Video for the Amon Tobin song

Finally got round to putting it on youtube.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlC7U7g3k-k

Sarah

Interesting riverside projects that didn't make it into my presentation

Urban river planting at the Olympic Park site:

http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/oda_create_uks_largest_urban_river_planting/

Irwell River Park project planned to open up 'a forgotten backwater'

 http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/index.php/news_articles/view/irwell_river_park/

Wavedeck Bridge in Toronto

http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2009/08/simcoe-wavedeck/

Scheme to remove cars from Paris' riverbanks

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1985219,00.html

Sarah.

Draw what you hear.

Tron Legacy : Soundtrack OST – 03. The son of Flynn – [Daft Punk]
Tron Legacy : Soundtrack OST – 07. Rinzler – [Daft Punk]


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More research.

In the third years crit's on Friday, a few of them mentioned they had got info from...

http://www.sustainable-eastside.net/

So I had a look and theres a fair bit of information and even a section of a site anaylis of the river Rea, identifying how and where it could be opened it up ect - worth a bedtime read.

Fado music

Second piece of music. 

Ineta

cocorosie music

just want to share my piece of music. Cocorosie "limonade"

Ineta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3EcAHdHlE&ob=av2el

The River Rea V's The Rubber Duck.

My first attempt at putting some content alongside my music choice.

Quite experimental, with the purpose/aim to visually show the flow of the river. Does it do that? Perhaps a little, but I have not really concluded anything, so I guess it lacks any real purpose at the moment. Its something I think I could develop further into my project though.

Music to my ears..

So, my final choice of music :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlEN8svyHj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGzJFJRkmCE

And why did I pick these? Well I wanted a piece of music which would represent my emotional responses to the Rea. And what were these? Curiosity. Anxioty. Uneasy-ness. Increased heart rate. ect.

Persides who doesnt love the Tron soundtrack.

Fantasia

An example of turning music into animation. (I've mainly posted these videos because they're pretty and i loved fantasia as a kid).

 

Sarah

More music research

This week I've been listening to Tool, Sigur Ros, Amon Tobin, Orbital, Mogwai, Mono, Kraftwerk, Gershwin and Jordan Rudess. I think my second song selection is going to be a choice between 2 Amon Tobin songs:

They both use samples that sound to me like industrial work (or kitchen utensils being banged on things but industrial work fits better with the site) and calm piano or guitar which stops in some places like the river disappearing from view but the consistent beat of both songs reminds me that the river is always flowing.

Sarah

Reading time.

Found two books at the Central Library, about The River Rea.
Both by Harry Reeves - I like this man, wish more people were this passionate about whats around them. And his poems about the Rea are brilliant!

I can scan any pages in, once im done, if I think there of any use?

Brian Eno - Tal Coat

This is the best fitting music to the ideas I have about the river (so far). I like the layering of 'bubbles', like the river, constant steady 'buzzing', like the traffic and train line surrounding the river, and the electronic synth sounds which I feel represent the youthful/musical/artistic way Digbeth is developing. The occasional piano notes could be a duck swimming against the current..

Sarah

Enya - The River Sings Video

Star Wars I - Duel of the Fates

Some pieces of music which ive found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9eaefTOzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWDEk4EsQqI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IazLexjFpsQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1LI58pt9w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eflY1ya-QWY&feature=related

Sarah's photos.

The Rea Garden

Some information about The Rea Garden: http://behindcloseddoors.org.uk/?page_id=149

 and some photos I took when I visited last summer of an exhibition using lots of plastic bags..

Sarah.

 

musical inspiration

river rae: River Rea

river rae: River Rea
my pictures
lewis

useful info

hi,
there is some info about river REA:

http://www.riverreatrail.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=124

Ineta

Photos Rea

Hi guys here are some photos I took on the site visit :)

Chris

DigiMap

River Rea - Fish spotted

River Rea post by Jocelyn is River Rea tributary of River Severn. River Rea in Birmingham is tributary of River Trent. Two different river systems.

Few websites to wet your whistle..

Pretty much everything you want too know -
www.riverreatrail.org.uk

Small section of the River Rea in the past -
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=468406&page=23

We have fish -
http://petemarshall.com/diary/2010/04/fish-passes-on-the-river-rea/
(Correction - Wrong river. So, the fish debate go's on..)

A short bbc film, featuring a nice old man - http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/birmingham/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8706000/8706783.stm