[spectre] DRIFT Radio: Resonant Cities

[Chris Byrne]

DRIFT Radio: Resonant Cities
8 - 14 August
The Narrative Journey programme 2
http://www.mediascot.org/drift

DRIFT: Resonant Cities

How we listen and how aware we are of the 'noise' around us is at the 
heart of the wealth of works submitted and selected for Resonant 
Cities, a series of themed radio programmes curated by Robert H. King.

The programmes are presented in three distinct themes. The second 
thematic strand is 'The Narrative Journey'. The unfolding stories of 
this set of programmes are a compelling series of road movies (without 
visuals) that retrace paths taken and interact as the journey unfolds. 
The Narrative Journey programme 2 presents Sean Burn's sprawling 
'nØRth'

nØRth is a multi-faceted 'portable north' for the 21st century, taking 
a road journey along the A66, the author's 'road home', as its starting 
point. This is explored in spoken text and sampled/processed sound. The 
A66 runs from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Stockton-on-Tees, and on to 
Tees-port: a route that covers variously such wonders as the world's 
first Bessemer Steelworks; Wordsworth's birthplace; the Pennines and 
river Tees; Scotch Corner Services; the World's First Railway. From 
these and other fragments Sean Burn has woven an evocative illuminated 
manuscript, combining the polyphonic texts with found soundscapes.

To listen to the stream, and for further information visit the DRIFT 
web site at http://www.mediascot.org/drift

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