‘Original Cultures – The Show’ online preview
In the run up to the opening of our exhibition, ‘Original Cultures – The Show’, at the Stolen Space gallery on February 11, 2010 we are giving everyone the chance to preview some of the art created exclusively for the exhibition and which will be available on sale. The exhibition forms part of Original Cultures London 2010, our second event.
This preview is just a small insight into what the artists have created for the occasion and features new works from Ericailcane, DEM and Will Barras as well as audio from Om Unit, Tatsuki and Tayone.
Read on for the previews and be sure to come and see them for yourselves if you are in London between February 11 and March 7, 2010. Please check our events section for full details of all Original Cultures London 2010 activities, opening times and locations.
NOTE: This is only a small fraction of what is on display at the exhibition!
‘Original Cultures – The Show’ gallery
In the slideshow below you can preview some of the art available exclusively at the exhibition, including the pieces used for the limited edition picture discs and the two collaborative prints created especially for the show by the 3 artists. In addition there are also previous pieces by DEM, some of which are available at the exhibition. You can view full details of each image on the Flickr photo set.
Original Cultures picture discs
Original Cultures has produced 6 limited edition picture discs for sale at the exhibition. These are unique audio and visual packages comprising 6×10″ picture discs and accompanying 7″s. Each package includes the following: one 10″ picture disc framed featuring work from Ericailcane, DEM or Will Barras and audio from Om Unit, Tatsuki or Tayone, one separate 7″ featuring two exclusive tracks from Om Unit, Tatsuki and Tayone which can be listened to (this one isn’t framed!).
Below you can preview the picture discs artwork as well as the audio.
Om Unit, Tatsuki and Tayone – Picture Discs audio preview
Ericailcane Picture Disc artwork
These 2 designs will be sold alongside music by Tayone. Each package will feature a 10″ picture, framed and mounted, and a separate 7″ with the two tracks for personal enjoyment.
DEM Picture Disc artwork
These 2 designs will be sold alongside music by Tatsuki. Each package will feature a 10″ picture, framed and mounted, and a separate 7″ with the two tracks for personal enjoyment.
Will Barras Picture Disc artwork
These 2 designs will be sold alongside music by Om Unit. Each package will feature a 10″ picture, framed and mounted, and a separate 7″ with the two tracks for personal enjoyment.
Ericailcane x DEM x Will Barras – Bartleby video
In the run-up to our Original Cultures London 2010 event we’re releasing a brand new video of our visual artists painting a building in Bologna together on the last day of our 2009 event. Footage from this session, which was organised at the last minute, has so far never been released. The only record of it were a few images on our Flickr page. For the first time you can see what these guys did in an afternoon and in an improvised setting.
The soundtrack for this video is taken from the live show that was held the previous night, and features our three musicians alongside Bruno Briscik on cello bass. Check out full audio from the show on our Soundcloud page.
The video also forms part of the video documentary of our Bologna 09 event, which if you’ve been paying attention you’ll know has been considerably delayed from our original announced release date of October 09. We’re sorry for the delay but we’re doing our best to release the Bologna video doc this month, as a way to promote the London show. We hope to have everything online in two weeks time.
You can stream or download the video below. iTunes and RSS feed subscribers should already have it. Remember the easiest way to keep up with all our video and audio is to subscribe to either RSS or iTunes and then just let them do their magic.
Stay tuned for details of Original Cultures London 2010 and in the meantime enjoy!
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Original Cultures Bologna pilot – Audio documentary 2
Following from last week, here is part 2 of the audio documentary detailing the music workshops and live showcase that took place during the first Original Cultures event in Bologna in June 2009.
You can read a detailed explanation of this documentary and what it is documenting here.
Following this audio documentary we’ll have a video documentary to accompany it which will give more insight into the showcase and visual arts work done alongside the music during the week. This video documentary will be online by the end of september. You can see a full schedule below.
Original Cultures Bologna pilot: audio and video documentary schedule
- 26/08/09 – Audio documentary pt1 (streams)
- 02/09/09 – Audio documentary pt2 (streams)
- 03/09/09 – Audio documentary podcasts pt1
- 09/09/09 – Audio documentary podcasts pt2
- Late september – Video documentary pts 1 and 2 (stream and podcast)
The audio and video documentaries are the second part of our online documentation, with the first part consisting of short video edits, photos and blogs of what happened during the week. You can find a round up of all these below.
Original Cultures Bologna pilot – Audio documentary 1
In the first week of June 2009, Original Cultures held its first even in Bologna. Over the course of the week 6 artists from the UK, Italy and Japan, and the fields of music and visual arts, were brought together under one roof (well technically many roofs) to create art, exchange and learn via workshops, seminars and more. The idea was simple: to create and facilitate cultural exchange between Japan and Europe through the medium of modern performing arts.
The results of all this work were showcased in a final event on the evening of the last day. Over 2 hours the 3 musicians performed the music they’d spent the previous 3 days creating while the visual artists showcased the artwork they’d created to go alongside it, a combination of animation and a modern take on chinese shadows.
Everything that was done was documented, and finally after a few months wait we’re able to start divulging more of what happened, starting with an audio documentary of the music workshops and showcase.
This audio documentary will be in two parts, and you can see a full schedule of what you will get and when below. Following this audio documentary we’ll have a video documentary to accompany it which will give more insight into the showcase and visual arts work done during the week. This video documentary will be online by the end of september.
