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'''[http://www.openmusicarchive.org Open Music Archive]''' initiated by artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White, is a collaborative project to source, digitise, and distribute out of copyright music recordings.

'''Open Music Archive Projects''' is a forum for projects using material from the archive. Use this wiki to [[Feedback%2C_suggestions_and_project_ideas | post feedback, suggestions or project ideas]].

==British Art Show Symposium Bristol - Live Event==

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Screening of '''Broadcast Times''', '''Screen Tests''', and '''Dragline''' with live musical accompaniment by Ben White. The music, which has been sourced from out-of-copyright early 20th Century 78rpm records will be manipulated in real-time using samplers and DJ turntables.

'''Friday 15 September, 7:30 pm'''

[http://www.spikeisland.org.uk Spike Island at A Bond] 
Smeaton Road, Cumberland Basin 
Bristol BS1 6EE 
More info: 0117 929 2266 

The A Bond building is approximately
10 minutes walk from Spike Island 
 
[http://www.situations.org.uk/projects_britishartshow_symposium.htm Part of British Art Show Symposium: Curating Post-Nation Rethinking the Survey Exhibition for the Biennial Age] 

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==Futuresonic 2006==

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'''Leverage''', a new project for [http://www.futuresonic.com Futuresonic 2006], centres around the creation of copyleft licensed 12 inch vinyl records containing a range of samples, beats and extracts from the archive in a format referencing scratch tools, breaks compilations and battle records. [[Futuresonic_2006 | Read more . . .]]

Sample Leverage at [http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/instrument/ Instrument], an exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise-generators, audio-visual manipulators, and head twisters by sound artists and noise-makers. 
'''20-29 July at 1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester'''

'''Friday 21 July 11am''' 
Eileen Simpson & Ben White talk about Leverage and the Open Music Archive project. 
'''1830 Warehouse, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester''' 
[http://10.futuresonic.com/urban_play/artist_talks_and_performances/ More info]

''Futuresonic 2006 runs from 20 - 22nd July at various venues around Manchester''

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==Broadcast Times: British Art Show Bristol==

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'''Broadcast Times: The Birth of Westward''' - a film by Neil Cummings, Marysia Lewandowska, Eileen Simpson, and Ben White - is showing as part of the British Art Show Bristol.

As the exhibition train leaves the platform, we are taken on a documentary journey of “a happy hunting ground for tycoons” the birth of commercial television broadcasting.

'''15th July - 17 September 2006'''

[http://www.spikeisland.org.uk Spike Island at A Bond] 
Smeaton Road, Cumberland Basin 
Bristol BS1 6EE 
More info: 0117 929 2266

[http://www.hayward.org.uk/britishartshow6/ British Art Show website]

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==Screen Tests @ Canal==

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An evening of short films and a party to celebrate the opening of:

'''[http://www.canalonvyner.org/ Canal]''' 29 Vyner St, London E2 9QD

Friday 2 June 2006 
Screenings from 8.30pm

'''The Light Fantastic''' - Ken Russell, 1960

'''Behive''' - Jim Self and Frank Moore, 1985

'''Screen Tests''' - Neil Cummings, Marysia Lewandowska, Eileen Simpson, Ben White, 2005

Party to follow

Canal is a temporary project room and studio run by Matthew Darbyshire, Anna Colin, Sarah McCrory, Olivia Plender, Melissa Franklin, Djordje Ozbolt and Celine Condorelli.

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==Screen Tests DVD==

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A project in collaboration with [http://www.chanceprojects.com Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska] that evolved from British Art Show 6.

The Free DVD was launched at the [http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/symposia/anticipatingthepastartistsarchivefilm5202.htm Anticipating the Past: Artist: Archive: Film] conference on the 12th-13th May, at Tate Modern.

The DVD includes three new films - edited from archive film material, with a soundtrack made from out-of-copyright records - along with the original material and source files. The material is released under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons license], enabling anyone to use and re-use Screen Tests for future creative exchange.

'''Screen Tests 1/4 Screen Tests''' 
The film unfolds as a series of Andy Warhol-like screen tests, slowly revealing the location and the occupation of those before the camera - students and models from the Manchester School of Art.

