October 17th, 2011 | by zoba | published in projects
West London Film Network is a new film makers network group was recently launched during the Portobello Film Festival. This new network is the collaborative work of a various partners including Portobello Film Festival, Pop Cinema and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Royal Borough Art Services reports that WLFN is “open to [...]
June 8th, 2011 | by zoba | published in projects, showcase
TechCityEast.com launched in January of this year and has been working to build up its recognition as the online presence a accompany the ever expanding tech/digital city that has blossomed in East London. TechCityEast.com plans to draw the threads together about the East London Tech City Initiative which was launched by the Prime Minister, David [...]
May 6th, 2011 | by zoba | published in projects, showcase
Art’s Council provides a great case study of an ongoing project that uses the creative form of literature to create a business as well as give back to the community. Ministry of Stories Launched in December 2010 the Ministry of Stories has been going strong and is worthy of recognition. Housed behind the facade of [...]
March 16th, 2011 | by zoba | published in projects
Generator is the latest project by London based publicly-funded visual arts organisation ARTQUEST which has taken on an ambitious endeavour to enable anyone to fund creative projects through an online fundraising platform called WeDidThis. Through the website We Did This, lots of people are about to contribute small amounts of money to help fund the projects they like [...]
January 27th, 2011 | by zoba | published in projects
We are the Forge 2 Partnership based in Culworth. You may have already heard of us? There are three of us each of us producers – Clare is a painter, Chris is a textile artist and Debbie is a ceramist. Forge 2 was previously the Culworth Forge (for 35 years). We spent months cleaning it [...]
December 22nd, 2010 | by zoba | published in projects
Check out two of the latest publications made available by the Art Council, which hold a wealth of knowledge and advice. 1. Digital audiences: engagement with arts and culture online is a report co-commissioned by Art Council, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, and Arts & Business. Part of phase two of the Digital Research Programme, [...]
November 26th, 2010 | by zoba | published in projects
JULIE’S BICYCLE PROVIDES FREE AND EASY-TO-USE CARBON CALCULATOR TOOLS FOR CREATIVE COMPANIES The first step to environmental action is to understand your environmental impacts. Measurement of those environmental impacts is a great place to get started. To help your company get its head around its key environmental impacts Julie’s Bicycle has developed a unique set [...]
September 14th, 2010 | by zoba | published in blog, CF Partnership, projects
Congratulations to Julie’s Bicycle for concluding an extraordinary 3 part research project that assessed the carbon impact of Bands, Orchestras and Theatres touring the UK and Internationally. This research is another invaluable resource that Julie’s Bicycle provides to help the creative industry to become environmentally responsible. To read and download this research and more go [...]
September 1st, 2010 | by Saul | published in projects
Last month’s DorkbotLondon saw Innovation Design Engineering (RCA/Imperial) graduate Katrin Baumgarten presenting her infamous ‘Disgusting Light Switches‘ – a series of gruesome interactive version of the standard white plastic wall switches. When approached, some grew hair, some spat (and then sucked up) gunge, some quivered and squirmed like Kronenburgian props… One questioner asked if these [...]
