Longbridge Mass Observation archive

This is the archive for Longbridge Mass Obervation, a project run by artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood. The archive contains material made by the artist and members of the public. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Longbridge Mass Observation is a project investigating the 'everyday' in Longbridge. The original Mass Observation Project took place in Britain in the 1930s, and was a pioneering study of everyday lives using original techniques. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For more about the project and the artist click here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Instagram ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The project is part of Longbridge Public Art Project by WERK (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-80710544-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview');

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The LMO exhibition at the LPAP space, Longbridge

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Exhibition - Longbridge Mass Observation

The full Longbridge Mass Observation Archive is on show at Longbridge Public Art Project from 2-25 Feb 2017.

If you would like to work with the archive in some way then please get in touch via email: [email protected]

Photo credit: Stephen Burke

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Question Walls at Frankley Children’s Centre

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These transcripts are taken from the Open Question/Live Transcript walls that featured as part of LMO. They were placed at various locations around Longbridge over 2016 and filled in by members of the public. 

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The Longbridge Playlist

The 1975 - The 1975 (2013)

AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)

Alter Bridge - Blackbird (2007)

The B-52’s - ‘Love Shack’ (1989)

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Beenie Man - ‘Who Am I (Zim Zimma)’ (1998)

Black Veil Brides - ‘In the End’, Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones (2013)

Blue Swede - ‘Hooked On A Feeling’, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014)

Bob Dylan - ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

Brakes - ‘Pick Up the Phone’ (2005)

The Cars - Greatest Hits (1985)

The Cars - ‘Tonight She Comes’ (1985)

Cartoons - ‘Witch Doctor’ (1998)

The Cheeky Girls - ‘Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)’ (2002)

The Clash - London Calling (1979)

Chris Brown - ‘Ayo’, Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015)

Craig David - Born to Do It (2000)

Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (2005)

Dexys Midnight Runners - ‘Come On Eileen’ (1982)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - ‘Summertime’ (1991)

Eiffel 65 - ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’ (1999)

Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999)

Florence + The Machine - ‘Drumming Song’, Lungs (2009)

Foo Fighters - ‘Times Like These’ (2002)

Gary Numan - ‘Cars’ (1979)

Genesis - ‘That’s All’ (1983)

Glamba - Fused (2006)

Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind (1967)

The Jackson 5 - ‘I’ll Be There’, Third Album (1970)

Jay-Z - ‘Empire State of Mind’ (ft. Alicia Keys), The Blueprint 3 (2009)

Jessie J - Who You Are (2011)

The Killers - ‘Mr Brightside’, Hot Fuss (2004)

Labrinth - Electronic Earth (2012)

Led Zeppelin - ‘The Rover’, Physical Graffiti (1975)

Lemon Jelly - ‘Nice Weather for Ducks’ (2002)

Linkin Park - ‘Numb’ (2003)

Lionel Richie - ‘Hello’ (1983)

Little Mix - ‘Hair’ (ft. Sean Paul), Get Weird (2015)

Little Richard - ‘Long Tall Sally’, The Collection (1956)

M People - ‘Moving on Up’ (1993)

MC Hammer - ‘U Can't Touch This’ (1990)

MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)

Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Collection (1967)

Mis-Teeq - ‘This Is How We Do It’ (2002)

Modest Mouse - ‘Dashboard’, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)

My Chemical Romance - ‘The Ghost of You’ (2005)

Neon Neon - ‘Dream Cars’ (2008)

Ok Go - Ok Go (2002)

Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)

Panic! At The Disco - ‘Emperor's New Clothes’, Death of a Bachelor (2015)

Pat Benatar - ‘Heartbreaker’, Shadows of the Night (1983)

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1977)

The Prodigy - ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ (1997)

Pulp - ‘Common People’, Different Class (1995)

Rihanna - Unapologetic (2012)

Rush - All the World’s a Stage (1976)

Smash Mouth - ‘All Star’ (1999)

Snow Patrol - ‘Chasing Cars’, Eyes Open (2006)

Strawbs - ‘Part of the Union’ (1973)

The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)

The Strokes - First Impression of Earth (2006)

The Stylistics - The Best of the Stylistics (1975)

Take That - ‘Never Forget’, Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection (1995)

Thompson Twins - ‘In the Name of Love’ (1982)

Tiesto - ‘Just Be’ (2004)

Vanilla Ice - ‘Ice Ice Baby’ (1990)

Various Artists - Furious 7 (Soundtrack) (2015)

Various Artists - Old Macdonald (Fun Farmyard Songs) (2011)

Various Artists - One Love: The Very Best Of Reggae (1996)

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Compiled from music submitted by the people of Longbridge in 2016, for the Longbridge Mass Observation Project.

Compiled from music submitted by the people of Longbridge in 2016, for the Longbridge Mass Observation Project.

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Coming to Longbridge Public Art Project soon!

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Longbridge Mass Observation Question Walls at Longbridge Light Festival

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Longbridge Mass Observation Question Walls at Frankley Carnival

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Twitter submission from Rob Hornsey @hornseyrob

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Photographs by Stephen Burke

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Drawing by Sarah Taylor Silverwood. Marks and Spencers, Longbridge.

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Drawing by Sarah Taylor Silverwood. Sainsburies, Longbridge.

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Drawing by Sarah Taylor Silverwood. 

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Drawing by Sarah Taylor Silverwood. Longbridge Lane.