First Spouse

with help from this List of First Ladies of the United States Text from letter from the first first lady, Martha Washington, to her niece Fanny Bassett Washington, October 23, 1789: "I live a very dull life hear and know nothing that passes in the town – I never goe to the publick place – indeed I think I am … Read More

Head Trips: Abstraction and Infinity – Visual Music Films – Barbican, London, 5pm, 4 October 2015

http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=18295 This special screening of abstract Visual Music films is curated by Cindy Keefer, Director of Center for Visual Music in Los Angeles. Featuring the transcendent visions of Jordan Belson, James Whitney, Richard Baily, Bret Battey and other artists, plus psychedelic-infused films, this program celebrates the exploration of absolute light and sound in visual music, shown in 16mm and digital … Read More

Reach

Photography/model – faestock source files

Boxer

photography by Unai Guerra verse by Virgil, The Aenid, BkV:362-484, The Boxing Contest When the races were done and the gifts allotted, Aeneas cried: "Now, he who has skill and courage in his heart, let him stand here and raise his arms, his fists bound in hide." source files

Free online course – Digital Storytelling: Filmmaking for the Web – starts 28 September 2015

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/digital-storytelling The University of Birmingham, the BBC Academy and Creative Skillset have combined forces, to create this four-week, free online course. It will look at filmmaking theory and practice, and how they interact to produce good and even meaningful stories, helping you develop short films for digital platforms. Whether fact or fiction, there are many principles and processes that make … Read More

Smoke

video from xstockvideo text from Vincent van Gogh: "There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke." source files

Turing Test competitions in the Creative Arts – DigiLit, PoetiX and AlgoRhythms – deadline 15 March 2016

Turing Tests in the Creative Arts – http://www.turingtests.com The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College is pleased to announce the first annual Neukom Institute Prizes in Computational Arts. These competitions aim to inspire innovations in computational methods that generate artistic products, such as literary, musical, and visual art. Neukom Institute will run three different competitions in 2016: DigiLit … Read More

Uncovering Digital Fiction – Wakefield Lit Fest, 23 September 2015

http://www.wakefieldlitfest.org.uk/events/179-uncovering-digital-fiction Digital artists Andy Campbell and Judi Alston invite you to explore behind-the-scenes of their latest digital fiction/narrative game WALLPAPER, with an insight into One to One Development Trustā€™s award-winning project Dreaming Methods, where writing and new media converge. Follow WALLPAPER at http://www.dreamingmethods.com/wallpaper / Twitter #wallpapergame

Mothswarm

from typing video by shawn + On The Road by Jack Kerouac, Chapter 10 "And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my … Read More