NOISE Blog

“How we got funding for our creative project”

Part 2 of our Guest Blog series with Lucy Biddle of  the Postcards From Europe project… Here, Lucy takes us right to the start, to tells us how...

NOISE exhibition coming soon!

  Guest blog from the team currently organising the next NOISE Exhibition and project at NOISE HQ…. Whilst we (the interns) were quietly updating...

NOISE Artist – new fine art exhibition in Manchester – this week!

NOISE Fine Artist Kevin Hunt brings his unique collection across to Manchester once again. Kevin is in residence at The The Burlington Fine Arts Club alongside...

NOISE Curator Choice’s new London exhibition

NOISE alumni and the very talented Leah Capaldi will be showing off her brand-new performance at a new exciting show called ‘The Hole’ this week in...

In Case of Emergency… reach for the drill

A fool-proof* contingency plan for the disconcerting artist. From the guys over at Free Art and Technology *method not tested Filed under: Organizations

‘ART OF PROTEST’ AT LONDON’S ROUNDHOUSE!

20th January 2012

Following the resounding success of the pop-up NOISE ‘Art of Protest’ exhibition in Manchester, NOISEfestival.com brings the project to London’s Roundhouse for an exclusive one day exhibition on Saturday the 11th February, from 11am until 5pm to coincide with the Un-Convention at Rising 2012 event.  The exhibition showcases iconic, creative, non-violent protests as part of the charity’s national, curriculum led learning project ‘Re-Masters: The Art of Protest’.

The display shows work from leading international artists like Banksy, Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing, Stella Vine, Billy Bragg, Katherine Hamnett’s anti-pershing missile T-shirt protest to Margaret Thatcher, leading German artists Joseph Beuys and Thomas Peiter, and Tedd Church’s photography of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Montreal Bed-in; in addition to leading protest pieces by the best of Europe’s emerging creative talent from the arts portfolio site NOISEfestival.com. The exhibition also includes the NOISE Charity’s positive response to last summer youth riots, with an international compilation of photos from young people in Berlin, Madrid, Valencia and Manchester that identify their protest issues. 
For more head to www.NOISEfestival.com/protest

Saturday 11th  February
11am until 6pm

The Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road
London NW1 8EH

NOISE 'THE ART OF PROTEST' POP UP EXHIBITION

14th October 2011

The shop window exhibition showcases protest art from established artists such as popular graffitist Banksy, Joseph Beuys & Thomas Peiter, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's 'Bed in', Turner Prize winner and OBE awarded artist Gillian Wearing, artist Stella Vine, lyrics by activist singer/songwriter Billy Bragg, and Fashion Designer Katherine Hamnett (58% Don't Want Pershing t-shirt at 10 Downing Street). These are displayed alongside emerging NOISE artists with their own thought provoking protest pieces.

'Art of Protest' opens on Wednesday 19th October in the windows of an empty retail space in 1-3 Stevenson Square, in the heart of Manchester's youth culture quarter where the recent riots took place, until 27th October 2011 (weekdays 9-6pm, weekends 11 - 5pm).

The 9 day exhibition also includes the NOISE Charity's positive response to the recent youth riots, with an international compilation of photos from young people in Berlin, Madrid, Valencia and Manchester that identify their protest issues.

Supported by the EU 'Youth in Action' Programme, the exhibition marks the launch of our national learning project 'Re-Masters: The Protest Issue'. For more information about 'NOISE Art of Protest' and to download the project brief head to NOISEfestival.com/Protest

Dream Jobs - Up For Hire?

3rd August 2011

-- Have you been a school leaver or a graduate for over a year?

-- Would you like 40 years of career experience in four weeks?

A new BBC Three series is on the lookout for talented folk who are desperate for a new career. This exciting opportunity aims to give individuals a real chance to find the right employee and launch a new career.
Applicants must be between 18-24 years old.

Head here for the application form and more info.

NOISE's 'The Real Gypsy Fair' film watched by thousands!

16th June 2011

Hot off the heels of this year's annual Appleby Fair, the NOISE Documentary 'The Real Gypsy Fair, Krush on the Drom' has had over 27,000 views on YouTube! That's over 11,000 in just 2 months!

NOISE worked with the group over 2 years to record the undocumented culture of the historic Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria; the oldest and most popular event for the UK Gypsy and Traveller community, where horses are traded and extended families meet every year.

The film has been broadcast on the Community Channel, Teachers TV and Horse and Country TV.

You can buy the DVD of the film online here http://noisefestival.bigcartel.com/product/gypsy-fair-documentary

Or email Victoria, projects@noisefestival.com

NOISE, all over the social networking

15th June 2011

If you need a NOISE fix in between newsletters, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for regular updates, oppportunties, news, videos and the odd joke.

NOISE is on Facebook - www.facebook.com/noisefestival

And Twitter - www.twitter.com/noisefestival

Follow, tweet, become a fan....

NOISE's 'The Real Gyspy Fair' film watched by thousands!

20th April 2011

The NOISE Documentary 'The Real Gypsy Fair, Krush on the Drom has had over 12,000 views on YouTube.

We're very happy that the film is being seen globally, which was created by young Romany Gypsy and Irish Travellers, to film a lasting record of their culture, from their own point of view.

NOISE worked with the group over 2 years to record the undocumented culture of the historic Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria; the oldest and most popular event for the UK Gypsy and Traveller community, where horses are traded and extended families meet every year.

The film has been broadcast on the Community Channel, Teachers TV and Horse and Country TV.

You can buy the DVD of the film online here http://noisefestival.bigcartel.com/product/gypsy-fair-documentary

Or email Victoria, projects@noisefestival.com

NOISE and The Big Society

24th March 2011

In February, Vic, Operations Manager at NOISE spoke at The Culture Forum and the National Campaign for the Arts, 'The Arts, Heritage and The Big Society conference' with Lord Nat Wei, Government Adviser on the Big Society. The event looked at what role arts and heritage will play in the realisation of the Big Society.

Victoria spoke about the NOISE charity's ideas for defining and contributing to the Big Society, and talked about the community inspired NOISELAB.

Lord Nat Wei cited digital efforts as one of the main drivers of the Big Society vision. He said "Lets join forces to include digital access, lets devise platforms for digital participation, NOISE is one example where you combine real human interaction with technology, Let's enable innovation in this area for it to continue to thrive."

NOISE hopes that through the Big Society the work we do can be signposted, supported and strengthened.

You can read the National Campaign for the Art's mini report on the talk here . And watch Victoria take to the floor here (about 11 min in!)