Floating Scores
… building a Tasmanian soundscape …
Floating Scores is a digital audio platform accessible via smart devices that hosts a Tasmanian soundscape. The project constructs and distributes a layer of geo-located sonic art across the State as well as building a library of Tasmanian story, narrative, sound art and music.
Completed projects are listed below.
Arauco Libre
Arauco Libre, a Latin American music band, performed in the Salamanca Market between 1987 - 2017 and the echoes of Andean and Latin American music flooded the air every Saturday morning in the market.
There was and always has been a message in the music, at first it was a political and one of solidarity with the Latin American peoples. Today, this message is sustained over time and despite the years that have passed, they form an essential part of the life of the band.
Artists: German Duarte & Francisco Solis
Location: Montpellier Retreat & Salamanca Place, nipaluna/Hobart
Producer: Donald Bate
Performed by: German Duarte, Mauricio Duarte, Michael González, Francisco Solis
This activity was supported by Arts Tasmania.
Artist: Karai Hemara
Location: Maria Island, Tasmania
Produced and arranged by Donald Bate
Performed by Karai Hemara (guitar/bass/vocals), Yue Hong Cha (violin), Martin Penicka (cello),
This activity was supported by Arts Tasmania.
Thanks to Sarah Heald, Adam Ranui and …
Hohepa Te Umuroa
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/1846_Portrait_of_Hohepa_Te_Umuroa_by_William_Duke.jpg
Hōhepa Te Umuroa (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), possibly born in 1822, was a Maori political prisoner. In 1846, he joined other Wanganui Māori who travelled to Te Rangihaeata's pā at Porirua, New Zealand. In August 1846, Te Umuroa was captured there by members of Te Āti Awa who were searching for supporters of Te Rangihaeata. Governor George Grey regarded these men as rebelling against the Queen's authority and Te Umuroa was subsequently sentenced and transported to Maria Island, Tasmania for imprisonment with five other Maori warriors.
He died in 1847 of tuberculosis while still in custody and the others eventually returned to New Zealand. Hohepa’s remains were exhumed and repatriated to New Zealand in 1988, where he was buried at Roma Cemetery, Jerusalem, on the Wanganui River. Apart from the headstone, there is no information on Maria Island about this history.
(https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22488995)
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Artists: Ehsan Zabihi & Sina Tarkesh Esfahani
Location: St David’s Park & St David’s Cathedral, Hobart
Producer: Stevie McEntee
Recording by: Donald Bate
Performed by Ehsan Zabihi (setar), Sina Tarkesh Esfahani (daaf and tombak), Pooya RavenPa…
This activity was supported by Arts Tasmania.
Thanks to Dean Richard Humphrey, St David’s Cathedral