Here’s a couple of short clips I shot while helping out at this years onedotzero_adventures in motion festival at the BFI Southbank in September.

The first is the “graffonic: virtual spraypaint” installation- which let visitors draw on a wall electronically, and also gave an audio reaction to each movement.

The second is a timelapse of the festival identity- a massive projection outside the BFI, which could be interacted with using a Nokia phone, and which drew in online talk about the festival. Amazing work, and one of the parts of the festival which drew most discussion.

You can see the full highlights of the festival on the onedotzero vimeo page, here: http://www.vimeo.com/7541175

Much thanks to The Skinny for inviting me down- and all the bands, musicians, DJs and entertainers who made it such a great night.

Read The Skinny’s preview article here: The Skinny & Ten Tracks Twisted Kids Birthday Party

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The yearly onedotzero_adventures in motion festival just finished at the BFI Southbank, and I have been there over the course of the five days helping with the documentation of the event- photographing and filming the various interactive installations, workshops, and night time bar events.

There was much stunning work on display- from interactive installations to short films. The H5 retrospective and UK premiere of their new short film “Logorama”, the wavelength screening programme and interactive identity projected in massive scale on the National Theatre were all highlights for me. Every night also had an event at the BFI bar- live AV sets, breakdancers, and DJs all had their night.

More on the events of the festival on the onedotzero blog and vimeo channel:

http://www.onedotzero.com/blog

http://www.vimeo.com/onedotzero

Saturday night was the closing night for the Aberdeen City & Shire film festival- it was also the first night that myself and Fraser Denholm (www.fraserdenholm.com) have worked together under the name ‘Pay No Attention to the Men Behind the Curtain’, creating visuals while Kieran span records. I’m behind the camera as usual, but you can see Kieran and Fraser above.

Its been a great festival- with people coming from all over to see such diverse work by local film makers. Highlights for me were Found re-soundtracking a Norman McLaren animation, and the local films showcase, after which there were short interviews with the film makers. Below are some images of the event I have taken over the last week.

Part of the work shown in my D&AD New Blood show at the start of the month. This was my contribution for my issue of Cake Magazine, with the theme “Lumière”- I wanted to take light to somewhere it wouldn’t be expected. The beach at midnight seemed like a good choice!

I’m currently working as a photographer for the Aberdeen City & Shire Film Festival, which is on from now until the 1st of August in various venues across the city. There is a wide variety of events planned- from artists talks, to workshops and the mysterious “mytube” youtube Djing, pictured above- which lets visitors mix youtube videos together on a projector. There is a full programme of events and more information at www.acsfilmfest.co.uk.

Tonight features a local film showcase- with everything from experimental shorts to skate films shown- from 8pm at Bar Five. The selection has been chosen by Jon Reid, himself a local film maker and blogger.

I made the journey with my course mates to London last week, for the D&AD New Blood exhibition, a yearly event in which graduating visual communication, advertising, graphic design and digital media courses from across the UK exhibit together.

For me, it was an opportunity to see the output of other students, and gain help and criticism from the many tutors, working creatives and employers visiting to see the work on the walls. Most useful of all for me was the portfolio surgery- I got to see what an industry professional looking at my work with fresh eyes thought, and the advice I received is something I can see myself applying to every project I tackle from now on!

I was lucky enough to be selected for the Best New Blood award- which only a handful of graduates receive each year.

Love the yellow carpet.

I get my marks back for my degree (Ba Hons Visual Communication) tomorrow. Here’s the first photo in a series I took to illustrate visual/sound Synaesthesia, a condition in which sense merge, and colours can be “heard” and sounds “seen”. The whole series (and the rest of my work from the final year of my degree) will be on display at the Grays School of Art Degree Show, which is from the 12th until the 21st of June.

The show opens at 7pm, at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, on Friday. More information and opening times available from here: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/grays/degree

The latest issue of Cake Magazine (http://www.cakethemagazine.co.uk) was launched on Friday in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The issue is curated by Deveron Arts and The Scottish Sculpture workshop, and should be available from outlets such as Peacock Visual Arts, Kilau Coffee and Transmission now.

The issue deals with various artists reactions to the word “outwith”, a word not often used outside of Scotland- and indeed, not even featured in the dictionary, which came as a bit of a surprise to me.

The launch of this issue of cake also means that my issue of Cake is the next one to be printed- exciting!