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Noise of the Past Event & Conference
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Conference Date: | 2008-11-08 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-10-22 |
| Announcement ID: |
164736 |
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Noise of the Past - a poetic journey of war, memory & dialogue
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/methods-lab/noise-past.php
1. PREMIER LAUNCH EVENT
Coventry Cathedral, 7.00pm - 9.30pm (FREE Event & Reception)
Screening of Unravelling - A film by Kuldip Powar, with original score by Nitin Sawhney
Performance of Post-Colonial War Requiem - composed by Francis Silkstone
A Special Opening by Martin Bell - OBE, UNICEF Ambassador, former war reporter & independent politician.
Noise of the Past presents two new related commissions produced from a creative call-and-response method to cast a different light on war and the art of dialogue.
2. PRE-LAUNCH CONFERENCE: War, Sound & Post-Coloniality
Saturday 8th November 2008, 1.30 - 5pm
St Mary's Guildhall, Bayley Lane, Coventry, CV1 5RR -
http://bit.ly/guildhall-map
Speakers include: Alessandro Portelli (Rome); Les Back (Goldsmiths);Prabhjot Parmar (Royal Holloway); Kuldip Powar (Film-Director); Francis Silkstone (Composer, Goldsmiths); Chair/Discussants: Shirin Rai (Warwick),Gen Doy (De Montfort) and Said Adrus (UEL).
Conference Programme - see attachment: Noise-of-the-Past-Conference.pdf
or visit:
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/methods-lab/noise-past.php
FREE - Register in advance, email: j.daykin@gold.ac.uk
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Unravelling will continue to be screened 11th - 23rd November 2008, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP.http://www.theherbert.org/
Noise of the Past is a creative engagement with post-colonial histories of war funded by the AHRC.
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