Composing with the Archive: Developing a Creative Sound Heritage

Chamberlain, Alan

Abstract

A presentation and playback of a composition and accompanying visuals at a British Library event - related video in link.

"Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Preserve, Inspire, Enable"

An all-day conference will conclude the ambitious five-year, UK-wide project Unlocking Our Sound Heritage. The project, partly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, has preserved, provided access, and raised awareness and enjoyment of thousands of the UK’s rare and unique sound recordings at the British Library and at 10 hub partners across the UK.

With an exciting programme of talks, performances and discussions that will bring together voices from across the heritage sector, this conference will take you through this journey and will explore the value of sound archives and ask what else needs to be done to save sound heritage.

Themes will include:
• Preserve: learn about the nuts and bolts of preserving sounds and enabling access through digitisation, cataloguing and copyright
• Inspire: hear the different ways we involved and engaged audiences with sound heritage and listen to creative performances from artists who transformed archival recordings
• Enable: join the discussion about the future of sound heritage and hear from voices across the sector

Thursday February 9th, Canada Water Theatre, London

Citation

Chamberlain, A. (2023, February). Composing with the Archive: Developing a Creative Sound Heritage. Presented at Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Preserve, Inspire, Enable, London, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: Unlocking Our Sound Heritage: Preserve, Inspire, Enable
• Start Date: Feb 9, 2023
• End Date: Feb 9, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 5, 2024
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/41545851
• External URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMBF_Na6TM