Clitheroe Advertiser...

Piece about Manthorp and Gulzars work with the NWSA...
http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/community/peek-into-the-past/soundbite_treasure_trail_unveiled_at_clitheroe_castle_1_3407683

Sound gems...

The work that artists Steve Manthorp and Shanaz Gulzar have been developing with the North West Sound Archive (housed at Clitheroe Castle) was launched last Friday. We are very excited to see the QR tag trail around Clitheroe Castle grounds up and running, and have the QR tag jewellery for sale in the museum shops and also on line (only £3.95!). The soungem website gives a full background to the project and a chance to sample the sound clips. If you are in the Clitheroe area, drop into either the Castle shop or Platform Gallery to pick up a free sound gems trail map to take part.

North West Sound Archive...

Just come back from a very exciting meeting with artists Steve Manthorpe and Shanaz Gulzar at the NWSA. They have developed some jewellery for the museum shops from QR tags so that a wider audience will be able to access the 'gems' of sound files stored there (QR tags for the uninitiated, as I was until a few weeks ago, are the small square tags like barcodes that you see on packaging, and when you take a photo on your phone they open up as sound, film or picture files). They are also planning a QR tag trail for around Clitheroe Castle grounds in May. All of this work is in development, but below is a sneak preview of what the jewellery will look like...