Archive for October, 2014
Making Things in a Digital World
Just read an interesting paper from last year by David Gauntlett, author of Making Is Connecting. It discusses six theses that cut through the internet-is-bad vs internet-is-good for creativity debate.
Iemanjá na mistura
Up now on Mixcloud: Another Sunday digging through my music collection, finding themes and mixing. This time surfacing a lot of devotion to Yemanja, one of the deities or Orishas of the Yoruban spiritual belief system…
City of Conspiracy – Transmedia for Black People
Getting my toolkit together for some early stage concept development on a new transmedia project, I recently re-visited the website of Conducttr, a transmedia development platform. I was drawn to the strap line for a project by Hip Hop artist and author Jonny Virgo: “Dan Brown meets Harry Potter – with more black people”.
Permanent Revolution V2R
Time to share some music. Digging through the ‘vaults’ I found this mix I did for the second half of a contemporary dance production from Union Dance Company. The show was inspired by the gallery installation series of works I created using the title Permanent Revolution.
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