Strata-excerpt by Glasgow based composer and performer, Graeme Truslove. Graeme has a Ph.D in composition from the University of Glasgow, where he studied with Nick Fells.

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take it or leave it by Japanese and Scottish electronica duo, kirameki.

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Ferment is an illustrated literary zine put together by Paul Askew, James Weiner and myself, Sarah Plant. For each issue we ask sixteen writers and illustrators to contribute.

Every issue we choose a theme, the theme is widely interpreted by our invited contributors.

Initially writers respond to the theme, then illustrators respond to those writers’ poems or short stories. We pair the illustrators and writers, then publish the work as a 12 page black and white newspaper printed by The Newspaper Club.

Ferment began because we wanted to do something creative together that we had control over. Outside of the 9-5, it was fun to make something for other people to enjoy and an experimental project for us. Never a profit making project, the cost of producing zine is covered by selling it locally in Oxford & on our website.

Our themes have ranged from Naked, A Single Letter, to Cities and Upside Down with covers illustrated by Al Murphy, Mister Mourao & Matt Blease.

Illustrators and writers sometimes surprise us by taking the theme in interesting and bizarre directions like ‘Potatoes’ in issue 3- Food. Once the pairings are all in, its my job to set the layout of the zine and the tone for that issue. This is my favorite bit of Ferment, as the contributors’ work is so good and bloody funny.

Recently, as well as producing the zine, we have been playing with the idea of Ferment Mini. Poems & stories printed using miniature printers like Bergs Little Printer.

James custom made a mini printer to print some of our poems & short stories. The result, pocket sized pieces of poetry with illustrations to keep or give to friends.

Ferment mini is playful and interesting, but there are some downsides. Its narrow column length (receipt sized) means some stories end up over a metre long! We don’t intend to offer Ferment mini as a service at the moment, nevertheless its an interesting addition to the Ferment story.

If you are interested in contributing to Ferment, email us & you can buy issues of the zine here.

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Thayn Tyha Hai by Aberdeen based artist Fiona Soe Paing who is an electronica producer.

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Overprint 1 by Freelance music video director Sally Sibbet is part of a series of short films responding to the printing process.

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What:
For SOUNDWORKS, the ICA invited over a hundred artists to submit an audio work taking inspiration from the themes evoked in Bruce Nauman’s seminal sound installation Days.

SOUNDWORKS is an online platform that doubles as a virtual exhibition space. The project includes a wide range of approaches by artists who have been working with the medium for years, as well as artists producing sound art for the first time.

Why we like it:
A beautifully sleek and minimal interactive site which allows the user to enjoy the art of sound without being distracted by visuals. You can also easily share your favourites on Twitter and Facebook.

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What:
Archived’it is an experimental online project where users can create their own remix of ‘Dance on Steps’, a 1934 dance film, set alongside a soundtrack provided by the renowned Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. As this site is still in its infancy, for best results, you will need to use Google Chrome.

Why we like it:
Sharing your work and allowing others to interact with it is essential in creative projects. Archived’it engages both these ideals beautifully and it will stay in your mind because of that.

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Emergence of Nothingness is an abstract and hypnotic video aimed to be viewed as meditative work. It was created by Bill Millett, a Glasgow based photographer and a video artist.

View more of his work on Vimeo and on his website.

He is best known for his music videos and other music related work such as La Blogotheque’s video podcast which in the past 4 years have featured REM, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Grizzly Bear and many more. He also worked closely with Scottish band Mogwai to create a film documenting their live show in Brooklyn, made a movie-essay on New York band The National, and has worked on other experimental films and documentaries.

Vincent Moon has been living and working on the road for the past three years exploring the world with a camera in his backpack, documenting his experiences. Few months ago he was in Australia researching aboriginal singing. He was then travelling to The Philippines to research their traditional song before starting a three month quest in Ethiopia to find out more about their music.

He has been trying to develop his work non-commercially, always involving local creatives and film makers as much as possible.

Below is a photo of one of his many improvised work spaces at a friend’s house.

You can find more about Vincent on his website,
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and follow him on Twitter.

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‘Where I Make’ invites readers behind the scenes of artists from many disciplines to share photographs and a little insight about where they create their masterpieces. See more from the series here.

Marcello Messina is a Sicilian composer who is currently based in Leeds. We found ourselves coming back to listen to this moody, yet melodic piece again and again.

There has already been some great feedback of the work on SoundCloud. Why not let Marcello know what you think?

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