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After fifteen years of moving towards a theory and practice of Militant Sound Investigation, the sound collective Ultra-red have initiated an extended process of investigating the terms of such a practice. Titled, "School Of Echoes," this investigation will involve all nine members of the international collective in a series of phases in cities in Europe and North America.
The "School Of Echoes" began in the late months of 2008 with the nine members of Ultra-red reflecting on problematics that have arisen out of the group's work over the years. Reviewing projects from "Structural Adjustments," "The Debt" and "SILENT|LISTEN" through to "Blok70," "Rural Intavenshan" and "We Come From Your Future," members assembled fifteen themes that merit deeper investigation. In their contradictory and, even, irresolvable nature, these themes suggest both the possibilities and limits of a practice of Militant Sound Investigation.
Now the members of Ultra-red are poised to begin Phase Two of "School Of Echoes." Gathering in London over the next ten weeks, collective members have commenced a residency in the art exhibition centre, Raven Row located in the Spitalfields neighborhood. The residency will feature an in-depth investigation into the fifteen themes identified by the members of the group. Concurrent with the collective inquiry into these fifteen themes, Ultra-red will also conduct a five-session workshop with London activists, community organizers and artists into the theory and practice of Militant Sound Investigation. These Raven Row Sessions will then conclude with the presentation of an installation Raven Row that will offer a report on the status of the "School Of Echoes" project. That installation will have its public debut on Thursday, 11 June at 6:00PM in the storefront space of Raven Row, 56 Artillery Lane, London E1 7LS, telephone +44 (0)20 7377 4300, and email; info@ravenrow.org.
Raven Row Sessions of Ultra-red's "School Of Echoes" is supported by Raven Row and the Glass House Trust. Phase Three of "School Of Echoes" is tentatively scheduled to take place in the fall in Los Angeles and Phase Four is tentatively scheduled to take place in the spring of 2010 in Oslo.
Raven Row is a new contemporary art exhibition centre run by Alex Sainsbury.
While in the UK, members of the collective will support Ultra-red’s ongoing anti-racist work in the rural Southwest of England and early sound investigations with students and teachers in the Edgware Road neighborhood of London, the latter undertaken in partnership with Serpentine Gallery.
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