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Art, Music & Technology Events in Unusual Spaces. Free entry.
AN EXCLUSIVE AFTERNOON EXPLORATION OF ONE OF THE UK’S MOST UNUSUAL AND ECCENTRIC HERITAGE MUSEUMS WITH MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, ART AND ACTIVITIES FROM …
NAPOLEON IVth
Renowned sound artist and musician James Mabbett presents a site responsive kinetic composition for live musicians
JOANNE ARMITAGE
Workshop for turning objects into instruments from acclaimed technologist, improvisor and live coder
REET MAFF’L
Weirdo spoken word and music duo offer an alternative tour of the Museum
AMELIA CROUCH, LUKE DROZD and KATCH SKINNER
Three special limited edition artworks all made in response to Cliffe Castle's collection will be launched in the gift shop
and special guided tours from the Museum Team including Museum Manager DARU ROOKE..
Supported by University of Bradford, Arts Council England, Bradford Museums and Galleries, South Square Centre
UnCommons #3
By Andy Abbott
UnCommons is a series of events from Recon, Bradford Threadfest, M@BU - Music at Bradford University bringing together live music, performance, installations, interactive technology in unusual spaces in and around Bradford.
So far we’ve had events at the former Marks and Spencer on Darley Street working with The Brick Box in their Wild Woods installation, and an after party for the National Science and Media Museum’s Lates event at the Delius Arts and Cultural Centre German Church.
The events have included silent gigs (live performances tuned into via headphones), Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences, a Eurpoean noise-rock showcase, movement reactive projections and sound installations, amplified drawings. 360 video hotspots and psychedelic thumb piano busking.
For the third edition we’re working with Bradford Museums and Galleries to offer an exclusive alternative exploration of one of the district if not the UK’s most unusual and eccentric heritage museums: Cliffe Castle in Keighley.
If you’ve not visited Cliffe Castle before you’re in for a treat. Without wanting to spoil the surprises in store there is something for everyone from preserved Victorian rooms to two headed lambs, natural and social history galleries, endless rooms of taxidermy, a Chewbacca toy (the actor was from Keighley) and the intriguing ‘wife rocker’ alongside an internationally important display of stained glass by Morris and Co.
Performances and contributions come from composer, musician, producer and sound artist James Mabbett aka Napolean IVth who has worked with Bob Mcdougall to document buildings and institutions; using sounds recorded within these places and including both the public and users of the building in the final production.
Creative technologist and artist Joanne Armitage will offer a workshop sharing her skills around with sound, physical computing, digital media and interaction design and focused on turning objects into instruments.
Reet Maff’l is a spoken word and sound collage duo who have developed site-responsive and context specific sets for a variety of scenarios including performing in a spaceship on top of Matt's Gallery in London and an Augmented Reality futuristic tour Derby’s Silk Mill Museum. They offer a surreal take on some of the museum’s collections and objects.
Artists Amelia Crouch, Luke Drozd and Katch Skinner have been commissioned by South Square Gallery in Thornton to create new objects and works for the Cliffe Castle gift shop. These works that span print, ceramics and a special tea towel will also be displayed at South Square Gallery throughout May and June.
Area Museum Manager for Bradford Museums and Galleries Daru Rooke will offer a special guided tour of the Musuem during which you may get chance to ask him about choosing the hairy pelt of Benicio del Toro in the 2010 horror movie The Wolfman.
UnCommons #3 takes place Sunday May 28th 2017 at Cliffe Castle, Keighley BD20 6LH from 1pm - 4pm. The event is FREE ENTRY but bring some money for the limited edition souvenirs in the gift shop! Check www.bradford.ac.uk/music for updates.
This edition supported by University of Bradford, Arts Council England and in partnership with Bradford Museums and Galleries and South Square Gallery.
Venue : Cliffe Castle, Keighley BD20 6LH
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Start Date: Sunday 28-05-2017 - 13:00
End date: Sunday 28-05-2017 - 16:00
Capacity: 100
A.Abbott1@bradford.ac.uk
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