{"id":1670,"date":"2016-11-03T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T10:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T11:39:27","slug":"flit-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/2016\/11\/03\/flit-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Flit \/ The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are into Year 2 of our project with Shetland Arts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through an inspiring education programme delivered both in the gallery and the classroom we will work towards a final body of work involving performance, music and an exhibition in the main gallery space at Bonhoga at the end of the project year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martingreenmusic.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/slider1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night we had 3 Art Ambassadors from Baltasound JHS attend the performance of Flit, at Mareel in Lerwick.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some of today\u2019s most influential musicians explore themes of migration through darkly atmospheric songs set within a world of breathtaking stop-motion animation.<\/p>\n<p>Green\u2019s musical architecture is a wonder to behold\u201d Froots<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning composer and Lau\u2019s visionary accordionist Martin Green brings together Portishead\u2019s Adrian Utley, Mogwai\u2019s Dominic Aitchison and Becky Unthank from The Unthanks, with BAFTA-winning animators whiterobot (Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson) for this extraordinary live show.<\/p>\n<p>Flit is inspired by first-hand stories of human migration, some heart-warming, others heartbreaking and features songs and original music by Green with lyrics from Karine Polwart, Ana\u00efs Mitchell, Sandy Wright and Aidan Moffat.<\/p>\n<p>Set within a captivating animated world and a haunting sonic landscape, these exquisite songs are performed by a world class band fronted by the inimitable voices of Becky Unthank and Adam Holmes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to be part of a live and dynamic performance, showcasing exceptional music and artistic talent. All of us who attended came away with ideas and inspiration from what was a thought provoking piece of work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1671\" src=\"http:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/files\/2016\/11\/flit.jpg\" alt=\"flit\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/files\/2016\/11\/flit.jpg 942w, https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/files\/2016\/11\/flit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/files\/2016\/11\/flit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/files\/2016\/11\/flit-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below is the time lapse video (from the ShetNews website) showing the stage for Flit being created.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZBRzyHx8LQk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are into Year 2 of our project with Shetland Arts. Through an inspiring education programme delivered both in the gallery and the classroom we will work towards a final body of work involving performance, music and an exhibition in the main gallery space at Bonhoga at the end of the project year. Last night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unst.org\/web\/bjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}