Hello photography lovers.
Second undiscovered was held with some new participants.
Here are some examples of the work done :
- lights and shadows, natural pose and the ghost figure on the left
Blog Listings
Undiscovered 2nd Meeting Summary
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Sci-fi Book Club : The Player of Games
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Manchester Science Fiction Book club met at 7pm (except for the confused stragglers who arrived at 7:30 and so missed out on the pizza) in the refurbished downstairs of MadLab.
“The Player of Games” by Ian M Banks is the first book we’ve done that produced a unanimous show of hands for the question “Who liked it?”. (more…)
Mad Graphic Novel Group – Blacksad
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010In a surprisingly unanimously positive meeting of the Mad Graphic Novel Group we discussed Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist).
Set in a cinematic noir world the tales (no pun intended) are told using what is best described as animalized humans, where the personality of the character is visually represented as the human taking on the characteristics of the animal they are stereotypically closest to, a person you would describe as a “rat” in this universe would look like a rat. This unusual technique works really well because Juanjo is an incredible artist making even the most ridiculous image seem gritty and realistic but also because Canales writes uncompromising brilliant detective stories that would work in any medium. Using the character of John Blacksad a Private Investigator they weave a selection of short stories. (more…)
On the Other Side of the Globe
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Hey, how many sides has the globe?
Ever thought about which side of the globe you occupy – the East or the West, the North or the South? And then have you wondered whether this actually means anything? In the times of British colonial rule, scholars referred to the Occident and the Orient officially in terms of hemispheric position or location but also unofficially in relation to the notion of developed and underdeveloped continents. This paradigm is now outdated, in more ways than one. Some formerly ‘oriental’ nations such as South Korea have since industrialised, post industrialised, digitalised and developed financially. But now, in an ecologically fragile globe, some scholars ask – what’s so developed about development? How can there be two sides to the globe anyway; where does one side begin and the other end? Are there no crossovers of economic systems, ideologies and cultures and don’t we share the same ozone? In a way, this exhibition of contemporary art and design innovations from South Korea, poses these questions and puts it in the hands of the viewers to try and seek some of the answers. (more…)
Tinker London Homesense project – want to get involved?
Monday, July 26th, 2010Hello everyone!
Tinker London are running a new project, Homesense. It’s about pairing up expert hardware hackers with non-geeky folk, and bringing a stack of exciting new components to think up exciting, practical and novel ways of developing things for everyday use around the home.
We’re helping Tinker find people in the North West who are interested in getting involved. If you’re a
- Electronics geek into making things
- A family with kids (maybe into electronics)
- A homeschooler with overachieving kids
then drop us a line by email, and we’ll put together a coalition of the thrilling. Don’t worry, it won’t cost you anything to participate, other than a little feedback and some imagination.
