Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Bolivian miners' protest reimagined by Ian Haygreen.

"For the piece I used Audacity to isolate the small segments I wanted to use as the percussive parts, trimmed the beginning of the original piece. I also added wind that I'd recorded at Orford Castle a month or so back and violin (playing a single tremolo note). I added "canyon echo" on a copy of the main protest and reverb. Most of the sound samples I did very little with. I also added a recording of the radio picking up shortwave transmissions which I'd recorded a week ago."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Yellowknife protest reimagined by Ryan Cross.

"This piece uses sounds from the protest in Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada. This protest is part of a wider movement called Idle No More which is a collective of indigenous groups in Canada that are united to defend the rights and lands of native groups. It uses speech from the protest, as well as the beating drums that played during the march. The drums have been separated into left and right channels, with one channel the reverse of the same drum beat. The forward/backwards drums will switch in the listeners ears, with the intent of producing a dissonance, but also the idea of the breakdown in binary thinking. Starting off with the idea of indigenous/non-indigenous, the piece seeks to dissolve these differences and in the end we are to understand, as the title suggests, that we are all indigenous to this planet and that we all have a responsibility to it. At the end is an excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s epilogue to his poem “Howl,” which reinforces the sacred nature of all human existence. "

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Recorded by George Lessard.

"Event description: To demonstrate your support for the rising global Indigenous Peoples Movement by taking action in your community with your event to run parallel to the meeting between PM Harper and the AFN.

The goal is to raise the profile of the movement, demonstrate our global presence, and give visibility to the growing momentum as a peoples' movement first.

As only a few AFN-determined representatives will be chosen to participate in the meeting with Harper, it will be important to show that the rest of the movement stands united with one voice, that it is not going anywhere, and that we here to demonstrate the strength and resurgence of our nations.

January 11 will also be in honour of Chief Theresa Spence to mark the 1-month anniversary of her hunger strike. As well as to honour the other chiefs and elders who have been on hunger strike with her.

All nations and all people from around the world are invited to join in celebrating and affirming their support for what is happening and the need to keep things moving forward together...."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Protest in Buenos Aires reimagined by Richard Watts.

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Recorded by Sonoteca Bahía Blanca in Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

"On August 5, 2015, the University Higher Council of the National University of the South decided to remove Néstor Luis Montezanti from his teaching position. Montezanti is accused of crimes against humanity committed during the last Argentine civic-ecclesiastical-military dictatorship. The audio is a contribution of the local subsidiary of H.I.J.OS. (acronym for Hijos e Hijas por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio) to the Sound Map of Bahía Blanca, a collaborative project carried out by Sonoteca Bahía Blanca. H.I.J.O.S. is an Argentinean human rights organization, whose objectives are the fight against impunity, the credible reconstruction of history, the restitution of the identity of the siblings and relatives kidnapped and appropriated, as well as the vindication of the struggle of their parents and their companions, and the life imprisonment of all those responsible actors for crimes against humanity during the last Argentine civic-ecclesiastical-military dictatorship, their accomplices, instigators and beneficiaries."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Recorded by Cities and Memory - a protest by workers in the gaming industry against the planned opening of a multitude of new casinos across Italy, in Piazza Montecitoria, outside the seat of government in Rome, June 2017.

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Rome protest reimagined by Dave Webb - "A "jam" using loops from the original recording put through a bunch of effects that I'm developing for live sets."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Taipei City protest reimagined by Marco Maril.

"When I first listen to the original recording I was struck by a low-frequency drone sound that remained omnipresent in the background. My first step was to isolate that sound and from there I started to build my piece. All other sounds belong to the original recording and have been processed to a greater or lesser extent. Just the sound of the kick drum comes from a Buchla synth, the rest is part of the Taipei City protest field recording."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Recorded by Tsan Cheng-Wu.

"11.04.2011. Protest against the head of the police in violation of the Constitution.

Many students and people gathered in front of the‭ ‬police station.

Asked the head of the police to come out to explain."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest

Kurdish celebrations reimagined by John Aulich.

"As they broke through the surface (first in tufts through cracks, and then as though they were holding the whole edifice together), I weaponized them. 'Everything's been recruited... there was one killed by coffee or one killed by pins, they were killed by heroin, petrol, chainsaws, hairspray, bleach, foxgloves, the smell was where we were burning the grass that wouldn't serve.' - Caryl Churchill, Far Away."

Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest