[microsound] DRIFT-New Media Scotland's major new initiative for sound and radio art

[claudio chea <yituey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

New Media Scotland announces DRIFT

DRIFT ? New Media Scotland's major new initiative for sound and radio art -
launches on the 27th February to coincide with the opening of Dialogues
2004, one of several live events in Scotland which reflect widespread
international interest in sound art and experimental music. DRIFT is an
exploration of sound art and experimental music featuring radio broadcasts,
moving image, publications, and live events. DRIFT is a platform for artists
from Scotland and beyond, a gateway to these emerging cultural forms.

The DRIFT Internet portal, with graphics by award-winning designer Andy
McGregor, goes live today. Find out more at http://www.mediascot.org/drift

The DRIFT team will be streaming live audio through the weekend from
Dialogues 2004 at Edinburgh's Bongo Club. Highlights include a night of
Audio Perversion, featuring heavy hitters from Scotland's live electronics
music scene teamed up with SiLENCiO's Cabaret; and SKIN, featuring Mark
Summers' viola da gamba with live electronics and four specially
commissioned works for the festival, using state of the art computer
technology to deconstruct an 18th century musical instrument.

The live stream from Dialogues 2004 is just one of many activities taking
place over the next year as part of DRIFT. New Media Scotland is pleased to
announce the results of the DRIFT open submission selection. In 2003 New
Media Scotland sent out an open call for artists and musicians worldwide to
participate in DRIFT. 200 artists responded, sending sound works and
proposals grouped in 4 separate categories, details follow.

Resonant Cities ? a series of radio programmes curated by Robert H. King
which explore the sonic identity of our surrounding space. How we listen and
how aware we are of the seemingly 'ugly noise' around us is at the heart of
the wealth of works selected. From Glasgow to the Dominican Republic and
from Berlin to Mexico City, sonic explorers have engaged with the fragmented
noise of the city soundscape: the streets, people and snatches of
conversation, traffic, obtrusive music, communication intrusions: mobile
phones ? radio traffic, city wildlife and the general clutter of everyday
life. Resonant Cities features work by 44 artists including Lorenza Lucchi
Basili, John Levack Drever, Alistair MacDonald, Claudio Yituey Chea, Pippa
Murphy, Ed Osborn, Pete Stollery, plus others from around the globe.

DRIFT Radio Art Commission ? Mark Vernon will produce a new radio art work
for broadcast both online and on-air, via audio streaming and FM
transmission. 'Evelyn's Request: Radio in Film' will examine how radio has
been portrayed in another medium. A work uniquely for radio in which radio
is both the medium and the content, the programme plays with distinctions
between fictional and factual radio whilst exploring the portrayal of radio,
Disc Jockeys, radio phone-ins, pirates and Shock Jocks in popular cinema.

DRIFT Moving Image Programme ? a touring video programme curated by Iliyana
Nedkova. Short films and videos by UK based artists, which take as their
starting point sound art or experimental music. Following the success of New
Media Scotland touring programmes such as Desktop Icons, the DRIFT Moving
Image programme will launch in August 2004 and tour to venues in Scotland,
the UK and internationally.

DRIFT Radio Programmes - a platform for artists ideas - one-off events,
regular shows, experimental sound projects, radio art work for broadcast
both online and on-air. Programmes confirmed so far include: 'Box 30/70' by
Sam Auinger & Bruce Odland, urban soundscapes produced using a length of
pipe and a shipping container to 'tune' the sounds of each location; and
'Velvet Honey' by Barry Burns, a helter skelter narrative of life in the
city.

Artworks selected from the open call are only part of the story. A number of
DRIFT projects are currently in progress, to be showcased later in the year.
For more information on DRIFT activities, updates and news visit the DRIFT
web site at http://www.mediascot.org/drift

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New Media Scotland is a national agency enabling cultural activities shaped
by new technologies. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council.

DRIFT is a year long project in partnership with cultural organisations
across Scotland and beyond. DRIFT is supported by the Scottish Arts Council;
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology; Liverpool School
of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University; Community Media
Association.

For further details please contact:

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New Media Scotland
P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ
Tel. +44 131 477 3774
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.mediascot.org
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