June 2012
5 posts
Intelligence Squared Hip-Hop Debate Review
So I went to the hip-hop debate at the Barbican last night, which I have to say was a great evening of entertainment. I followed an Intelligence Squared debate online early last year on the Arab Revolutions and thought it was pretty well organized. My man concern with this one, being on hip-hop was that the deck would be stacked in favour of the motion either through the format, framing of the...
Prometheus - Some Thoughts
So, I went to see Prometheus at the Curzon Soho last night. Alright film. I couldn’t shake the feeling however that sci-fi movies are becoming a tissue of texts that make them essentially indistinguishable from one another. This one seemed like a tangle of Blade Runner, Solaris, Avatar, Stark Trek and a bunch of other films I may have seen or perhaps just seen the trailers for. It seemed...
Semiofest 2012 – “Changing the Game with an...
“So why do a conference anyway? And what makes an event engaging? A well executed industry gathering is not just about educating your audience. It’s also about networking, space to think, and even having some fun.”
Monocle magazine, How to Organize a Better Conference, 2011
Having just co-organized Semiofest the inaugural event for applied semiotics, which seems from the feedback we have...
