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The Barrow AFC Football Orchestra During two sessions on the 15th and 16th of July, children from years 4 and 5 at Barrow Island Community Primary School were asked to compose and perform music based around a game of football. […]
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Limited Edition Barrow AFC Prints From Friday the 8th of August, Barrow fans will have the chance to to own their piece of art with a limited edition of prints that will be available to buy from the club shop. […]
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Project Summary (1 of 3) As someone whose work in the past has taken inspiration from my local Co-op supermarket, a group of ramblers and a singer in a working men’s club, being chosen for a residency at Barrow AFC […]
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Project Summary (2 of 3) The start of the residency coincided with me relocating from Leicester and has come as a welcome introduction to the area. Working from my studio space at the Canteen Arts Centre on Barrow Island and […]
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Project Summary (3 of 3) To accompany this, there will be also be an edition of books that will be available to buy from sellers around the ground and from the club shop. Examining the role of printed matter in […]
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Sightlines Digital Arts Commissionat Barrow AFC After considering applications from over 40 artists, the Sightlines selection committee comprising John Hall, David Ingham, Supporter and Unison rep Alec Proffit and photographer Stuart Clarke from The Homes Of Football Gallery in Ambleside, […]
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A Song for Barrow AFC Though it is intended that the residency will have several outcomes, its main aspect will be the creation of a piece of experimental music based around the idea of a football as a performance. Below […]
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A Song for Barrow AFC (pt.2) Trevor Wishart “began working with recorded sounds in 1969. In reaction to death of father, a factory worker, abandoned conventional composing, bought small portable tape-recorder and collected sounds of machinery in workshops, foundries and […]
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Music for Barrow AFC (pt.1) “Music is something one takes before or after the meal, but never the meal itself.” Giorgio De Chirico, No Music (1913). Below are some ideas so far for creating a piece of music for the […]
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Music for Barrow AFC (pt.2) 2) During the residency so far, we have been experimenting with using contact microphones to record otherwise undetectable sounds. “By attaching it to a flat surface, the mic transforms vibrations in materials into audio signals […]
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Every Man His Own Football (pt.1) Another outcome of the project is to be an edition of books that will be available to buy from the club shop. This may take the form of a book/CD/DVD package that straightforwardly documents […]
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Every Man His Own Football (pt.2) A comprehensive selection of dramatically titled, fan-produced books on the team can be found in Barrow reference library. These range from simple photocopied and stapled books to the more luxurious hard bound (in a […]