'''Screen Tests 2/4 Dragline''' 
Dragline stumbles across an autonomous event, and echoing 1970’s structuralist film, returns the default setting of contemporary digital practice - sampling and looping - to its industrial roots.

'''Screen Tests 3/4 Broadcast Times: The Birth of Westward''' 
As the exhibition train leaves the platform, we are taken on a documentary journey of “a happy hunting ground for tycoons” the birth of commercial television broadcasting.

'''Screen Tests 4/4''' 
The Northern Region Film and Television Archive, based in Newcastle did not respond to several attempts at contact, eventually we spoke over the telephone and they declined any involvement.

[http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ Arts Council England] funded the production of this DVD through Grants for the arts.

'''If you would like a copy of the Screen Tests DVD email info@openmusicarchive.org'''

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==Dragline: British Art Show Nottingham==

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'''Dragline''' and '''Screen Tests''' are showing at [http://www.angelrowgallery.com/ Angel Row Gallery] as part of British Art Show 6, Nottingham (21st April - 25th June)

Angel Row Gallery 
Central Library Building 3 Angel Row 
Nottingham NG1 6HP

Catch a live performance of Screen Tests in Nottingham at 7.30pm on 19th May at Powerhouse, Victoria Studios (part of the Nottingham Trent buildings)

[http://www2.ntu.ac.uk/ntsad/bonington/bas6_10.shtml more details]

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==Dragline @ Swiss Institute NY==

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Preview of our new film '''Dragline''' - remixed archive material, with a soundtrack made from out-of-copyright records, produced in collaboration with [http://www.chanceprojects.com Chance Projects] showing at:

[http://www.swissinstitute.net Swiss Institute] 495 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012

Thursday March 23, 7pm

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==Open Music Archive presents an Evening of Free Music and Films==

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[[My_Goodniss|Archive playlists, remix samples, and photos]]

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==British Art Show 6, Manchester (28th Jan -2nd April 2006) ==

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We were invited by artists [http://www.chanceprojects.com Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska] to collaborate on Screen Tests for the British Art Show 6 in Manchester. Screen Tests is a film composed entirely of material found and released from the North West Film Archive. The ten minute film is accompanied by a sound track made from out-of-copyright recordings. These source recordings are available in the Open Music Archive to download:

[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Grandmas_Ball.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Intro_And_Tarantelle.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/O_Patria_Mia_From_Aida.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Oi_ya_nestchastay.mp3]
[http://www.openmusicarchive.org/audio/Umbrellas_To_Mend.mp3]

See '''Screen Tests''' at [http://www.urbis.org.uk Urbis] until 2nd April 2006

On 18th February (6-8pm) at [http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk The Whitworth Art Gallery] a DJ remix of Screen Tests was performed live by Ben White.

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==OMA @ Open Congress, Tate Britain==

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Open Music Archive presented at Open Congress (Tate Britain 7th-8th October 2005)

[http://opencongress.omweb.org Open Congress] was Inspired by Free Software: software that challenges conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution. The innovative congress explored these implications for art, visual culture and cultural production in general.

For Open Congress, Open Music Archive presented a DJ set of music made entirely of samples of out-of-copyright music recordings, mainly sourced from 1920s 78rpm records. An accompanying [[Open Congress slideshow images | slideshow]] uncovered the process of tracking this material.

[[Open Congress performance images]]

[http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/open_congress/sound.htm Tate Online Events Archive (video of the performance)]

Listen to an excerpt of the live performance: [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.mp3 MP3 (5.3MB)] | [http://www.openmusicarchive.org/projects/audio/Open_Congress_excerpt.ogg Ogg Vorbis (3.7MB)]

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==DJ Performance of Screen Tests, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art==

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Ben performed a live remixed version of '''Screen Tests''' for the launch of British Art Show 6 at BALTIC, Newcastle.

[[BALTIC_images | Photos of the performance]]

Future live performances are scheduled for Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol

'''Screen Tests''' is at BALTIC from 24th Sep - 8th Jan 2006

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==Future Projects==

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[[Future Projects | Future collaborations and distributive projects.]]

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