Last Thursday I spent the evening in the Northern Quarter immersed in strange sounds and unusual storytelling. ‘Kinokologue 1: Sound spore’, a temporary sound art installation in the exhibition space at MadLab, was the culmination of a Cornerhouse/ Paul Hamlyn Foundation Micro Commission, followed by Kinokophonography upstairs, a regular listening event which showcases sounds sent in from all over the world. (more…)
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The strange stories of sounds — Kinokophone at MadLab
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Creative Exposures first meeting
Friday, November 18th, 2011The creative exposures group began with introductions about myself and why I started the group(to bring people together who have the same interests and talk about photography in a different way). I also asked in the introduction how each person had heard about the group as from a promoting perspective I would like to know what is working best,twitter facebook etc.
After introductions we moved onto a few of my favourite photographers that work in the experimental ways I do, to get a clear idea of what I mean. I showed the work of Francesca Woodman,Seba Kurtis and also Lucy Ridges. I then showed a Flickr presentation of some of the photos I had been inspired to produce. (more…)
Bokeh_Yeah! Film Narrative Session
Friday, November 11th, 2011I went along to the latest Bokeh_Yeah! session last night at Madlab on Edge Street in the Northern Quarter. Sadly I missed the last one on lighting so I was determined to make this one. I had a bit of a blonde moment when I arrived, wandering in to the building next door, heading up the stairs to the second floor thinking I’m sure it didn’t look like this last time, before I conceded that I had indeed made a mistake and I was in the wrong building. The sign for MadLab is quite discreet, just a small one by the door. I wandered out again and then headed through the right door and up the stairs grateful to see Adele and two new people who were not at the last session I went to. This session was on Film Narrative. Ra Page of Comma Press, led us very concisely through the Three Act Structure of Conflict, Escalation and Resolution, common devices such as the best friend and the false friend and the 7 story plots (some say 3, some say 8 ) which all dramatic films conform to, and which also apply to story writing. (more…)
Event Review: Science Jamboree at the Manchester Science Festival
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Manchester Girl Geeks took over MadLab on Sunday for a fun and magical afternoon of science and geeky wizardry! Upstairs we had the Science Jamboree where all sorts of cool experiments ran wild – from writing secret messages with invisible ink to building your own morse code telegraph! (more…)
SciFi Discussion – Rule 34
Thursday, October 27th, 2011On Tuesday last week Manchester SciFi Book Club got together at the Madlab to discuss Rule 34 by Charles Stross, which was advocated by Tom. The title is a reference adage “If it exists, there is porn of it.”
Before I start, please accept my apologies for this post being a bit on the short side or if I’ve left out any important points of view. I forgot to bring my notebook to the meeting.
Is it SciFi?
The main technology aspect of Rule 34 is an artificial intelligence that is able to monitor and manipulate people via the internet, largely through social networking, CCTV and mobile phones. The book is set in the near future and because of that we felt the scifi aspect, and the novel in general, could soon become become dated. If you are thinking about reading Rule 34 it would be better to read it sooner rather than later.
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