The selection was made by George Barber and Matt Davenport from 73 works submitted by 47 artists from all over the world. Sound based work was chosen as the discipline for our second Open Online exhibition. This exhibition includes sound works – with and without visual elements – that manipulate and play with a range of source recordings; including media, oral history and field recordings, simple sounds that are used to evoke a powerful sense of place; alongside complex musical sound scores complemented by visual animations.

Hear / see the works at: www.fermynwoods.co.uk/current-programme/open-online-two

Regular screening featuring Duncan Whitley, Marjorie Van Halteren, Justin Bennett and my own work throughout the week.

Download full programme: http://countertext.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ct11fullprogpixs.pdf

another great bfi extract. Filmed over a 12-month period, this study of children’s games played in London streets and playgrounds stands out for its freshness and spontaneity; it remains an important companion piece to Peter and Iona Opie’s classic studies of children’s games and rhymes.

Director Leslie Daiken demonstrates considerable skill and understanding in the way he captures the children, whose games range from the repetitive tongue-twisters chanted by the girls to a small boy trailing a stick along iron railings.

Made over a decade after the end of the war, the film also stands as a record of the bomb sites that pockmarked London and provided many urban children with a place to play. (Robin Baker)

Filmed over a 12-month period by Leslie Daiken, this study of children’s games played in London streets and playgrounds stands out for its freshness and spontaneity, and records the bomb sites that pockmarked London and provided many urban children with a place to play. This extract captures the post-Halloween rituals of 5 November – Guy Fawkes Night – including the once familiar call of “penny for the Guy”.