Next up for the Rebecca.Never.Becky Creative Sessions – join Industries / Markus Hetheier and Norrisette in this workshop on DIY Culture & Building A Network.
Industries is an electronic music project by Markus Hetheier. His music explores and subverts musical structures ranging from field recordings and distorted sounds to harmonic melodies and large beats. He is also a practice-based PhD researcher at the School of Digital Arts (SODA).
Norrisette is an art-pop artist whose work encompasses composition, classical piano, music production, DJing, performance and visual design. She has recently formed her own band to explore new creative and collaborative landscapes, with Ashley Garrod on bass and Matthew Hill on drums, and has also performed as a featured vocalist across Europe.
Together, they set up FLUFF – a regular queer electronica night in Manchester. FLUFF aims to provide a platform for queer electronic music producers to perform and test out original music to a live audience, as opposed to being a club night, and has kickstarted the careers of many.
In this workshop you will learn about DIY culture and FLUFF and how you can use DIY as concept and method to kickstart your music project in your community. Industries and Norrisette will share their learnings in the form of a DIY toolkit with the aim to inspire participants to reflect on their artistic ambitions, communities they are part of and how these communities can help them to achieve their goals. These reflections will then be turned into action points which the participants can take away and realise after the workshop.
Expect this workshop to be a creative and interactive space where you will meet new people and potential collaborators!