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Calling all audio kids: G20 Open Source Soundclash
by Nic
Wednesday November 15, 2006 at 03:48 PM
g20sound@dislocated.org
Calling all audio-nerds, field-recording buffs, musicians, kids with iPods and anyone with audio gear to record the sounds of creative public dissent at the G20 protests this weekend. The idea: create a public pool of audio from the event, then invite you to collaborate, remix, mash up and create a crazy audio record that captures the intangible energy of mass protest.
Hey!
This is a call out to all audio-nerds, field-recording buffs, musicians, kids with iPods and anyone else who has audio recording gear to get amongst it and record the sounds of the G20 protests this weekend.
The G20 is approaching fast, and shaping up to be the focus of a huge and vibrant public expression of creative dissent. The idea is to focus on sonic manifestations of creativity, community and dissent in public space. The verbal and visual aspects are going to be well-covered in print, photography and film, so we're keen to get at the audio instead, to capture some of the intangible energy of mass protest.
We invite you to contribute to a public pool of audio from the event, then invite y'all to collaborate, remix, mash up and generally create with the results. The end product will be a crazy audio record of the protests, and a way of continuing the movement of the movement.
The idea goes a little something like this ...
1. RECORD.
Get out in the streets, to squats, to workshops, to protests, to whatever takes your fancy and record as much or as little as you like. DAT recorders, minidisks, Dictaphones, mp3 recorders, giant old-skool reel-to-reel tape recorders, the choice is yours. Get the sounds of the jackboots and the drums, the chants and chatter, stick you microphone in the cops' face or the crowd's smiles. Anything is fair game, but we're particularly interested in rhythm and detail.
2. UPLOAD.
In the weeks following, edit your recording down to a raw 10-15 minute rush of the best stuff. We can either collect it in person, or you can upload it to www.dislocated.org/g20sound from after November 30.
3. REMIX
All raw recordings will be publicly available at www.dislocated.org/g20sound. We will invite the recorders, the public and some specially invited producers to download from the common pool of audio and remix it, mash it up, turn it into beats and tunes, soundscapes, whatever the hell you like.
4. DISTRIBUTE
Re-upload or drop off your finished tracks and we'll post them on the site along with your details. We're talking to different radio stations (any radio kids get this, call us!) and also looking to produce a CD to be distributed with the book on the alter-Globalisation movement in OZ that's planned in the wake of the G20. If for some strange reason funds are raised, they'll go back into activism projects.
To get involved, just get out there and record. We're also going to meet up at 6pm on Thursday 16th Nov at RMIT in the Media Space as part of the independent media meeting. If you need any more info, e-mail Nic. Full details on the project, including tech stuff, will be at www.dislocated.org/g20sound in the next couple of days.
Peace!
Nic
www.dislocated.org/g20sound
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