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  • Young Rewired Art

    From 5th – 11th August I was a mentor for Young Rewired Art, which is a newly devised offshoot project from the same people that run the Young Rewired State Festival of Code. The project, which ran alongside the main festival, had very similar aims in the way that it explored the potential of…

  • Variations on a theme by Casey & Finch

    Between 2002-2011 Erik Bünger composed the piece Variations on a theme by Casey & Finch, in which the sound of a CD skipping is recreated and written out as a score. Bünger described the process of creating the piece: The chorus line of the disco tune ‘That’s the way I like it’ was chopped…

  • fizzPOP’s New Home

    Those of you who have been following my blog since around 2009 will remember that myself and Nikki Pugh once ran a hackerspace in Birmingham called fizzPOP. Actually, calling it a hackerspace was a bit of a stretch as we never had our own permanent, access-any-hour space and always relied on organisations such as…

  • Circuit bending a Video Tech VEC1070 Video Processor

    I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tony Hill recently, where I acquired a copy of his new glitch zine, Junk DNA of the Digital Mind. He was kind enough to divulge that he used some of the devices by Video Tech Designs to create content. Being relatively cheap (due to their limited…

  • Elmo Sexwhistle – Genderfuck!

    I provided a few glitch/feedback clips for Elmo Sexwhistle‘s video for Genderfuck! Check it out! oh, and their album is pretty awesome too (y)

  • Arctic Sunrise/bITjAM/hellocatfood at Pecha Kucha Coventry Volume 14

    Mindriot Productions just uploaded a clip of myself, Arctic Sunrise and bITjAM performing at Pecha Kucha Coventry Volume 14: I had no idea that I was so animated when performing :-/

  • Pecha Kucha Coventry Volume 14

    On 11th June I took the fast train to Coventry to take part in Pecha Kucha Volume 14, which was curated by Ludic Rooms for Coventry Mysteries Festival. Game Boy Camera photography One of my two primary reasons for being there was to take pictures using my Game Boy Camera. Despite it being a…

  • Glitch Moment/ums Opening Event

    The opening event for Glitch Moment/ums took place on 8th June at Furtherfield Gallery. In addition to being blessed with great weather (and Stone Roses playing on the same grounds), the opening, I felt, was very successful! My performance appeared to go down well with the audience and happened without any unwanted glitches. I’ll…