Arnolfini, Bristol July 2007
Photos by Carl Newland
I was invited by Elaine Kordy of Spagetti Club to collaborate on a The Darkside project, which would be hosted by Arnolfini in Bristol. The brief was to come up with an event The Darkside a social event where by artists have a chance to meet, talk and have the opportunity to take part in something special. So we came up with Recorded Live.
We asked people to ‘Bring a record, tape or CD. It can be anything music, sound, spoken word …something you have seen live or something you would love to see. Talk about it, perform it, or have it performed for you. How would you evoke those lost live moments? Alternatively, you can come and simply listen over a glass of wine and some hula hoops. The evening is dedicated to all things live and lost.’ The evening was filled with people moving from the social dark studio pack full of comfy sofas, wine and posh nibbles to the ramshakled light studio in which we’d set up a make shift radio studio, they played records and recordings and told stories, memories and anecdotes, all of which were transmitted live back into the dark studio social side.
