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I’ve worked with a.a.s. group for nearly two years on various projects, most notably Insectoid. This Saturday I’ll be part of The Family for the Family Fun Day, curated by Charlie Levine TROVE & a.a.s presents: FAMILY FUN DAY Sunday 13th September 2009 1-4pm, The Rea Gardens, Floodgate Street, Birmingham, B5 5SL (map) Have…
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On Thursday 11th June I gave a presentation about Open Source Software and its relationship to open source software. You can download my slides. There’s lots of information in the notes so be sure to check. In general I covered the usual things including what programs there are availble to facilitate creativity. One thing…
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Courtesy of Ms McQuillan On Saturday 14th March I was at Kitchen Garden Cafe to take part in WXWM as a panel host. My 5-minute talk was a short introduction to hacking. I wanted to dispell some myths about hackers and hacking, show how fun it can be and also promote the Birmingham Hack…
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Prompted by the number of Brummies migrating over to Texas soon for SXSW, the lovely Shona McQuillain has organised something similar. In her words: It may have come to some peeps attention that a number of Brummie bods will be whooshing over to Texas all transatlantic style for SXSW (South by South West) later…
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Remember my idea for a hacklab/hack space from last year? It’s still a go-ahead project and we’re looking for interested people to come to an informal meetup sometime in the near future. Join the temporary Google Group for the hack space for more discussion and details.
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B-VAC Flash Art Mob, originally uploaded by hellocatfood. As advertised on the B-VAC website we had a Flash Art Mob on Saturday 16th August. It was kinda small but it went really well and I can’t wait to do another one with more and more artists involved!
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CECI at Roam The Rows Festival, originally uploaded by hellocatfood. Last weekend I was in Chester with CECI to perform at the Roam The Rows Festival. I’ve been to Chester before and it really is the quaintest town I’ve ever been to. I really like how it’s modern yet has a historical feel to…
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A waste of good wine, originally uploaded by H4NUM4N. On Wednesday I was asked by CECI to help out with the FluxFeast performance at VIVID. From the VIVID website: FluxFeast is an attempt to undermine the monumentality of art through the use of food Myself, along with other members of CECI, were slightly sinister,…
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On Wednesday 18th June I was helping out fellow artist Vickie Wood at the graduate exhibition at Margaret Street. Several of you may have seen me look a little like this I shan’t explain, but instead point you to the website to find out more
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Setting up, originally uploaded by hellocatfood. Thanks so very much to all that came to see the first B-VAC exhibition! It really was a great success. I had a slight problem with hanging stuff up and we ran out of drinks, but for something that is funded entirely by us I think it was…