September 2012

  • Databit.me #2, 13-20 October 2012

    I’m happy to announce that I’ll be taking part in Databit.me #2 in Arles, France from 13-20 October. What is Databit.me? With workshops, conferences, residences, performances and video & musical evenings , the third edition of Databit.me invites you to discover the mysteries of digital art in all its forms 13th October to 20th…

  • Create jpgs in Pure Data

    For Some of My Favourite Songs I utilised Pure Data Extended (I’m using a beta version) to read the audio files and then save them as images. Pure Data is usually used for the production of music and/or generative live visuals, so to using it to produce jpg images from almost nothing, or random…

  • Some of My Favourite Songs

    In early 2012 I made a music compilation that attempted to summarise my musical tastes on a 700MB/80 minute CD. ’cause I’m a special kinda guy I’ve decided to share it wit y’all… as images! Below are some of my favourite songs, presented in the order that they appear on the CD. You should…

  • BZF 2012

    BZF (formerly Birmingham Zine Festival) is back for its third annual festival from 12th-15th October and once again – though for the final time – I’m happy to be part of the team organising it! All of the events are still being planned, but as usual there’ll be the Independent Publishing Fair which has…

  • N** A******** article

    Earlier this year Ben Rackstraw asked me to write an article about the New Aesthetic for an upcoming issue of TBB (Tits Brains Balls/This Bourgeois Battalion). The issue isn’t out yet but my article has been published on his blog. Here’s an excerptthe full article: When discussion around the New Aesthetic were taking place…

  • Wednesday from Light – Orchestra Finalists video

    Wednesday from Light/Mittwoch aus Licht had it’s world premier in Birmingham from 22-26th August. The 6-hour opera was the final opera from Karlheinz Stockhausen and, until recently, gone unperformed in its entirety. Did I mention that it includes helicopters? For one section of the opera, Orchestra Finalists/Orchester-Finalisten, Birmingham Opera Company, together with Ember Television,…

  • SuperByte 2012

    On Saturday 1st September I was in Manchester with Freecode to provide visuals for SuperByte. The venue, Antwerp Mansion, was really quite impressive. On the outside it appeared to be an abandoned building, but on the inside it was an outstanding mansion that has been reworked as an entertainment venue. The festival opened my…