Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 3
Share And again, sitting here in the kitchen with coffee on one side and brioches and panini on the other. It’s the morning of day 4, and even though they say all good things come to an end, I really feel like I don’t want this beautiful experiment to end. Looking back on day 3 [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 2 video
Share And again. Video edit of the day 2 music workshop proceedings during the Original Cultures pilot. Tayone, 2tall/Om Unit and Tatsuki tighten up the music for their showcase and prepare for a seminar and q&a session with the public. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a direct download in HD quality (quicktime format) [...]
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Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 2
Share And so we continue, day 2 less coffee and cigarettes but just as much adrenaline pumping through my veins and it’s not even midday yet. I’m writing this at the start of day 3, looking back over the second day of the Original Cultures pilot, where the highs were kept and lessons were learnt. [...]
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – 2tall day 2
Share Ok, so take one dangerously introspective bedroom based music producer who debates walking 5 minutes to sainsburys instead of taking the bus for 2 stops and drop him in Bologne and let him loose with other artists to create a selection of live material to be performed 5 days later. We’ve been using our [...]
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Workshops day 2
Share We are sorry but this post is not yet available in English. Da Giorgia Soncin. Da oggi cambio di location, che si sposta dallo studio di Ericailcane agli spazi del Sì in via San Vitale 67 a Bologna, luogo deputato per l’evento conclusivo di sabato sera. E’ da oggi che le idee dei tre [...]
Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 1
Share Whoa. I barely know where to start. Fourteen hours days combined with an unhealthy amount of coffee, cigarettes and sugar have left me a bit of a shivering wreck, and it’s only the beginning of the second (official) day. I’ve been for 3 days already, preparing everything and to be honest while I am [...]
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Visual arts day 1
Share We are sorry but this post is not available in English yet. Da Giorgia Soncin. Tre poetiche, tre artisti, tre modalità lavorative che si attivano per un progetto comune: questo quello che sta succedendo nella prima giornata di workshop del progetto pilota di Original Cultures. I tre artisti all’opera sono DEM, ERICAILCANE e WILL [...]
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Music day 1
Share We are sorry but this post is not available in English yet. Da Alarico Mantovani. Ai nastri di partenza il più in palla è Tatsuki: durante la conferenza stampa svoltasi al Museo della Musica dichiara di essere lieto ed orgoglioso di esibirsi qui a Bologna perché Hidetoshi Nakata (ve lo ricordate?), il più celebre [...]
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 2.1
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 2
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Artist blog Bologna ’09 – Tatsuki Day 1
Day by day account of the Original Cultures pilot by Tatsuki. Un racconto di cos’e successo durante il Original Cultures pilot da Tatsuki. たつきの毎日ブログ。
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Programme
Share What? Original Cultures Bologna 09 When? June 3 to 6 Where? Bologna, Italy Final programme: • Thursday 4 June @ Sì, via San Vitale 67 Time 18,00: seminar and meeting with musicians Tayone, 2Tall/Om Unit, Tatsuki • Friday 5 June @ Libreria Modo Infoshop, via Mascarella 24/b Time 19,00: seminar and presentation of the [...]
Follow the Original Cultures pilot online!
Share Stay updated and follow the Original Cultures pilot event online as we’ll be doing some daily updates, blogging, tweeting and everything else we can manage to bring you an insider’s view of what happens, pretty much as it happens (give or take a few hours). One of the cornerstones of the Original Cultures project [...]
2tall aka Om Unit – Original Cultures Radio
Share Our first show on Samurai FM is now available for download. The Original Cultures Radio shows go out monthly on Samurai FM and will be archived and podcasted right here a month or so after each goes live on Samurai. Keep up to date via our Samurai FM page or on this here site [...]
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Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Trailer 2
Share The second trailer video for the Original Cultures pilot is now live. This time we’re shining a bit more of a light on the 3 musicians who will take part in the pilot: 2tall aka Om Unit, Tatsuski and Tayone who represent the UK, Japan and Italy respectively. The Original Cultures pilot will culminate [...]
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Pilot activities programme updated
Share Updated full details of all the activities that will take place during the Original Cultures pilot are now online in our Events section. The main updates are the addition of a music seminar for students of the DAMS academy on the evening of June 4, the addition of an aperitivo with live painting and [...]
Original Cultures x Museo Musica Bologna
Share We are very pleased to announce that Original Cultures has teamed up with Bologna’s International Museum and Library of Music. As part of this the Museum will be an official supporting partner of our pilot event and Original Cultures will organise a month-long installation and showcase in the Museum during the month of July. [...]
Original Cultures radio presents 2tall / Om Unit
Share The first Original Cultures radio show is now online over at Samurai FM. Put together and mixed by Jim Coles aka 2tall / Om Unit, it’s a 40 minute ride into his current musical favourites and own productions. You can find the show on the Samurai home page as well as on the Original [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Trailer
Share Here it is, the first Original Cultures video! This is a trailer for the forthcoming pilot event. The trailer outlines the project very briefly and features footage of all the artists. It was edited and produced by The Slow Breakfast, who will be handling all the video output for the Original Cultures pilot. You [...]
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Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Visual Artists
Share Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan. The 4 artists chosen to represent the visual arts strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are: [...]
Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Musicians
Share Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan. The 3 artists chosen to represent the music strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are: 2tall [...]
Original Cultures – Pilot
Share Everything has to start somewhere, and Original Cultures will make its official debut in June 2009 with a pilot event spread over 4 days and held in Bologna, Italy. The pilot will feature artists from the UK, Italy and Japan and a number of select activities from Original Cultures’ own Cultural Exchange Program (CEP). [...]
Original Cultures – An introduction
Share What is Original Cultures? Original Cultures is a non-profit project that aims to create, facilitate and promote cultural exchange between European countries and Japan through the medium of modern performing arts in new and unique ways. There is an amazing wealth of talent, cultural diversity and traditions in modern performing arts in both Japan [...]
Original Cultures online launches
Share Hello world, Original Cultures is now live with information about the project, participants, organisers and more. The dates and location for the first Original Cultures event will be announced very shortly. The Original Cultures project is still in its early stages, with more developments to come in coming months. Add us to your rss [...]
