Hello AgitProp Board,

I am brewing up a little project that you might find interesting.

My name is Margaret Noble and I am a sound artist performer and curator. The project I am developing is inspired by an old vinyl recording of George Orwell's novel 1984. As an artist who uses samples and media, I have found Orwell's text and today's media to be fertile ground for artistic expression. I am weaving together a new experimental radio work that is a musical narrative retelling. The work is made up of voice, field recordings, samples and analogue synth. The work connects strongly with human rights and profits will go to Amnesty International.

This is my official description:

"Contemporary sound artist Margaret Noble brings George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 into the future by transforming an original vinyl recording into a postmodern soundscape of modern media, original and sampled music, timeless news reports and more. It started with a 1950's vinyl of broadcast radio—striking similarities between the Orwellian themes of propaganda, surveillance, torture and war eerily resounded with contemporary news reports. Confronting these parallels, Margaret Noble pulls samples from the original vinyl record and modern media to produce an experimental electronic music album. Instrumentation includes analogue synthesizer, beats, acoustic instruments, voice and field recordings. The result is a narrative experimental radio piece that insights uncomfortable, satirical and reflective tensions.


This project will be produced in three mediums: digital cd/download, 12 inch vinyl record pressing and a graphic arts companion book."


You can hear the first track here:
http://margaretnoble.net/blog/safer-is-better/

And the project development here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/margaretnoble/george-orwells-1984-electronic-music-remix-album-f


Thanks for reading!!! I really hope to hear from you!!!

Sincerely,

Margaret


Artist website:
http://margaretnoble.net