I have started a new collaborative sound work and I’m seeking YOUR help in identifying the seaside soundscape. 

Please do send me your thoughts on what constitutes the sounds of the seaside. Or even send me the actual sounds themselves.
– What is the seaside soundscape like?
– What sounds are important to them?

I have set-up an account dedicated to sounds of seaside at: http://soundsofseaside.tumblr.com/

Saturday 15th May, 11am
Tricycle Cinema
269 Kilburn High Road
London NW6 7JR

Residents living on The Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate (commonly known as Rowley Way) have seen their landmark Grade II* listed estate depicted on film and TV for years, often incorrectly as a crime-ridden hell-hole. As well as film crews the estate is a favourite among architects who come from all over the world to photograph and write about it.

Residents decided to make their own film exploring the ideas behind the design of the estate and in the process interviewed neighbours aged 3 to 103 as well as the architect who designed the estate and others involved in it’s construction.

This is your chance to get under the skin of the Estate, beyond the architecture students, beyond the reputation, beyond The Bill.

A Q&A will follow the screening with filmmakers and the architect, Neave Brown.

Find out more here: www.rowleyway.org.uk

Meet with daisi and  John Whitehead, John Bradford, Simon Ovens and Ed Tomlin from South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton. We ran through some potential ideas that could be realised by the end of the summer term. Discussing how using creativity to make the local area and issues of society and citizenship come alive for young people, and how we can establish new and lasting connections between schools and their communities.

Two possible projects might happen. One would be to discover a new understanding of our past, present and future through research, conversation and survey’s comparing and contrasting opinions of those living and working in the region. This project combines art, history and anthropology for an investigative look at people, places, and stories and how they contribute to our collective understanding of who we are. The children will become detectives, searching out clues to the town’s past and present.

Together we will form a production team and produce a newspaper. Children take on roles, which they have to apply for. Editor, reporter, copywriter, photographer, production manager, art editor, illustrator, sound editor, web input.

We will document the environment using writing, sound and photography. We will then edit our research and combine this with autographical skills to create our newspaper.

This film will attempt to try and reduce the number of young people leaving home, by having young people who have experienced homelessness talk about the realities of being homeless and the options available. And the Council wish to explain to young people throughout the borough the practical help they can offer in family mediation and in securing accommodation.

Janice Munday, Young Persons Housing Advisor, talks about how she can mediate with families and liaise with other agencies in an attempt to resolve the issues which lead to the young person becoming homeless. She strongly advises young people to come forward early so that she can offer mediation in an attempt to resolve issues before they lead to leaving the family home or they are evicted.