Projected onto the wall in Salturn from room in Prato During the October 2010 workshops at Destinations in Saltburn I explained to the participants that I would be out of the country at a conference the following week and so there would be no session. They said that they attend any way because it’s quite … Read more
On Thursday 18th November children at Whitcliffe Primary School will re-enact a famous event from their Schools history. Actually the story relates to Skinningrove school but both schools have been amalgamated and children of Skinningrove and Carlin How all attend Whitecliffe. Whitecliffe has the logbooks of both schools going back over 140 years and one … Read more
Straad Kirk has been cast in the role of the captain of the Zeppelin that will fly over Skinningrove School re-enacting an event that took place nearly 100 years ago. Unlike the actual Zeppelin of 1915 the one Kirk will be flying has a fully stocked bar. Clearly the cast will be frequenting this craft … Read more
I’m in Prato for the CIRN (Community Informatics Research Network) conference. It’s rainy but nice. My conference paper is here. I’m spending time pre-conference getting some desk work done in a nice little alcove in my hotel room. I’m planning to run a community teaching session in Saltburn (UK) from here so I’m making some … Read more
Here are two previews of the exhibition taking place on September 11th and 13th as part of the Heritage Open Day at Loftus Town Hall. . Although we can’t do the 8 screens and speaker of the Octorama justice here, these two clips may give you a flavour of the event NB – the audio … Read more
Trying to have a tidy up in my studio. I consigned to the attic two TX7 (DX7) sound modules and an Akai S950 sampler. I also took up there some 2 inch 24 track master tapes. These were from sessions I did with my old friend Gus Dudgeon and when Gus died a coupla years … Read more