sound artist Craig Vear has agreed to present aspects of his recent work:
Superfield [Mumbai] - the see-hearing dimension of sound art
Craig Vear, composer and sound artist; Adelphi Research Institute, University of Salford
The programme has been updated below.
UPDATE 12 May 2009
Registration for the 18th May Workshop at the British Library is now closed. Many thanks for all your interest.
British Library - Further Information: Directions to Centre for Conservation 6 May 2009
The Centre for Conservation is accessed from the first floor of the British Library.
Take the main stairs to the left of the Information Desk to the first floor (not the Upper Ground Floor). At the top of the stairs turn right and walk alongside the King's Library, then take your first left. Follow the corridor along through the first set of double doors directly ahead. Then go through the double doors on your immediate right into the stair lobby. Go through the glass doors onto the terrace, the Centre for Conservation is directly ahead of you.
If you require further directions, please ask at the Information Desk in foyer of the British Library.
About I Hear Too
I Hear Too is supported by:
