Wednesday, 18 May 2011

No-Tours Workshop at NOVARS by Composer/ Sound Artist Enrique Tomas -- 18th May 2011

PROJECT SPONSORED BY CITIES@MANCHESTER


Pictured above Composer/Sound Artist Enrique Tomas

NOTOURS WORKSHOP Wed 18th May 2011 (from 10 am)

Invited Guest: Enrique Tomas (Notours) -


Attendees: NOVARS Postgraduate only and invited guests (book in advance needed)


Where: STUDIO ONE


Note for participants:

Please bring

- your laptop

- headphones (small jack)

- brief report of your piece (location, sounds, work in progress, ideas)

- and also your phone (only if you have an Android with GPS)

You can still attend the workshop as a listener, even if you are not participating (ignore the above)


Audioguides:


- 1x NOVARS ACER smart phone

- 1x HTC smart phone

- 2x Notours smart phone Audioguides


PROGRAMME

9 am to 10 am - Technical Setup RC/ET only


10 am Workshop starts (ALL)


10:00-11:00 am Presentation of Notours Project and Escoitar.org

11:00-12:00 noon Presentation and discussion by atendees' works writing for the Audioguides

(Compositional and technical hurdles but also possibilites etc)

coffee break (15 min)

12:15 -13:15 Outdoors Audioguide tests (bring umbrellas...?)


13:15 Lunch break

2 pm: Visit from Cities@manchester to film / interview project participants


Only for survivors:


2:30 pm Audioguide tests in the city centre or other parts in town (we may split in small groups) and return to the studios at around 4 pm.


4 pm Workshop ends


In preparation for the workshop, please have a look at this:


http://www.notours.org/


Escoitar.org