ACE — The Broken Orchestra

Arts Council R&D Application

1/ Samples of Previous Work

1.1- Fair Winds & Following Seas

1.2 - RE:Score

2 / Concept Idea for R&D

2.1 - Logo/Brand ideas

2.2 - Presentation Testing ideas

3 / Potential Practitioners

1 / SAMPLES OF PREVIOUS WORK

Immersive, outdoor, spatial audio experience

Fair Winds & Following Seas is a FREE immersive headphone audio experience which connects you to your surroundings in a completely unique way.

Part of a series of walks through 2025, this project starts at Freedom Festival with its pilot walk titled ‘Leave Your Mark’.

Downloaded to your very own smart device and delivered through headphones, this outdoor walk engages you with the path you walk.

Presented in spatial sound and using GPS to create seamless transitions of original music, poetry and sound mapped audio, walk at your own pace whilst exploring your own imagination.

Blurring the lines between the physical and digital worlds and allowing you the time to reflect with your own thoughts, Fair Winds & Following Seas will immerse you in music and playful sounds of the environment whilst encouraging you to look at the seemingly simple world around you.

Accesible route available.

“Mesmerising and contemplative portrait of the river hull. So great to be able to connect with Hull more. A proper treat to wander around the forgotten bits with your ears full of magic.”

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RE:Discovered

RE:Imagined

RE:Interpreted

Re:Created

Commissioned by Freedom Festival Arts Trust and originally presented at The Awakening March 2022, its initial concept was to connect the past, present and future together as part of an outdoor cinema experience. Using some of Hull’s beautiful buildings as a backdrop to project onto, RE:SCORE allowed the audience to connect these spaces with warm, nostalgic footage from the past alongside a brand new bespoke musical soundtrack.

Produced by The Broken Orchestra and in association with British Film Institute, Film Hub North and Yorkshire Film Archive, RE:SCORE is the coming together of a diverse range of musical artists, to create original compositions that sit alongside culturally important archive films. What is achieved can be enjoyed as a stand alone, part of a larger collection or be displayed and projected as part of a festival, commission or larger event for a truly unique, romantic and sentimental experience for the audience.

Breathing new life into old film

RE:SCORE shines a light on forgotten archive film footage while showcasing new work from a diverse collective of independent musical artists.

'Springtime in an English Village' 1944 - Music by LAW HOLT & TIMOTHY LONDON

'From Morn Till Midnight' 1932 - Music by THE BROKEN ORCHESTRA

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2 / CONCEPT IDEA FOR R&D

To give a sense of what this project could look like…

Created, staged and documented as part of our application for Arts Council RnD support, we wanted to produce something that gives an insight into our initial thoughts.

Working to the principle of a sit down, indoor experience, we set out to capture atmosphere with a sense of isolation. Old furniture sits in an empty warehouse space. Designed to hint at a familiar, comfortable space but with a sense of presentiment, you can question the reality of the set.

Branding and logo ideas share a feeling of history or nostalgia, with a hint of a ritualistic action. A stamp element offers an action of contract binding that gives a sense of potential fidelity.

3 / POTENTIAL PRACTITIONERS

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