Studio UrbanArea LLP is a sustainable design & town planning partnership based in Newcastle upon Tyne. We undertake work with a sustainable, ethical and community focus, providing project support for neighbourhood planning, urban design, public art, community development and applied research into low / zero carbon developments. This blog is a working collection of ideas we like and projects we are involved in that are worth sharing.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
singlesingles for Record Store Day
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
X-Ray Audio
The soviet ban on western music had an interesting by-product in the 1950s when bootlegs were pressed onto discarded x-rays. The 'Roentgenizdat' or 'bone music' is arguably is an example where "... the format is completely integral to the listening experience" and where the imperfections and background noise add rather than detract from the experience. From an era when music wasn't ubiquitous it does question the value we place on music against the ease of availability and formats.
Currently included in "the curves in the needle' show at Baltic 39. and available for purchase here.
Reference: Paphides, P (2015) "Bone Music". The Guardian G2 30th January pp10-11. Milner, G (2009) Perfecting Sound Forever: The Story of Recorded Music (Granta, London).
Currently included in "the curves in the needle' show at Baltic 39. and available for purchase here.
Reference: Paphides, P (2015) "Bone Music". The Guardian G2 30th January pp10-11. Milner, G (2009) Perfecting Sound Forever: The Story of Recorded Music (Granta, London).
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Pac Man Street Games
Just love the application of Pac Man technology to Google Earth. Just tested it out for Castle Terrace, Ashington and next to the office in Grey Street, Newcastle (top). Reference: Ramaswamy, C (2015) "Pac-Man gets new playground - Google Maps". G2 2nd April p2.
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