A recent meeting with the BBC Digital Blast co-ordinator for Scotland, Kirstie Lamont, has given rise to a really exciting opportunity to get involved with a nationwide educational / digital event.
Digital Blast is a creative forum that aims to inspire and motivate young people to develop their creative talents and showcase their work on a range of digital platforms.
Digital Blast is looking into creating a series of activities From August onwards targeting young people within Scotland and geared around new digital media and the performing arts. I have proposed to come on board and asisst with the digital performance via new Digital media tool Isadora.
The project sounds really exciting and will travel the country within the The Blast Truck, providing workshops, taster sessions, surgeries, showcase opportunities and large scale events that celebrate young people’s creativity. The truck will be equipped with state of the art technology and will profile work created by young people across BBC platforms including live web-casts on Blast local and national websites, links with BBC local radio and regional TV, BBC Big Screens, downloads to mobiles and bluetooth technology and national showcases on Blast on BBC2.
Their target is to be on the road for 15 weeks in 2006 (working with 20,000 13 – 19 year olds) and 30 weeks each following year (50,000 young people per year). Approx 150 young people a day will actively participate in truck activities on board.

Just back from a really productive session with Mark Daniels
Programs Manager for Folly Lancaster and Drew Hamment Director
of the Futuresonic Festival. Manchester. My Bump commission is
moving along really well, and I have now secured locations for the networked
modules within Music and Arts Venue Oklahoma, within the museum of Science
and Industry and within Futuresonics Headquarters at the Bamber
Art Space on Oldham Street. Folly has also negotiated a giant touchscreen window
display to present the work for public interaction, via digital communications group
pixel inspiration.
Now the context from which I am to present has been set in place, I am looking forward
to designing the online and onsite installation. Images to follow...

Back from an excellent gig in Bristol, performing as part of VJ collective Pointless Creations
Throughout the weekend VENN festival Set in the Stokes Croft quarter of Bristol but spilling into special venues throughout the city, featured bespoke line-ups, free events, processions, radio sessions, workshops, Digital performance and live art installation.

I also met with Teresa Dillon. Teresa is a Performance artist and Director for Polar Produce
Polar Produce are an Arts collective who use new technologies and digital media within live art performance. We spent a good day at the Venn Festival free picnic, discussing a new media collaboration involving traditional concepts from Butoh Dance, and a dynamic multi-camera system used to track the minute traces of movement within a performance.