may you live in interesting times
this weekend saw cardiff's inaugral digital arts festival, may you live in interesting times. co-developed by chapter arts and bloc, the festival also coincides with cardiff's centenary celebrations. across three days, the programme included conferences, artist residencies, exhibitions, interactive multimedia displays, film screenings and social gatherings.
thinking that it would be far more fun to be a part of the festival rather than just visit it, i had emailed chapter applying for a job as a guide. they offered me a job as the festival's photographer. cool.
the past four days have been pretty hectic: running all around the city trying to shoot the different events and going's on - mixed up with a healthy dose of socialising for good measure.
thursday saw the official launch with a film screening at the millennium stadium, and a party at the big sleep hotel. it was awesome to see the stadium empty, and in complete darkness, and i don't recall much about the party except for the free champagne and a fella playing the spoons...then waking up friday morning on alicks' sofa...
friday was nonstop, and i got to photograph the blast theory guys in action, the txtmsg board in the hayes, various street performers, and a couple of the exhibitions at chapter. i also got a free boat trip round the bay, which would have been great had i not fallen asleep. just to make sure i was extra tired for saturday, it seemed wholly appropriate to then go out with joe, liz & lou, dammit.
saturday i spent trying to catch the other major displays, including the festival hubs at g39 and chapter, tenantspin, one of michelle teran's cctv performances, the cardiff constellation display, and of course the festival's party climax at the point. with performances from scanner, the durango's, symbian, and some crazy little frenchman singing about cherry pies, chicken legs and flying rodents; it was a great night to mark the success of the weekend.
and today was spent curing another hangover, catching a few of the smaller displays i hadn't had a chance to shoot earlier, and editing hundreds of bloody photos.
i may not be an art affectionado, and there was a severe bias of the art over the actual technology for my liking, but what fun it's all been! i've met some great people, visited to otherwise restricted events, and got to ponce about with my camera - all whilst being paid to do so!
check out mpeg movieclips of the stadium (11mb) and the point (30mb), and the final photoset on flickr
thinking that it would be far more fun to be a part of the festival rather than just visit it, i had emailed chapter applying for a job as a guide. they offered me a job as the festival's photographer. cool.
the past four days have been pretty hectic: running all around the city trying to shoot the different events and going's on - mixed up with a healthy dose of socialising for good measure.
thursday saw the official launch with a film screening at the millennium stadium, and a party at the big sleep hotel. it was awesome to see the stadium empty, and in complete darkness, and i don't recall much about the party except for the free champagne and a fella playing the spoons...then waking up friday morning on alicks' sofa...
friday was nonstop, and i got to photograph the blast theory guys in action, the txtmsg board in the hayes, various street performers, and a couple of the exhibitions at chapter. i also got a free boat trip round the bay, which would have been great had i not fallen asleep. just to make sure i was extra tired for saturday, it seemed wholly appropriate to then go out with joe, liz & lou, dammit.
saturday i spent trying to catch the other major displays, including the festival hubs at g39 and chapter, tenantspin, one of michelle teran's cctv performances, the cardiff constellation display, and of course the festival's party climax at the point. with performances from scanner, the durango's, symbian, and some crazy little frenchman singing about cherry pies, chicken legs and flying rodents; it was a great night to mark the success of the weekend.
and today was spent curing another hangover, catching a few of the smaller displays i hadn't had a chance to shoot earlier, and editing hundreds of bloody photos.
i may not be an art affectionado, and there was a severe bias of the art over the actual technology for my liking, but what fun it's all been! i've met some great people, visited to otherwise restricted events, and got to ponce about with my camera - all whilst being paid to do so!
check out mpeg movieclips of the stadium (11mb) and the point (30mb), and the final photoset on flickr
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