Hal at the launch of QUAD

Hal enjoys listening to the artist Bill Drummond at the launch of QUAD and ‘The 17’ exhibition.
Renowned artist and musician Bill Drummond created a unique performance piece to celebrate QUAD and particularly its location in Derby. 100 groups from all areas of the city were recruited to take part in the project, which involved singing one note together for five minutes and having a group photograph and video portrait taken.These 100 separate sound recordings were mixed together to create one huge piece of choral music. Everyone who took part in the project was invited to the performance event on the Market Place on the evening of Friday 22nd August, to hear the one and only playback of this recording.The 100 group photographs are on show on QUAD walls and digital screens, along with the screening of The17 film by Bill Drummond in the exhibitions resources area. There is a specially created publication about the project available to buy at the QUAD Box office. For more information visit http://www.the17.org

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