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[cid:4309ff23-d382-4a7d-9fa4-8463a2287d74] The 2019 ARA Conference – 28-30 August - Leeds First keynote speaker announced – J. Willgoose Esq. Driving force behind innovative art-rock band Public Service Broadcasting Focus: how our profession can inspire artists to create and audiences to relate Register to attend Conference now at: http://conference.archives.org.uk/ 9 April 2019 The ARA Conference committee is delighted to announce the first keynote speaker @ARA2019 – the Queens Hotel in Leeds: J. Willgoose, Esq., the inspiration behind the innovative art-rock band Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), will open Conference on the final morning, Friday 30 August. Education, space, mining and shipping PSB has a global following and is best known for using archival and records material of all kinds to produce ground-breaking albums like ‘Inform-Educate-Entertain’ – based on public information film archives – and ‘The Race for Space’ – using records from NASA and the Soviet space programmes. More recent releases, such as ‘Every Valley’ and ‘White Star Liner’, have focused on the coalfields of south Wales and the famous shipping company respectively, the latter with so many connections to the port cities of the UK and Ireland and (of course) to Belfast and the RMS Titanic. London-based J. Willgoose, Esq., along with drumming companion Wrigglesworth and multi-instrumentalist JFAbraham, remains on a quest to inform, educate and entertain. PSB’s uniquely spell-binding live audio-visual transmissions see them weave samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material around live drums, guitar, banjo and electronics as they teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future – beaming our past back at us through vintage tv sets and state of the art modern video projection devices. Every Valley, for example, used archival material from the South Wales Miners’ Library at Swansea University and was recorded at the Ebbw Vale Institute. The band took audiences on a journey down the mineshafts of the south Wales valleys and into the communities themselves. Although Every Valley is the story of one industry in a time now removed from ours, the lessons for today in terms of what happens to a community when you remove an entire industry from it, could not be more relevant. Our Profession J. Willgoose, Esq. will open our final day of Conference, which focuses on ‘Our Profession’. Using examples of the band’s music and writing, he will offer creative, performance and other insights into how even routine or seemingly-mundane records can inspire or be woven into something bigger, to communicate ideas and connect with new audiences. He will also challenge us, as records professionals, to think differently about what we record, how we preserve/conserve it and how we make it accessible and promote it. The global themes of PSB’s work mean that there will be something for everyone in his keynote, across borders and cultures. After speaking at Conference, J. Willgoose, Esq. will head to the Moseley Folk and Arts Festival in the English West Midlands, where PSB will perform that evening. So we are delighted that he has been able to spare the time to join us in Leeds. Between now and then, PSB will play at venues in London, Wales, Germany (among others), if ARA members would like to check them out live. To see more about PSB and/or see where the band is performing, visit:https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net/ There is also a wealth of additional material about PSB online, for example on YouTube, TED and numerous interviews, etc. Public Service Broadcasting<https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net/> www.publicservicebroadcasting.net Public Service Broadcasting is the corduroy-clad brainchild of London-based J. Willgoose, Esq. who, along with drumming companion Wrigglesworth, is on a quest to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the globe. Reminder: Visit http://conference.archives.org.uk/ for full details of this year’s programme, venue, how to register to attend at ‘early-bird’ discount rates, and much more. Follow us on Twitter @ARA2019 and #ARAConf and soon on Instagram! Mike Anson Chair, ARA Conference committee --- Conference Committee Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) www.archives.org.uk www.learnaboutarchives.ie www.communityarchives.org.uk ARA Annual Conference 2019 Queens Hotel, Leeds 28 – 30 August Prioryfield House 20 Canon Street Taunton Somerset TA1 1SW The Information contained in this email is confidential. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s) and not for circulating without agreement. If you are not the intended recipient(s) you are hereby notified that any circulation or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Any opinions expressed may be those of the individual and not necessarily the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland). 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