Kill Your Timid Notion

Had the opportunity to attend some incredible performances during The Kill Your Timid Notion 2008 (KYTN) Experimental Film and Music Festival. Featured performances by Bruce McClure, Paul Sharits and Andrew Lampert all of them were extremely interesting, vibrant and unusual.

The first screening was by Andrew with a bizarre mixture of acting, strange dialogue and weird 70’s images. He looked like a mad man playing around with projectors, screens, dialogue and the audience. It was undoubtably a very unique performance!

Bruce McClure gave us a stunning performance with a troop of modified 16mm projectors blasting B & W loops that creating abstract forms that slowly transformed into a circle with a 3D effect created by overlapping projections. The music was superb, brutal sounds and loud white noises that made my right ear numb. Well, after all Bruce used to play chess with John Cage, he must have picked something back then.

Next came Paul Sharits with “Shutter Interface”, a piece created by using two projectors that blended together twittering frames that seemed to dance into a perfect palette of colours. Together with the chaotic beeps and sounds it took me through a hypnotic visual journey of memories and ideas.

The festival was organized by Arika known for their experimental music, film and art events and festivals they are based in Scotland. Hope to see more of their great events and festivals in the near future!

SMX London 2008 Compilation

Last week I had the pleasure to join the SMX event in London. Both days were filled with great content and tips, but the best part about it was Networking, I’ve got to meet so many fascinating and engaging people! 

During the week I’ve managed to gather a list of resources and summaries made by them for you to enjoy. I will be posting my notes in Spanish later during the week.

 

By Matt

• SMX London 2008: 25 Killer Tips

By Wiep

• Blow Your Mind Link Building Techniques

By Rob

• SMX London Day One Recap

By Ciaran

• SMX London 2008: Very Brief Recap

By Andrew

• SMX London: European Search Marketing Challenges
• SMX London: Search 3.0: Video Search & Blended Results
• SMX London: Search 3.0: Local Search & Blended Results

By Richard

• SMX London 2008 - Day 1 “High Fives”
• SEO for Web 2.0 session - SMX London Day 2 recap

By Henry

• SMX London 2008

By Ophir

• SMX London 2008 - Day One
• SMX London 2008 - Day Two

By Tom C

• SMX London 2008 Recap

By Randfish (He was not at the Event but Jane was)

• How to Find the Spam You’re Linking To

By Hans-Peter

• SMX International SEO
• SMX - SEO for Web 2.0 Sites

 

Please let me know if you want me to add yours, or if I’ve missed any other interesting post. Thanks to Imran for some of his research. Check out some photos of the event here.

Ad:tech 2008 London

This year the Ad:tech was all about saving money on your online campaigns. The sales pitch: “It’s all about surviving the credit crunch”. Given that in the UK Online Ad spend remains on a rise and companies are still spending more money in online advertising, the place was packed with PPC Campaign Management Software solutions and other related products.

What really impressed me was the fresh new look of Microsoft advertising. Good to see they are finally investing on their marketing products. I really think they do have some great products out there but they just don’t know how add value to them.

Google University was back with their usual programs - Google Analytics and Website Optimiser, Google Basics and Google Master Class which remain largely unchanged, from previous sessions. The usual account managers were around to help us out with any questions regarding our accounts.

In short, the exhibition was quite good much better that what expected considering the rough times the marketing industry currently faces. You can see some photos of the event here.

Makoto Shinkai On-stage Interview

It was great to join the conversation with Makoto Shinkai “The New Miyazaki”, at the British Film Institute. Some of his early work was displayed during the interview, most of it created with his laptop…

He talked about his struggles trying to become an manga animator while working in Falcom. He also mentioned the great influence of “Castles in the Sky” and the importance it had on his career. The interview ended with a brief explanation of his latest work “5 Centimetres per Second” which consists of thre three short films titled “Oukashou”, “Cosmonaut”, and “5 Centimeters per Second”. A love story told in three different perspectives concerning the adversities of time, people and space.