BLAB

A little while back I had the opportunity to a BLAB session. After doing so much research into the Do Lectures for a project I was working on, I thought it would be a great thing to do as it seemed to have a similar theme to the Do Lectures which I enjoyed watching online.

http://vimeo.com/blab

http://www.meetup.com/northerndigitals/

It was a brilliant experience. I was blown away by the amazing photographic art created by Andrew Brooks. Not just at the level of detail that makes up his work but also when he explained how he goes about doing it, taking so many pictures at once, the amount of time he puts in composting each piece of work and discussing the issues that come about when creating the piece and roughly demonstrating how he does his work as hes talking.

http://www.andrewbrooksphotography.com/

On the same night two installation designers, Pete and Joel from Hellicar & Lewis shared their history and backgrounds and how they came to work together. They talked in detail about how they approach their work and the use of Open Frameworks and how they use it to create the massive installation in New Zealand on the side of a building which reacted to the actions of the people stood in front it. This was amazing and has made me want to do something massive like this in my 3rd year. I don't know what yet but I'm working on it.

http://www.hellicarandlewis.com/

You can even see my head in the audience for this talk (second row back, checked shirt)

This was a really interesting night for me and one that I think has made me think about creating bigger, better and more challenging ideas, making the most of my work and it has made want to create something that will stick in peoples minds.