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Dance, film, jewels and fashion

This week has been a very busy one…

Tuesday was the International Dance Festival Birmingham advocacy document launch. It was nice to see IDFB supporters. Hip hop artist Salah was there too and had treated attendees to a special dance number.

On Wednesday, I produced a Royal Television Society event. The event, which sold out, was a screening of award-winning indie film Crying With Laughter at The Electric Cinema. The film is a gritty dark comedy that has a tag line of ‘a bad trip to memory lane’. After the screening, I chaired a Q&A with lead actor Stephen McCole, Synchronicity Films’ writer/director Justin Molotnikov, Britfilms’ Nick McCaffery and Wellington Films’ Rachel Robey.

I just want to thank Tom Lawes and Sam Bishop from The Electric Cinema for their continuing support for the RTS Midlands events.

Thursday was all about edgy jewellery. I was invited to the Brilliantly Birmingham event on Thursday at the mac. It’s their 11th season and the launch featured an exclusive preview of FLUX – an exhibition of new and emerging UK and international contemporary designer makers. Sadly, I did not make it to the event, but am sure it went smoothly as my friends at Rewired PR have had something to do with it.

Friday was a tribute to the legendary Andy Warhol – a nice treat to end the week with a fashion show at Mechu and just dancing the night away. Sponsored by Dom Perignon and Harvey Nichols, the coolest thing I’ve seen was the photo booth that printed Warholian style photos with a built in wind machine inside for that extra glamorous look.

Phew! Thank goodness for the weekend…

Posted in Dance, General, Royal Television Society

Ars Electronica 2010: Vids

Sep 14

Posted by melbrogy

Here are some of the videos that I took during my time at Ars Electronica. It has been a fabulous experience and once again, I would like to thank Anna Douglas, Steve Manthorp and Jason Hall for this. Check out the Tweets too.

Asimo – walking and kicking
Asimo is made by Honda and the company regards it as the world’s most advanced humanoid robot.

Ryoichi Kurokawa – 5 Horizons – installation – Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica 2010 recipient for digital musics, sound and art.

“The term ‘rheo’ means river or stream; this work translates spatial and temporal transitions into audiovisual motion. A kind of landscape emerges ‘under observation’, a space in which sound movement, position and the relationship between the self and sound can be rediscovered. Kurokawa masterfully combines the language of electro-acoustic music with the idiom of the art video: he approaches sound using the strategy of an architect, while applying musical parameters to creating a video.”