Birmingham Open Media

  • Art and Tech Social: Command-line image manipulation with ImageMagick, 7th March

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    hellocatfood

    On 7th March I’ll be delivering a short workshop at BOM on using ImageMagick for image manipulation. Join us for local food and drinks from Southside and get hands-on making with a bunch of like-minded folks interested in art and tech. This new monthly event aims to inspire emerging creatives and offer peer-to-peer tech…

  • Remix Party photos

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    hellocatfood

    The Remix Party happened on 20th January to celebrate the closing of my exhibition, Permission Taken, at Birmingham Open Media. Throughout the night remixes art artwork from the University of Birmingham were displayed in the main gallery space whilst Ryan Hughes took on DJ duties with soundscapes and the occasional R&B hit. It was…

  • Archive Remix prints

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    hellocatfood

    The Archive Remix print pieces are a continuation of the remix pictures that I have been making as part of my residency at the University of Birmingham’s Research and Cultural Collections. The content that I have been making for that has focused on what can be lost when restrictive copyright is enforced. In keeping…

  • Copy Bomb

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    hellocatfood

    The Copy Bombs are my way of contributing to the free culture movemnt by encouraging the public to share images, audio, text and video in an unhindered way. The Copy Bombs are, at their heart, PirateBox installations. PirateBox creates offline wireless networks designed for anonymous file sharing, chatting, message boarding, and media streaming. You…

  • Exquisite Corpse workshop, 19th November

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    hellocatfood

    On 19th November from 18:00 – 21:00 I’ll be holding the first of the events as part of the Permission Taken exhibition at Birmingham Open Media. A workshop inspired by the Exquisite Corpse surrealist storytelling technique. Participants are invited to co-create an artwork re-mixing archive images and other materials to be exhibited at the…

  • Permission Taken

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    hellocatfood

    I’m happy to announce the launch of my first solo exhibition, Permission Taken, taking place at Birmingham Open Media from 23rd October 2015 to 23rd January 2016. The exhibition features a number of digital, video, print and installation pieces developed as part of my residency at the University of Birmingham’s Research and Cultural Collections…

  • Birmingham Open Media Indiegogo campaign

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    hellocatfood

    Birmingham Open Media, the recently opened creative digital media space in Birmingham where I’ve also been a Fellow since 2014, recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to get one of its spaces renovated to allow more education and workshop events to happen. If you’d like to see more art and technology happen in Birmingham read…

  • Pure Data Patching Circles at BOM

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    hellocatfood

    From 16th March to 27th April I ran a four part Pure Data Patching Circle at Birmingham Open Media. It was originally intended to be an informal gathering of Pure Data and “creative coding” enthusiasts but quickly it turned into a course in using Pure Data. Here’s some of what I learnt from running…

  • BOM Fellows Talk

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    hellocatfood

    On Tuesday 14th April I gave a presentation about my work at Birmingham Open Media (BOM). You may not be aware, but in addition to all the things that I do I am also a Fellow at BOM. What this entails is that I will continue to develop a lot of my work whilst…