You are encouraged to get involved with this project ‘Connecting the people of China with artists from the UK and vice versa’
Bristol based musician, Kayla Painter, is one of the UK artists involved.
The Chinese musicians/ artists are asking uk residents to respond to their music/ brief.
Take a look at the briefs below, take a listen to the music and send your response. Nice open briefs and lots of room to be creative with them. Engages you with an international project and hopefully gives you a greater understanding of opportunities for artists, musicians, film makers…
TAKE PART IN DISTANT DIALOGUES
Here's an open invitation for anyone in the UK to submit their ideas and contribute to the Distant Dialogues project. Each artist is looking to hear your responses to their brief so they can incorporate them into their new work. How will you respond?
DANCE
'I want to understand, what is dance music to British people?' says GOOOOOSE. 'Or to put it another way, what kinds of sound make them feel like moving their bodies?'
You can submit anything that makes you feel like dancing. It could be a sound, a music video, short clip or ambient sound recorded on you phone, or even some text, an image, or a video. Find out more and submit your response.
WHAT IT IS FOR STARING?
To participate in the ‘What It Is For Staring?’ project, please submit a video of a subject keeping a fixed gaze on self-chosen object for between 20-30 seconds. Participants shall try their best to avoid eye contact with audiences (including the camera or any other devices employed for recording) and maintain such avoidance for no less than 20 seconds. The object they are staring at should not be a phone, computer or television and the video should not show the object the participant is staring at, only the person staring in their environment. Find out more and submit your response.
SEEING FLOWERS
To participate in the ‘Seeing Flowers’ project, please send different photos of indoor or outdoor flowers that capture your feelings at that moment. After collecting a set of photographs, Shii will compose a song out of her visual impression, and after this, she will rework the collected pictures and cooperate with a visual artist to make a 3D animation. Find out more and submit your response.