CreativePact is the hub of a group of artists, musicians and technologists who enter a pact to create and document some new creative output regularly over the course of a month (in this case, September 2012).
What each person chooses to create is entirely up to them, with web-based documentation of the pact being fundamental to make sure it is stuck to. Supplementary commentary can be provided via social networks, using the tag #creativepact.
Anyone may take a CreativePact, and should you decide to join get in touch with us and we'll display a link to your project. For inspiration, check out the previous years of CreativePact online:
This year's CreativePact projects are:
Adam Jansch
Cerebral Sister - first EP
"I will be continuing on with the writing of the first EP of my new studio project, Cerebral Sister, which I began earlier this year. Likely the main focus will be on writing lyrics. This replaces my original project, called Sampling Memories."
Alex Tack
Max Madness
"I'm going to attempt to create a 5 minute piece using sounds generated/manipulated by Max MSP"
Caitlin Rowley
Finishing
"Exploring microtones and extended techniques for flute/recorders."
Frances Richards
Naming Convention
"Use four different methods to make four short films - with a linking theme"
Helen Sanderson-White
Creative Everyday
"I'm going to be asking the question is it possible to be creative everyday and exploring the possibility of producing some song material, whether a completed song, an individual stanza or a topic idea etc each day through September."
Lauren Redhead
Greater insight into how I think about material in my own practice
"A bank of material that I can use to produce new work in the future."
Lee Freeman
Processing Pac-Man!
"I'm gonna (re)make Pac-Man using the Processing language!"
Rachael Forsyth
Exploring
"I will be exploring the use of electronic music - writing and recording music using electronics / synths rather than writing notated music. I will aim to write a song (maybe more) by the end of the month."
Reuben Thomas
Audio-visual progressions
"I'm using CreativePact to start making some stuff to put on a demo reel for university work placement applications. My approach will be across audio and visual, and I plan to look at the Cinder framework, Jitter, and iTunes visualiser plugins."
Rob Lycett
Arduino and optics
"Integrating the Arduino with lens based imaging (still, cine, animation)."
Scott Hewitt
Podcast a Day
"A podcast a day, some live, some recorded about things that interest me."
Spandex
Stuffing a Heron
"Building a library of drums/samples for use in making electronic music."
Victoria Trinder
Arduino and Electronics
"I will be learning how to use Arduino and develop my understanding of electronics, alongside using Logic Pro to manipulate audio for some future installations."
There are numerous ways to follow the CreativePact team:
Twitter: @creativepacthub
Facebook: CreativePact on Facebook
Google+: CreativePact on Google+
CreativePact media assets are available below:
Image: Full CreativePact 2012 logo (800 x 280) (PNG)
Image: Square CreativePact logo (348 x 348) (PNG)
Font: CreativePact font - Devil Breeze (TTF)
