Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 1727: Trump's dark cloud descends
    Louisville protest reimagined by Lisa Rae Bartolomei.
    "I started by cutting up the various audio elements into groupings , rhythms, speech and noise. I decided that I only wanted to use the raw materials of the field recordings to create the audio experimenting with changing their textures through use of audio processing such as filters, delays and modulations.I created the warped noises heard through the piece trying to find music in the noise and holler of the crowd. At the same time I felt it important to keep the drama and tension inherent in the piece as Trump's dark cloud descends on the United States we all need to fight for our freedom."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    3 min
  • 1726: Listening to my ancestors (Thessaloniki)
    Thessaloniki protest reimagined by Melike Ceylan.
    "As I have ancestors from Thessaloniki, it was primarily a personal choice to work on this recording. Even though the language is not familiar, the soundscape expresses the enthusiasm along with the distress. My approach is to capture the reflections of this protest solely through sounds by applying the characteristics of the ambiance that involve both the randomness and confidence to the sonic tools in the form of a collage."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    2 min
  • 1725: Protest against cuts, Thessaloniki
    Recorded by Nanny Roed Lauridsen.
    "Demonstration in March 2009 from Thessaloniki, Greece against cuts to salaries and heavy taxes. Almost every day there are similar demonstrations."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    2 min
  • 1723: Protest against Pena Nieto, Mexico City
    Recorded by Sara Herrera.
    "Last year, on the eve of Independence Day celebrations, thousands of people took to the streets of Mexico City to demand the president's resignation.
    Anger mounted over President Enrique Peña Nieto's handling of drug violence, corruption, his meeting with Donald Trump in Mexican soil, and the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa in 2014.
    Protesters gathered peacefully at the Monumento de la Independencia and marched chanting, singing, and ultimately demanding the president’s resignation. It is worth noting that this demonstration was called out by the public through social media (no political parties were involved)."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    8 min
  • 1722: Cambodia reimagined
    Phnom Penh protest reimagined by Fabrizio Festa.
    "On Cambodia I have mostly worked filtering and morphing the original file. Just at then end I have added the voice of a very friend of mine: the Norwegian singer Oddrun Eikli."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    8 min
  • 1721: Phnom Penh election protest
    Recorded by David Oppetit.
    "Pre-election protest in Cambodia, recorded in binaural on 3 Jun 2017 at 2pm"
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    9 min
  • 1720: Popular protest in Berlin
    Berlin protest reimagined by Clara Hollomey.
    "The number of participants is crucial to the credibility of any political protest. In most European countries, the causes for such protests have changed considerably over the last century. The need for a change in financial legislation is arguably more difficult to communicate and has less perceived direct impact on most people than, for example, the need for abolishing child labour. In order to motivate people to still express their opinions publicly, the organisers of demonstrations had to adjust.
    This piece is a reflection on public protest in the context of popular culture. Formally, it is structured similarly to a pop song, it has verses, a bridge and a refrain and is sonically grounded on drums and a bassline."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    4 min
  • 1719: Occupy Berlin protest
    Recorded by Alan Gleeson.
    "Protest in Berlin as part of the global Occupy movement that started in New York. Police for the most part stayed at a distance but occasionally moved in and extracted individuals. 15 October 2011."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    16 min
  • 1718: Violent Response (Taiwan)
    Reimagined by Stuart Bowditch.
    "I was originally drawn to the 'Non-violent protest' made my Tsan-Cheng Wu in Taipei City as it had a variety of sounds and perspectives within the one file. At the beginning, the action is further away, but by the end of the recording the voice on the megaphone is right next to you. Any initial ideas I had about using various bits of the recording vanished when I got a new pedal, the Meris Ottobit Jr. I made some short edits of various parts of the original, improvised with them using the Samplr iPad app running through the Ottobit, and then layered some of them together in Logic which formed my 'Violent Response'."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    7 min
  • 1717: Non-violent struggle, Taiwan
    Recorded by Tsan Cheng-Wu.
    "28.04.2011. Called for the cessation of the construction of nuclear power plants.
    Many people marched the day before,
    And temporarily decided to occupy the main road near the train station.
    The next morning,
    The‭ ‬government decided to drive away from the people.
    The police are ready to drive away from the start of the public action."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    21 min

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