I’ve already released USB memory sticks loose into the wild - as it were. I called those BlogCrossing. Each BlogCrossing is a self-contained Wordpress blog (like this one) and the idea is that each person that has the memory stick in their possession should make some sort of contribution, in the form of a blog [...]
Urgh. The morning after. I won’t be going near Jameson in a while!
I attended a Jameson Whisky promo event at the new Trof bar yesterday - I think they’re simply calling it “The Deaf Institute”. There’s apparently been some “hoo-har” about the name of the place. Somewhat shamelessly Trof management wanted to call the place [...]
I laid my first ever geocache yesterday in Platt Fields park, Manchester. Hurray!
Geocaching is a kind of game, where “cachers” hide small containers which contain a logbook and a prize of some description. Anyone can go and hunt the cache - and take the prize - by logging onto the geocaching website (http://geocaching.com/) and obtaining [...]
I just experienced an earthquake for the first time in my life, in Manchester, of all places.
It was a truly weird experience; I was sitting on a chair working on the computer. I noticed a swaying motion and looked round expecting to see my girlfriend there. Unfortunately as I turned I saw she was sitting [...]
I went to a pre-Diwali celebration at Platt Fields Park a couple of weeks ago. It was fantastic. Not really directly relevant to my artistic practice, but certainly a good thing to do (for me) to keep my mind happy and creative. It was a really nice community event, but the dramatic climax was hugely [...]
I took part in ‘Urban Myths Retold’ at the Urbis museum, in Manchester. The project was off the back of a literature competition that Urbis had already run, asking writers to create short stories either re-telling or creating brand new urban legends. 10 performance-based installations took place at different sites around Urbis, that visitors [...]
Fun & original idea (from Andy Sykes), similarities with photobombing.
See here; http://tinyurl.com/39mann or here.
On reading the Cornerhouse’s website, I’ve discovered that they’re just commencing with a project entitled Bitmapping (see http://www.bitmapping.com/)
The idea basically comes down to a game of consequences, but rather than using words images will be used. And rather than using paper, mobile phones (and their attached cameras) will be used. The whole thing will go [...]