Sound Art
Futuresonic 2009 is pleased to present a number of exciting sound projects within the Art programme.
A highlight is a collaboration between Yamaha and Royal College of Art who have created an exhibition of highly innovative and often unusual musical instruments and interfaces presented for the first time by Futuresonic 2009.
Opening a new partnership between Futuresonic and the Jodrell Bank Observatory is a commissioned sound performance. John Lennon's Imagine will ring out on the bells of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral in a major new commission by Cleo Evans. The festival also hosts projects by two long-time collaborators and friends of the festival, SoundNetwork and The Owl Project.
Since 2004 Futuresonic has pioneered digital art projects outside galleries and in the city streets. In 2009, two projects take highly innovative and playful sound projects into unexpected spaces in Manchester, Graffiti Radio and Little Helpers.
Royal College of Art & Yamaha
Yamaha have collaborated with the Royal College of Art on this exhibition of highly innovative and often unusual musical instruments and interfaces. Presented for the first time by Futuresonic 2009.
Cleo Evans (UK)
Following on from Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, John Lennon's Imagine will ring out across Liverpool on the world's highest and heaviest peal of bells at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral.
Yuri Suzuki (JP)
A music project played by using a mobile phone to scan QR code graffiti (two-dimensional bar-codes) sprayed by the artist in the street with a stencil.
Will Schrimshaw (UK)
Little Helpers are small, DIY sound making devices scattered throughout the city, each one unique and home made. Look and listen out for them in the streets near main venues and check website for further details.
Owl Project (UK)
One of Manchester's most original art groups, The Owl Project combine music, DIY electronics, and woodcraft. Join the global developer community, and enjoy the performance.
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Sound Network & BURNEVERYTHING (UK)
Make your own unique sound piece and its packaging by operating a 'micro-recording plant' set up for the day in a live interactive installation and performance.
Mark Pilkington (UK) & Tim O'Brien (UK)
In a celebration of the International Year of Astronomy and the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, musician Mark Pilkington and astrophysicist Tim O'Brien reinterpret the sounds from the world leading Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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