Beat box master Killa Kella, currently supporting Goldie Lookin Chain on tour, has just been confirmed as an ambassador for the NOISE festival and will appear live at the event's launch this Thursday at Tate Liverpool. As previously reported, NOISE is a new online youth arts festival encompassing film, fashion, art, design, photography and music, which will offer young creatives a variety of projects to get involved in via the festival's website, the ultimate aim being to then promote the participants and their work through a range of partnerships with the likes of the BBC, MSN, Tate Galleries and Metro Newspapers.
Killa Kella's fellow cultural ambassadors include Anthony Wilson for Music and Art and designer Wayne Hemingway. NOISE chief executive Denise Proctor says: "We have chosen our curators because they have consistently demonstrated originality, passion and innovation in their chosen art form. They are regarded as industry figureheads not only because of their successes within their chosen field but because they serve as an inspiration for the next generation of young creatives. The NOISE team and our curators look forward to discovering some really exciting new talent. Because of its online nature NOISE can be far more inclusive. Noise targets every young person regardless of background or postcode. It gives them some fantastic opportunities to showcase their talent."