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First Encounters: Cafe OTO, Vortex, BFI and National Gallery – Art of Festivals
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First Encounters: Cafe OTO, Vortex, BFI and National Gallery. Discovering a venue is like entering a new universe: if they got it right, their identity – the type of art they programme, the values they carry, the experience they create – is palpable right from the front door. This is how I felt recently about Cafe OTO. An experimental venue in Dalston, East London, where I went in September to see Rodrigo Constanzo. With whom I’m currently working on developing his. As part of the Kammer Klang. He filmed...
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it's just the beer talking: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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It's just the beer talking. Monday, 27 July 2015. I had lunch with a couple of friends yesterday. It was a good pub: a decent turnover of cask ales and real food made from scratch. My friend asked for vinegar for his chips. Sorry, we don't do vinegar - this is a real ale pub" came the reply. In a third pub, a regular grumbled to me: "We asked for a big jar of cockles on the bar but the boss won't do it because of the vinegar. The same with pickled eggs". This is vinegar that smells of bullshit. My conclu...
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Spotlight – Art of Festivals
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Should I talk about the cost and length of training? Artist fees not quite a given. Short-term and freelance contracts replacing secure jobs in organisations of all sizes. Not to mention the bullying. Socio-economic and ethnic discrimination. Maybe I should just stick to the brief: what I do, how I got there, what I like about it and what kind of skills I need to do my job, a few simple points to be covered in 5-10 minutes. So, to answer the questions:. What does a Festival and Arts Coordinator do? Some ...
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Finlandssvensk i London: juni 2015
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Ja nu kom sommaren och det ordentligt. Som det ser ut nu kommer det inte att bli under 25 grader varken den här veckan eller nästa. Steve berättade att de förväntar sig den varmaste dagen någonsin sedan de började registrera temperaturer i Storbritannien imorgon (det står 34 grader i skuggan just nu på BBC Weather). Det brukar som tradition vara hett när det är tennisturneringen i Wimbledon och den började igår. Länkar till det här inlägget. Veckans väder i London. Länkar till det här inlägget. Det blir ...
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Meanwhile – Art of Festivals
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I’ve had a busy couple of months since my last post, with professional and personal projects taking over my blogging schedule. A few days ago, I spent the whole weekend on an open space by the Thames, near Vauxhall station, running an event commissioned by the Nine Elms development consortium. And part of the Big Draw. The annual month-long celebration of drawing. I was acting as Project Manager for The Brick Box. The Toast Temple in full swing (photo by Matt Badenoch / The Brick Box). Is still ‘co...
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it's just the beer talking: Am I post-craft?
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It's just the beer talking. Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Way back, probably about 1996 or 1997, I first tasted the vivid flavours being imported from the USA. In 1998 I made my first trip to California - and came back an evangelist. Not for big-flavour west coast beer per se, but for a more positive attitude to beer. Long un-enthralled by CAMRA's relentlessly negative and doom-laden "real ale under threat" narrative. The Americans already had a good one: Craft Beer. Doing a bit of dry. I had four pints: a Best...
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