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On Saturday 3rd November 2012 I’ll be curating an event for Flip Festival 2012 called The People VS The Machine

Join us for the closing party for Flip 2012 which will see digital artists and illustration artists battle at Fixxion Warehouse Project in Wolverhampton from 9:30pm for an eclectic night of digitally-inspired visual art, set to a backdrop of electronic music. Artwork will be created as a response to the future of the relationship between humans and computers. Will human and machine fuse to form a race of superhuman cyborgs or will we be crushed under the weight of a robot uprising, whilst having a dance? The night will feature artwork from a range of local and nationally known artists, and music influenced by the interchange of visual elements from Silhouettes and a special guest DJ. Tickets are £6 plus booking fee and can be purchased online. Here’s the event details on Facebook.

The People

Adam Bolton

Lisk Bot

The Machines

Minuek

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Ashley James Brown

Keep an eye on the Flip Festival website for more news!

On Thursday 1st November at 6pm I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion at The Drum, as part of Kalaboration. The discussion will be chaired by Elly Clarke and will feature myself, Dan Auluk and Karen Mclean.

“Brand” New Generation

Who are the new wave of artists practicing today and what are their influences? Can artists become a success commercially whilst addressing politics, diversity and identity? Should participating in the arts for young people be purely a creative process, or is it important to address social, environmental and cultural issues? Our panel of speakers and presentations provide an insight of the “Brand New Generation”.

The discussion focuses on who are the new wave of artists practising today and what are their influences? Each artist can be regarded as emerging in the past couple of years and are beginning to make a name for themselves in their respective practises. This is an opportunity for them to share their ideas and experiences of recent projects with our audience. The discussion will also focus the ever changing social, economic and political environment, locally and globally and the impact/influence this has had on their practice.

Places for this event are free, but you’re advised to contact Kalaboration, either via their website or Facebook, to confirm a place

BZF 2012 happened from 12-15th October and, as with the previous two years, it was a great success!

On October 13th, the day of the main fair, over 500 people came through the doors of Sidewalk to indulge in zines, comics and illustrations from over 40 exhibitors, as well as films and presentations from the likes of The Brothers McLeod and Jeffrey Lewis

This was my last year as part of the BZF team, and I enjoyed it just as much as the previous two! Good luck to the remaining BZF team, Lizz and Annelisefa, for next year and future events!

More photos from myself and others are available on Flickr

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Databit.me starts this Saturday, 13th October in Arles, France. I’ll be there from 14th-21st October. Here’s a taster of what I’ll be doing there: