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On Tuesday 20th January I was in Hull for Digital Utopias. I was originally going as a regular attendee but was invited at the last minute by Alex McLean to take part in A Yorkshire Hack, which was an informal relaxed space for hacking. I was in a hackathon with him a couple of…
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Ever since I was given my first smartphone in 2004, a Nokia 6600, I’ve always made a point to take lots of photos. Some are mundane, accidental and otherwise uninteresting. Others document key moments in my life. Many of the photos go unpublished until the end of the year when I make a grid…
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There’s no doubt that emoji is here to stay and will infiltrate your artwork, desktop, phone screens and inboxes if it hasn’t already done so. In a similar vein to ASCII art, recently apps have been released to convert pixels in images and video to emoji. Emoji Video and Emojify are two iOS apps…
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From 31st January to 11th April Glass will be screened at the Birmingham Show at Eastside Projects alongside work by 34 artists working/that have worked in Birmingham. Birmingham Show is an exhibition as history and not history, connecting gaps, distances and potentials of artists who have lived, worked or studied within the city. Three…
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Every so often on my travels across the information superhighway I come across a Pure Data user asking if animated gif files can be read in Pure Data. Technically speaking they have always been able to be read in Pure Data, but not always in a way that a user usually wants. Using the…
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It’s been a tough year. January As usual January was quiet. Libre Graphics Magazine 2.2 was released and I also did the artwork for Maximilien Irregular. He’s got an EP out y’know. . February Back in late 2013 myself and Joe Newlin set out to collaborate on an audio visual artware piece. In early…
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In addition to everything else, since July I’ve been an artist in residence at the University of Birmingham. I’ve been quietly writing about the project over on its own dedicated blog, and on 5th December there will be a chance to meet me and Matt Westbrook, the other artist in residence, in meatspace and…
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On Wednesday 26th November I’ll be back in Liverpool to perform the as yet untitled piece that I conceived with Rachel Sweeney – that was previously performed at Light Night Liverpool and Syndrome – at Cornerstone Arts Festival. There’ll be other performances that utilise digital techonlogy in some way: Ascension is a show that…
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On 28th November I’ll be returning to SOUNDkitchen for an improvised performance with Chris Herbert and Nic Bullen as part of SOUNDkitchen’s New Collaborations project. I did my first ever live visuals with SOUNDkitchen back in 2011 and so I’m really happy to be back after so many years. Tickets are £5 and can…