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Introducing YMV
After years of collaboration in different combinations on various projects, friends and co-conspirators Cleveland Watkiss, Orphy Robinson and Derek Richards are about to debut the long-term project they’ve been dreaming of and talking about for over a decade. Their combined journeys span the history of Black British Music and the emergence of digital creativity. They’ve […]
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Back in 1999 in a provocation I wrote for a listserve discussion, I described my work in networked performance between 1995 and 1999. It’s reposted here as to provide context for some new work.
An intercultural view of Punk and it’s connections in what’s been dubbed the genre’s 40th anniversary year.
The first ever live Drum n’ Bass band featuring jazz vocalist Cleveland Watkiss and super-human drummer Marque Gilmore, ‘the inna•most’ are back to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their “landmark album” “23”.
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”.
Welcome to HyperJAM the home of rizomorph
This is the web archive of performance and technology production company, HyperJAM and the online hub of its Artistic Director, interdisciplinary artist and producer Derek Richards aka 'rizomorph'. HyperJAM led the way in applications of interactive multimedia to live performance - connecting venues and audiences around the world for real time collaborative performances and producing interactive projections and soundscapes for theatre, music, dance and the occasional corporate event. Today Derek combines this history with his experience in learning and participation to deliver cross-platform arts & media projects and to consult on digital engagement, cultural programming, education and creative citizenship/placemaking.
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