While we prepare for our second day of activities, please find below few pictures from the ongoing launch for Sounds Like Graffiti taken by one of our youth collaborators.  Yesterday was a good and exciting day all in all and the artist “family” came quickly together to address all the difficulties setting up such an innovative project sometimes involves.  We now have 3 ways of accessing the plays in the park – SMS, MP3s and bluetooth – in addition to of course to what you see here online.

QUICK NOTE! Remember to scroll down to see more of the content produced, including the premiere of the short film we have now made public.

Even before the launch, we have been getting good press.  To find out more about what we plan to do this weekend, please see

Yorkshire Post

BBC News (Bradford / West Yorkshire)

We now have the interactive map of the exhibition online for our friends to see as we know everybody cannot unfortunately make the Lister Park event.   The idea behind the interactive map is simple: you access the sounds files your computer either in chronological order following the narrative or by choosing any specific file you want using the Map Guide we provide at the event. It is almost like being there.

The map we have designed comes with a set of navigational tools that allows you to either move back and forth in sequence or move around freely however you choose.  You can zoom in and out with your mouse and the arrows on your keyboard, make the file full screen to see it better.  So explore around the interface and – most importantly – enjoy the great stories!!

To get started click on the play button on the map below.

(NOTE: (We are using Prezi for displaying the map and you need to have Flash Player 10 installed for it ).

We have also provided here a sneak preview of each of the episodes to listen via our media player or to download for your own Mp3 players.

1  Looking for Ali

2. Mr. Lister

3. The Pidgeon

4. Ripples from the Past

5. Three Lions

6. Call of the MCs

7. Caged Storm

8. The Waterfall

9. MC Memory

10. Ghost of Shipley

11. Rap Punzel

12. The Ogre

13. Home

UPDATE: Everything will become public today at 16.00, including the audio plays to download for your own mp3 players.  Stay tuned.

We have been working frantically behind the scenes to get everything ready for the launch/exhibition this weekend.  Audio plays, short film, banners, posters, brochures, training volunteers, mobile phones interface, mp3 players, interactive maps and what have we are now almost all done.  While we all slowly now drift towards Bradford in anticipation of a great weekend, here are a few samples of some of the work that we will be proud to introduce over the coming weekend.  Only a few teasers here as we cannot reveal all the secrets at once, can we?

BANNER: A 1×3 meter banner composed of almost a thousand pictures collaboratively taken during the workshops.  These pictures together will compose a Bradford landmark.

banner sample

BOOK: A print-on-demand book that we will be giving out to our collaborators and friends and that can be bought online. The book contains the script of the play as well as some of the collaboratively-produced poetry / photography by the young people that have inspired us.  We will have the .pdf version accessible for the weekend as well as online.

Sounds Like Graffiti book cover

MAP: A detailed map that will guide our audiences through the different locations in Lister Park.  This map will be available to the visiting public on the upcoming weekend as well as interactively online for our friends who cannot make the event in person.

Map for the story

SHORT FILM: A short film produced together with the Toller Youth Group Girl Group.  The film will be available online for the launch and as a DVD following the launch.  See a screenshot below to get some idea of what to expect.

Screenshot from Ripples from the Past