http://www.bloc.org/ News from Bloc http://www.bloc.org.uk/cgi-bin/showbig.cgi?id=95 The inaugural May You Live in Interesting Times, Festival of Creative Technology took place in Cardiff in October 2005. Following its success, the festival partners bloc: Creative Technology Wales and Chapter, are planning the next Festival for 22-24 October 2009.May You Live in Interesting Times, Festival of Creative Technology 2009 will continue to focus on the presentation of innovative work in and around Cardiff over a two-day period. Included will be a conference, new commissions, residencies, screenings, and artists' projects in public sites across the city. To keep up-to-date with programme developments please register your details on the festival home page - www.mayyouliveininterestingtimes.org.uk. http://www.bloc.org.uk/cgi-bin/showbig.cgi?id=77 The bloc bulletin is a free email publication containing news about bloc activities as well as breaking news about events and opportunities in Wales, the UK and beyond for the creative technology sector. The bulletin is published fortnightly. Bulletin subscribers are also able to add their own news to the bulletin.Subscribe to the Bulletin at: http://www.bloc.org.uk/3-2.html http://www.bloc.org.uk/cgi-bin/showbig.cgi?id=1081%26news=true Monkey Bar and Café in Swansea will host the next Welsh Music Foundation (WMF) stakeholder meeting - an important gathering for anyone involved in the music industry in Wales. As well as a chance to find out what industry-focused projects WMF are working on, it will act as a forum for individuals to speak with WMF and make sure that any issues are raised that they feel are important. Stakeholder meetings are also a great opportunity to network with other music businesses and have a customary drink afterwards!

Huw Williams and Penny Mitchell will also be speaking at the event regarding the Weavers Building: a creative industries cluster proposal for High Street in Swansea and Colin Consterdine will talk about the forthcoming Unconvention Swansea event.

There will also be Drop In Session appointments available to anyone who would like to meet individually with WMF staff prior to the meeting - open to those with questions about their ventures, careers and aspirations in the music industry. Whether involved in live music organisation, a record label, music promotion, composition, production or management – the list goes on, staff will be on hand to answer queries and offer general guidance to anyone who pre-books an individual time slot. The Drop In Sessions run from 2.30pm – 4pm at Monkey.

If you are able to attend the Stakeholder meeting and/or the Drop In Sessions or would like to find out more, please email hello@welshmusicfoundation.com / call 02920 494110. Free to attend.



... http://www.bloc.org.uk/cgi-bin/showbig.cgi?id=1080%26news=true Procession: An Exhibition brings together a collection of objects from Jeremy Deller`s Procession (Manchester Deansgate, Sun 5 July, 14:00), and attempts to contextualise the event within a local historical vernacular. Central to the show is a commissioned film of the Procession and a set of hand-made banners designed by Ed Hall, in collaboration with the participating groups. These elements will sit within a lineage of historical material and folklore; incorporating Mahatma Gandhi, Jerry Lee Lewis, Yuri Gagarin and The Blackout Crew. Contemporary and old-fashioned, popular and obscure...

FREE Entry
Galleries 1, 2, %26 3

Tue - Sat: 11:00 - 18:00
Thu: until 20:00
Sun: 14:00 - 18:00
Mon: CLOSED
Mon: CLOSED...