You may remember the wonderful piece of public art that Theresa Smith presented at PechaKucha Night Vol # 6… If not – here it is… In short… Theresa has been commissioned to create a sculpture for EA Games to be displayed in public in Guildford. Below is an email I received from her yesterday – I urge [...]
Paul came back after speaking at Volume #5 to talk more about iPad art, and the forest projects he has undertaken. I am really looking forward to being able to provide updates on projects that Paul and I have planned… In the meantime – a big thank you to him and his team for coming [...]
One of the most inspired and wonderful consequences of England winning the Olympics: this project alone is worth the price of the Olympics (a personal view!). This talk introduces The Boat Project, undertaken as part of the Cultural Olympiad by the Lone Twin performance arts duo… We are hoping that Gary will come back on [...]
I met Kathryn though Ellen Dowell, and together we are starting Bright Club Guildford – a variety evening where academics and scientists (mainly from the University of Surrey) do stand up. Although we’d met once before, this was the first time that I got to find out about Kathryn. Man alive – is she cool! [...]
Jon and Debi are just the most delightfully mad, insightful, playful, fun, stand-up couple. (Can you guess I like them!) As a result of this, the first ever PechaKucha Night Guildford double act, I had the pleasure of working with Jono & Debi on the River Of Lights project. Boy, do they like fire!
We really are an extraordinary animal. Andrew takes us through how our evolution has resulted in our capabilities to both dream and then make those dreams a reality.
There is clearly a need for a new contract between business and the values of the people who work in it. Nigel puts forward a compelling argument that it is love that should be at heart of organisations, and not money.
Ellen talks about her 3 ‘babies’ – the projects that she has poured so much of herself into. She has combined her love of theatre with her passion for science to create her 3 ‘babies’. As a director she collaborates with scientists to create Qualia Theatre. In Einsteins Garden she creates a chill out zone [...]
Michael applies the principles of Feng Shui to the macro rather than the micro: to buildings and cities rather than rooms and houses. In this talk, Michael came back to show how the principles of Feng Shui explain not just how we use space, but also how we use time.
