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In addition to whatever else I do with the time instead of sleeping/eating I also help to organise Birmingham Zine Festival. It started in 2010 as the result of people who make – or in my case, read – zines coming together with a few ideas. We had our second festival in June 2011,…
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DO iT TO_GATHER! GLI.TC/H was a simple idea that was hatched upon the notion of folks gathering together and engaging/chatting/debating the issues/theories/concerns of failure, systems, art, && glitches. We were able to realize this gathering last year in Chicago. GLI.TC/H 2010 brought people together for five days of glitchy art, hacking/coding workshops, discussions, screenings,…
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On 19th August 2011 FREECODE (myself, Chromatouch, Minuek and Laternist), Modulate and Scree (Catweasel and DJ Sir Real) will be taking over the Hexagon Theatre at the Mac in Birmingham for a night of audio and visual delights. (FB event link) ▁ ▂ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ƑŘẸẸČỖĎẸ █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄…
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Dirty Bristow, an independent magazine from local bloggers/twitterers/social media/internet fellows Jon Bounds and Danny Smith, is holding a launch party for their second issue on Saturday 13th August from 8pm at The Edge in Digbeth: Just like Issue 1 I provided an illustration for one of the articles, a preview of which you can…
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BiLE will be performing alongside a whole host of musicians at SONICpicnic on 29th July at VIVID. BiLE had their very first performance at the first SOUNDkitchen event – see, we’ve got proof – so we’re really happy to be performing again. We’ll be performing a few pieces including XYZ, which was recently played…
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BiLE will be performing alongside Thee Moths and Noise Research at Light House Wolverhampton on the 18th of June As well as performing with BiLE I’ll be doing visualness throughout the whole night. Did I mention it’s all free?
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On Tuesday 19th April 2011 I’ll be doing some visual jamming with other local patchers at FreeCode/FreeJazz in Birmingham MAX/MSP, VVVV, PD, Quartz Composer: Node based creation tools for a new generation of artist. Long used by artists to trigger installation pieces in galleries, these pc based junction boxes have transcended their initial intentions…
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On Thursday 17th March from 8pm I’ll be providing visuals for BiLE (Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) at SOUNDktichen Balkan Fusion at the Hare and Hounds BiLE are a collaborative group of composers (instrumental and electroacoustic), performers and programmers who are all active members of BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). The core group of six artists…