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Part of the PIYN programme for 2010, and again in 2011, is the use of new media technologies. In May 2010 we gave out 10 Flip cameras to aspiring ethnic creatives, with the help of our partners ARMS & Auckland City Council.

The idea is to begin a process of participatory media enabling community and democratic showcasing and broadcast, for some groups who traditionally (due to culture and socio-economic factors), don’t normally have access to broadcasting.

We are starting to see the beginnings of footage uploaded online, which is encouraging – including from the PIYN show itself, and from various young ethnic creative leaders.
Below is a video from the 2010 show, enjoy!

SayHigh-Parks&PIYN’10 from TommeeT on Vimeo.

Watch the PIYN Auckland performance online with music and visuals from NZ & UK artists including the Urban Soul Orchestra.

Live streaming video by Ustream

Watch a recording of the PIYN 2010 Auckland show at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6767323

Watch a recording of the PIYN 2010 Wellington show at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6937517

MsBehaviour from Mohawk Media speaks to Radio Wammo about People In Your Neighbourhood 2010. Covering the participatory media side of the project using Ustream TV and Twitter.

Watch a podcast of the Auckland performance here, or join us on Saturday night to watch the live stream from Wellington at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/piyn

After an amazing show in Auckland over the weekend, the PIYN crew head South to perform at the Taupo Erupt Festival on Thursday May 13th, and in Wellington at The Overseas Terminal May 15th. We hope you can make it along.

In the meantime, here is a flip camera clip shot when Charlie Dark was taking a day off on Waiheke Island last week…

Charlie Dark & Urban Soul Orchestra from the UK, meet Riki Gooch & Submariner from NZ to start work on an interlude for the People In Your Neighbourhood show May 8th in Auckland.

Shot with a FLIP camera. Project details are here: www.piyn.net.

Things are heating up!

Our UK guests are arriving on the weekend, and so next week the PIYN two week series of shows and workshops begins in New Zealand for 2010. Tickets are here , & the full programme is here. Come along and help celebrate urban diversity in music! Auckland May 8th, Taupo May 13th & Wellington May 15th.

Check out the May programme for People in Your Neighbourhood 2010, with workshops and performances in Auckland, Taupo and Wellington.  Events include:

This workshop examines the role of strings in modern pop and urban music using examples of recent UK tracks in which USO have recorded on. Lessons learnt, pitfalls and triumphs discussed, as well as practical demonstrations. The workshop also involves a dynamic demonstration of looping, sampling and beat-boxing meets violins, with the help of Charlie Dark.

Creative’s Online Toolkit Workshop

With Helen Baxter from Mohawk Media for creatives covering online branding and publishing using wordpress, independent digital music distribution, publishing /print on demand systems, Creative Commons licensing for remixing, paypal payments and donation systems, project & event management tools, online & mobile streaming for gigs, plus merchandise and social media marketing with Twitter & Facebook.

Download a pdf of the ‘People In Your Neighbourhood’  - 2010 Programme

Writer, producer, DJ and poet Charlie Dark is set to be the focus of Manukau’s attention when he brings his unique outlook and performance style to the Otara Town Centre stage.

Check here for more details.

Early Bird tickets are now available for all three NZ PIYN shows – Auckland May 8th, Taupo May 13th, and Wellington May 15th.

New Zealand’s most innovative music collaboration, People in Your Neighbourhood (PIYN), is back for 2010.  This year’s project features an exciting new cast of Kiwi producers, artists and performers who are co-writing and performing the PIYN show with the help of UK’s acclaimed string section Urban Soul Orchestra (USO), and London street poet and DJ Charlie Dark.

People in Your Neighbourhood, a British Council New Zealand initiative, encourages ethnically diverse communities to be part of a cross platform arts project engaging with some of the UK’s finest modern composers and musicians to create a live show.

The shows take place in Auckland on Saturday 8 May, at the Erupt Lake Taupo Festival on Thursday 13 May and in Wellington on Saturday 15 May. (more…)