Brixton's Raw Material Performing at Tate Modern Hyperlink Festival

Brixton's Raw Material Performing at Tate Modern Hyperlink Festival

LONDON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



Artists from Raw Material [http://www.rawmusicmedia.co.uk/wordpress ] Music & Media
charity, representing some of London's most original talent, will present live music,
electronic sound programming and visual arts to crowds at Tate Modern Hyperlink Festival
[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tanks-tate-modern/eventseries/hyperlink ] this weekend.



(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130425/611051 )




Based in Brixton, Raw Material helps young artists to develop their talents in music,
media and performance art. Accomplished members Monster Playground, Celloman, FLOetic
Lara, Tagz, Potent Whisper and Barka are all playing at Hyperlink this weekend. Founded
over 20 years ago by Tim Brown, Raw Material also helps young people gain opportunities to
perform in international festivals and work with local musicians. Last year, several Raw
Material artists featured at 2012 Festa2h in Senegal
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raw-material-takes-music-projects-to-festa2h-festival-in-senegal-158542975.html ]
, and are returning again this June. More locally, their
current UK tour, Raw Roadz [http://www.rawmusicmedia.co.uk/wordpress/projects/raw-roadz ]
Turning Tides project, is travelling to Southend, Ramsgate, Folkestone, Hastings, Brighton
and Portsmouth.



Hyperlink is curated by Tate Collective for young people aged 15-25 and is the first
in a series of national festivals being developed as part of Circuit
[http://www.tate.org.uk/about/projects/circuit ], a new national youth network for the
visual arts. It is being held in The Tanks, Tate Modern's stunning new underground spaces
for a 3-day festival of art, music and fashion for young people. The weekend will feature
rapper Sway, Akala, Angel and an acoustic set by Sebastian Blake, plus spoken word from
George the Poet. There will be workshops including fashion photography with Rankin,
zine-making with It's Nice That, fashion design with Cassette Playa, and Aberrant
architecture.




Hyperlink, The Tanks at Tate Modern
Friday 26 April - Sunday 28 April 2013.

Raw Material

Saturday 27 April 2013, 14.00 - 15.00
Sunday 28 April 2013, 16.00 - 17.00


Hyperlink Full line up
[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tanks-tate-modern/eventseries/hyperlink/hyperlink-full-line ]



Hyperlink Tumblr [http://tate-collectives.tumblr.com ]



Join in #Hyperlink [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Hyperlink&src=hash ]
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You can see some of the work produced by Raw Material here
http://www.youtube.com/rawmusicmedia



http://www.rawmusicmedia.co.uk






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Raw Material

CONTACT: Tim Brown, rawfuture@gmail.com, +44-(0)20-7737-6103.


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