Monday, 19 March 2012

A Participatory Event

Drawn to the Beat is a participatory event, exploring the possibilities and contradictions of negotiating a solitary, internal perception and shared acts of creativity through drawing music. One evening in January 2011, 100 participants arrived at the live music venue Band on the Wall in Manchester to find I had covered the floor in giant rolls of paper. Ultimately left to their own devices, the participants took to the floor, drawing in response to an eclectic mix of music from DJ’s played through silent disco headsets, and from live musicians. This event was funded by Arts Council England.

http://vimeo.com/22116637

DB
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  1. windowmakers22 March 2012 at 23:06

    Thanks D, I think this is the kind of participatory stuff that really works. People given the materials to work with, the music to respond to, and left to get on with it.

    I would love to do something open and free like this. I like the idea of people responding through drawing to a soundtrack.

    There was an artist who did an audio piece, like a spoken walking tour, in the area around Aldgate. What was her name? It would be interesting to use something like that as a soundscape, a stimulus for the drawing, eh?

    Tracey

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