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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Featuring Stephan Mathieu & Aleks Kolkowski, John Wall, DJ Scotch Egg, Blood Stereo & Ludo Mich plus the best emerging artists back to back with some of the leading figures in UK sonic art playing things you've never heard before (and maybe never will again). <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Three days and nights of people enjoying, playing, discovering and listening to sonic art. Experience a wiki-conference, a radiophonic intervention in the Royal Pavillion Gardens, installations and performances, shopping centre public art, club nights and film screenings across the streets, buildings and air waves of Brighton.<BR>
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www.expofestival.org <a href="http://expofestival.org"><http://expofestival.org></a> <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B>Expo Unconference<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><I>A wiki-conference<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Expo Unconference is about discussing ideas about and around sonic art. By ‘sonic art’ we mean anything that uses sound with artistic intent. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>We're looking for people to participate in Unconference. You can host a discussion, lead a panel discussion, demonstrate some software or give a lightning presentation (Under 7 minutes!) or else just come and listen. It's all free!<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Takes place in the real world on 4th July at Brighton University but starts online now.<BR>
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unconference.expofestival.org <a href="http://unconference.expofestival.org%0A"><http://unconference.expofestival.org%0A></a> <BR>
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</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><I>A symposium, concert and gig celebrating the life and work of Daphne Oram.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Friday 27th June 2008<BR>
Purcell Rooms, Southbank Centre, London<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Daphne Oram was one of the unsung musical heroines of our time. A pioneering British composer and electronic musician she was the driving force behind the creation of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1950s and she was the first woman to run an independent music studio. Her vision and commitment changed the sound of the world we live in.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>This series of events celebrates the launch of the Daphne Oram Collection at Goldsmiths College, London University. For the past 12 months an Arts and Humanities Research Council grant has supported the digitisation of almost 700 reel to reel tapes of music.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>This symposium considers her place in the history of electronic music, as well as exploring in academic depth, ideas and tools for graphic sound synthesis through the drawn sound system she invented and called Oramics. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The concert features unheard music by Daphne Oram as well as performances from special guest artists including Andrea Parker.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Concert: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4gnr8q">http://tinyurl.com/4gnr8q</a><BR>
Symposium: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/48akux">http://tinyurl.com/48akux</a><BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B>Sonic Arts Network Podcast<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><I>Second episode of the best podcast series ever...<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Sonic Arts Network presents a six part podcast series that explore the outer edges of sound and music, from artists working within the fields of sound art, noise, electronic music, modern composition, field recordings, drone music and anything else that straddles the term sonic art. We will also present work that connects to the live, education and publishing work of the organisation.<BR>
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<a href="http://podcast.sonicartsnetwork.org">http://podcast.sonicartsnetwork.org</a> <a href="http://podcast.sonicartsnetwork.org"><http://podcast.sonicartsnetwork.org></a> <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><B>Smiling Through My Teeth Launch Party<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><I>Funny music...new CD...free drinks<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Saturday 17 May, 7pm-11pm<BR>
alt.gallery, Newcastle<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The fantastic alt.gallery in Newcastle will host a retrospective of the work of People Like Us (Vicki Bennett) from 15 May - 12 July.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>The exhibition also launches the next CD in the SAN CD series, 'Smiling Through My Teeth', that explores humour in sound and music and is curated by Vicki Bennett. Come along to see the exhibition and hear tracks from the publication. <BR>
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<a href="http://www.altgallery.org/">http://www.altgallery.org/</a><BR>
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</B>The Jerwood Space . 171 Union Street . London . SE1 0LN . UK<BR>
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