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ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF
MANCHESTER : PERIPHERAL

by Alastair Dant, Tom Davis & David Gunn (UK/USA)

http://www.manchesterperipheral.com

The sounds of Manchester, for you to remix. Manchester : Peripheral

is an interactive SoundMap that uses physical workshops and virtual

interfaces to allow individuals to create their own "folk songs".

It creates a constantly evolving audio portrait of the area and an

intimate guide to the urban landscape. Sounds and musics contributed

by local people are remixed via an online SoundMap, with a physical

installation in development for 2007. Visitors to the website are

encouraged to save and share their mixes and to submit their own

sounds for inclusion on the site, creating an ongoing relationship of

collaborative creativity with the wider community. Looking beyond the

city centre, Manchester : Peripheral delves deep into the musical

culture of four wards across the Manchester's metropolitan borough,

celebrating a far more diverse and complex image of Manchester.

Manchester : Peripheral is one in a series of ongoing works by the

Folk Songs Project using digital art, community engagement and audio

recordings to explore individual and collective identity in regions

across the world.

A new project commissioned by Futuresonic, Manchester International

Festival and Museum of Science and Industry.

A part of Futuresonic 2006
http://www.futuresonic.com