Public Engagement

Digital Design Studio, The Hub / Produced by Cryptic & ARUP / Age 5+
Saturday 11, Sunday 12, Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November
11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 14.00. 14.30, 15.00, 15.30
£2 per person (up to 6 people per performance)
ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com or 0141 352 4900

What do your dreams sound like? Sonic Dreams is a fantastic sound world for children and adults alike. Meet Barney the cat, who dreams of catching fish in the ocean, fly to the jungle in your own helicopter and become a Commonwealth Games gold-medalist! Anything is possible on this 3D sound journey where the only limit is your imagination! An intimate sonic installation for families. Age 5 upwards.

“a wonderful journey into the world of 3D sound and an experience that shouldn’t be missed.” (Edinburgh Spotlight)

Commissioned by Edinburgh’s International Science Festival created by Cryptic and ARUP. Developed with support from the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. Supported by Digital Design Studio.

The Hub / Saturday 10 & Saturday 17 November @ 11.00 – 13.00 & 14.00 – 15.30 / 11 November @ 11.00 – 13.00 / All Ages

Explore stories through sound! As part of Sonic Dreams, build a sonic story to tell of places you dream of going and things you dream of doing!

Scottish Music Centre at City Halls / Saturday 20 October / Workshop 10.00 – 13.00 / All Ages

Free & Fun! Drop-in at any time.

Designed to accompany Piano Migrations, Music Box Migrations explores the idea of using a picture as a musical score. Images of birds, bird migration patterns and maps are printed directly onto strips of card. Holes are punched according to chosen points on the images or map. These holes trigger notes when the score is wound through a music box – creating a (usually pleasing) melody.

Supported by Scottish Music Centre.

The Hub / Saturday 10 November / Performances throughout the day / All Ages

Sarah Kenchington builds her own remarkable mechanical instruments, including a pedal-powered hurdy-gurdy, a giant rotating kalimba and her own brass band, powered by tractor inner-tubes.

The Hub / Talk – Sunday 11 November @ 14.00 – 16.00 / Workshop Day – Sunday 18 November @ 11.00 – 16.00 / All Ages

The Skoog is not just one instrument but lots of instruments in a multi-coloured box of technology! Come and explore, through workshops and performances and have a go – anyone can play!

The Hidden Gardens (Tramway) / Saturday 10 November @ 13.00 – 14.00 (Pre 5yrs) / Saturday 17 November @ 13.00 – 15.00 (5–8 yrs) & @ 13.00 – 15.00 (9–12yrs)

You can’t just hear sound and music, you can SEE it too! How? Find out in this workshop exploring how music and sound look!

City Halls / Saturday 20 and Saturday 27 October @ 14.00 / 5–8yrs

Be your own conductor and be your own music in this interactive workshop exploring sound, colour, light and movement!

The Whisky Bond / Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 November

See behind the scenes of how cutting edge electronica theatre is created: workshops in live soundtrack and physical theatre combine in front of an audience.

Scotland Street School Museum / Saturday 3 November @ 14.00 – 15.30 (Pre 5yrs) & 15.30 – 17.00 / (5–8yrs)

Explore all the fantastic possibilities of weird and wonderful noise-makers which you can use in other workshops around the city throughout November!

Marc Yeats, Ralph Hoyte & Phill Phelps

Available to download free / www.satsymph.co.uk

Your own personal sonic experience….simply download the app, head to The Hidden Gardens, Maxwell Park, Creative Clyde, Kelvingrove or any open space and enjoy a sonic stroll.

www.thelisteningmachine.org / Peter Gregson, Daniel Jones and Britten Sinfonia / Until October 2012

An automated system that generates a continuous piece of music based on the activity of 500 Twitter users around the United Kingdom. Their conversations, thoughts and feelings are translated into musical patterns in real time, which you can tune in to at any point.

The Listening Machine was created with funding from Arts Council England in partnership with the BBC, as part the digital pop-up arts service www.thespace.org.