[spectre] Instrument exhibition at Futuresonic 2006

[Drew Hemment]

FUTURESONIC 2006
Urban Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
Manchester 20 - 23 July

Futuresonic 2006 presents two major exhibitions as a part its 10th  
anniversary festival featuring more than 100 acts and artists.


INSTRUMENT
MANCHESTER UK
20-29 JULY 2006
http://10.futuresonic.com/instrument.html
An exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise generators, audio- 
visual manipulators and head twisters by leading sound artists and  
noise-makers. A mix of high tech and low tech - live installations,  
concert performances, and abstract busking.
Museum of Science and Industry

A computer allows users to make music with the hands-on process of  
scratching the disk (LSD Drive, Simon Blackmore), the re-mix is taken  
into uncharted territory (Scrambled Hackz, Sven Konig), hand-drawn  
images are digitally brought to life (Drawn, Zachary Lieberman),  
copyleft licensed 12 inch vinyl 'battle tools' are created (Leverage,  
Open Music Archive), and a potent mix of wood and computer technology  
appears (iLog, Owl Project). See and hear an instrument and  
performance creating improvised choral music (The Speech Guitar, Jon  
Cambeul), and music created with an Etch-A-Sketch (Duelling Etch-A- 
Sketches, Pete Hindle). Hypercompositions are created for digital and  
acoustic instruments (Tosterasta, Vergil Sharkya'), and light and  
sound are controlled as comfortably as playing musical instruments or  
painting pictures (Tenori-On, Toshio Iwai).

Voices sing into the quiet resonance of a banjo echoing the distant  
strum of a half-remembered blues (Can You Hear Me? (Peter Appleton  
and Simon Thorne), listen to the sound of the human voice re-voiced  
as an electric guitar (Translate, John J. Campbell), and the sound of  
a large scale digitally controlled ready-made noise-machine orchestra  
(Noise-Machine Orchestra, Colin Fallows). At Instrument anything  
seems possible -  an Aeolian bow is transformed into an electro  
acoustic instrument (The Arc, Max Eastley), high tech instrument  
design is combined with ancient African musical forms (Pangeia  
Instrumentos, Victor Gama),  enjoy the physical experience of music  
whilst sitting in an armchair (Sonic Armchair, Kaffe Matthews), and  
consider the application of the 'Process of Painting' to the guitar  
(Guitar Retrospective, Keith Rowe).

Curated by Colin Fallows and Drew Hemment


FUTURESONIC 2006 FOCUS WEEKEND
20-23 JULY 2006
http://www.futuresonic.com
Futuresonic 2006 also features the OFF THE MAP exhibition, the SOCIAL  
TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT, and extensive WORKSHOPS programme, and  
FUTURESONIC LIVE.


VENUE

1830 WarehouseThe Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4FP
0161 832 2244
http://www.msim.org.uk


TICKETS

http://10.futuresonic.com/tickets.html

Delegate Pass: 45 GBP
Includes Weekender Wristband (normally 25 GBP).

Student Delegate Pass: 10 GBP
Includes Loyalty Wristband (normally 3 GBP).


ACCOMMODATION

If you're looking for a place to stay, some of us will be staying at  
the Britannia Hotel. Any hotels located within a half-mile of this  
location will put you right at the heart of the festival's night-time  
action.

The Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA.
0161 228 2288 / 0845 644 8444

http://10.futuresonic.com/accommodation.html


http://www.futuresonic.com