Manchester: Peripheral – Futuresonic
3 July 2007 Kro Piccadilly
Manchester : Peripheral remixes and replays the sounds of Manchester. At its heart is an engaging audio-visual installation in Piccadilly Gardens, which mixes the sounds of street musicians, interviews with residents, local rappers and even the ambient noises of school playgrounds and cricket matches. The sounds are selected by the votes of local communities, via node installations in four outlying wards, in digital culture’s answer to The X-Factor. Every vote shapes a rich, organic soundclash of lives, voices and music from Manchester’s contemporary urban environment.
Combining live events in each ward with online interactivity and a networked installation, Manchester : Peripheral explores the dynamics between the city centre and the often under or misrepresented people and cultures of four wards on Manchester’s periphery: Moss Side, Ancoats & Clayton, Levenshulme and Chorlton. Curated by Drew Hemment, the artistic director of the Futuresonic urban festival of electronic arts and music, and supported by Arts Council England and Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester.
