the london film festival runs from 19th october to the 3rd november. Alert - online booking starts 5 October - that’s tomorrow!
i like the sound of : cave of the yellow dog written and directed by Byambasuren Davaa, which is about a mongolian nomad family and a dog.
(photo © Schesch Film)
the thirteenth raindance film festival is on right now in London - until the 9th October. its all about independent films, and they host the British Independent Film awards as well.
tomorrow night at 1730 : Sam Jackson’s Secret Video Diary - sounds intriguing, perhaps worth a visit.
horror of horrors - check out this entry in the guardian business insight blog: “working time to thrive“
discussion on how working days will lengthen, bosses’ assumptions re: contacting us during our ‘down time’ will spiral out of control even more than currently etc.
why should people expect us to respond to emails anywhere/everywhere just cos of blackberries? ( one of the things that comes up in this discussion) see that’s the annoying aspect of social jumping on the technology bandwagon- like with cellphones - suddenly everyone was like - why didn’t you answer your phone??? !! everyone expecting you to be constantly there to minister to their demands.
anway - just wanted to mention how WSFII went this weekend. i didn’t catch very much of it, but it was great the bits i did catch. the panel on Community Currencies was very interesting - and for someone like me - who doesn’t know anything abour currencies, it was very useful.
Also - i wanted to say that the venue - Limehouse Town Hall - was just a brilliant, intriguing space - and there’s an old cemetery right behind it as well. Lots of lovely wrought iron balustrading etc. all over the place.
The Limehouse Town Hall Consortium (LTHC) are the clever people who manage this space - they’re a “a culturally diverse group of charitable organisations, creative enterprises, artists and co-operatives” .. and ” share a strong commitment to the development of socially engaged cultural and educational projects.”
if i can find any pics on the net of the Town Hall i shall stick em on this site.
p.s. i haven’t yet considered the ‘copyright’ issue — i have been sticking up images willy nilly. ah well.
images courtesy of the Boxing Club ( well i hope its ok..)
Amnesty International - fundraiser this saturday 1st October
“DJs Shakti, Principal, and Tom Lloyd on the decks, Comedy and MCing from Birmingham’s Craig Deeley. Conjuring and magic from Champagne Bobby and and THREE live bands: Lofi Americana from The Sways, Blondie-esque girl pop from the Bright Lights, and maniac Rockabilly stray-cats-meets-primal -scream rock n roll from Ludes (fresh from their appearance at TDK cross central festival).
Water Rats Theatre, 328 Gray’s Inn Road. 7.30 p.m. - 2.00 a.m. £10. All proceeds to Amnesty
courtesy of Flora @ Metroblogging London
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Synergy event @ LSE : sunday 2nd october
“This coming Sunday also sees the launch of the Synergy Sunday, a more chilled-out equivalent of The Synergy Project, held at the London School of Economics on Houghton Street.”
4-11pm £7
featuring :
Kakatsitsi, Master Drummers from Ghana, traditional set /’Make Poverty History - Happening or Not ?”- A panel discussion with speakers from leading members of the coalition. /Indymedia films - grassroots films and documentaries/ Ambient, World, Reggae and Trance music from DJs. Pavi (Alchemy Records/UK) /Christian Davies (IDSpiral)/Pete Ardron/Mudra/Steve Indigenous /
and performances by : Wemoonspiral - a magical journey in shadow puppetry /Sandra - visionary dance performance/Inside us All - Conscious Visuals /African Drum Workshop by Kakatsitsi - drums provided /United Diversity Sustainable Living Info Shop/Paradox - philosophical and political poetry. /Zen Art Deco by ID Spiral/ Mali Mudcloth, Ghanaian Tie-Dye, Masks and Statues.
WSFII - World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures - London 2005
“bringing together people from all over working on projects such as free wireless networking, free of copyright mapping and open hardware. It is also part of a larger season of events based around alternative approaches to knowledge production and access and timed to coincide with the UK’s hosting of a pan-European Creative Economy conference”
interesting programme - check it out here -
where is it - Limehouse Town Hall
Yes creative hubs are the new big thing. why is this happening all of a sudden you may ask.
Launched in 2004 by the London Development Agency (LDA) [ which is mayor ken's economic development agency]- “Creative London exists to promote and grow the amazing diversity, depth, quality and energy of the creative industries in London”.
One of their aims is to - “Build the infrastructure and support needed to help the sector grow at grass roots levels”
now part of this new ten year plan is the establishment of ten “Creative Hubs” - centres to be set up across London providing flexible workspace, training, mentoring, exhibition, showcasing, marketing and networking facilities.
They’ve planned hubs so far across East London, Deptford/Greenwich, Islington/Hackney/Tower Hamlets, Haringey/Wood Green, Camden/Kings Cross, Notting Hill/North Kensington, Ealing/Acton/White City, Brixton/Elephant and Castle, Croydon and the Lower Lea Valley.
Creative London also has the backing of the CBI, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and several high profile industry figures including Terence Conran, John Sorrell, the London Design Festival Chairman and Christopher Frayling, the Arts Council Chairman.
There’s also ” £50million of seed capital to help new businesses establish themselves” and for these Hubs. I guess the question for us lot is to figure out how to tap into this - either through money ( which is unlikely- no doubt its earmarked for ‘their hubs’) or just through the wider recognition this stuff generates. which is always useful.
the city fringe partnership has been commissioned to do some research on the creative hub concept for the city fringe area. for those of you who may be interested you can read the consultants report here.
Creative Spaces Project - what’s this? –apparently this is a three-year joint initiative between London and Toronto to:
(i). identify international best practice in establishing creative spaces and stimulating the creative industries; (ii). improve the delivery of creative industries’ strategies; and (iii). maximise the role of the sector in the competitiveness of both cities.
well it all sounds interesting - we’ll have to keep our eyes open.
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