Original Cultures ‘From Inner Space’ – the story so far
Share Original Cultures ‘From Inner Space’ is over half way through now, and as day 4 starts here’s a handy round up of everything that’s happened this week in video, photo and text to give you an idea of what to expect Friday night. Today is the last day of rehearsals before we roll out [...]
Original Cultures returns to Bologna with ‘From Inner Space’
Share Full details for the show can be found here. Original Cultures returns to Bologna one year after our debut in our Italian hometown. Thanks to support from the City of Bologna we have put together a showcase called ‘From Inner Space’ which differs from our first two major events but follows the same ethos [...]
Original Cultures showcase @ Vibe Live, London
Share We return for another London showcase ahead of the Original Cultures London 2010 event. This time we take over the Vibe Live venue on Brick Lane with the help of our friends from Open Sauce. On Sunday 29 November 2009, we’ll be showcasing live music and art (painting and more) from our artists and [...]
Original Cultures showcase @ LIFE, Old St, London
Share Original Cultures will be hosting the second room at the next Lostbahnhof party in London, on July 11th, with the support of the promoters and our good friends at Shook magazine. The showcase will run from 9pm untill 11pm, with live music from 2tall aka Om Unit and Tatsuki. They will both perform the [...]
Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 4
Share We are sorry but this post isn’t available yet in English. Da Giorgia Soncin. “Mono no aware (物の哀れ) è un termine giapponese usato per descrivere la consapevolezza della precarietà delle cose ed il lieve senso di rammarico che comporta il loro trascorrere.” E’ cosi che ci si sente una volta accese le luci nel [...]
Organisers’ blog Bologna ’09 – Day 4
Share Whoa. That is the most direct and natural reaction to what happened last night, on the evening on day 4 at the closing of the Original Cultures pilot. Whoa. The live showcase, the crowning of the 4 days of work for the artists and the cherry on top of the pilot if you will, [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 3 video
Share We return for the third time, with a video edit of what happened during day 3 of the Original Cultures pilot featuring footage of the visual arts workshop, soundcheck and the seminar at the Modo Infoshop. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a direct download in HD quality (quicktime format) optimised for iTunes [...]
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Editors’ blog Bologna ’09 – Workshops day 3
Share We are sorry but this post is not yet available in English. Da Alarico Mantovani. Nuovo ingresso in formazione stamattina: Bruno Briscik, il carismatico violoncellista che fa coppia con Tayone nei Rajasful, è già all’opera con gli altri sul palco del San Leonardo. Quando entro in sala vengo letteralmente assalito da un suono hard [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Original Cultures Bologna 09 – Day 1 video
Share Here it is, a short video edit of what happened during the first day of the Original Cultures Pilot at the music workshop. Featuring Tayone, 2tall/Om Unit and Tatsuki. Edited by The Slow Breakfast. Available as a HD quality download (115mb) optimised for iTunes and iPod viewing. As usual it should work with all [...]
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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 – 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。
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 [...]
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 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 Bologna 09 – CEP activities
Share Original Cultures Bologna 09 will test all the main activities from the project’s Cultural Exchange Program (CEP). These activities will be spread across 4 days and involve all of the pilot’s artists as well as the general public and students from local art universities/institutions in Bologna. Below is a list of the activities that [...]
The Cultural Exchange Program
Share The Original Cultures Cultural Exchange Program, or CEP, is the name for the core process of the Original Cultures project and its events. Simply put Original Cultures’ CEP involves a process of “visits” whereby artists from different countries go to each other’s countries to participate in a series of collaborative activities that stimulate and [...]
