Shane Walter is the co-founder of onedotzero, the innovative digital arts organisation he started in 1996 when he was 27. Since then, onedotzero has grown into a renowned international network and every year they travel around the world, appearing at their own festivals and partnering with many others.

When and how did you first know you wanted to be involved in digital arts?

I don’t think I woke up one day and thought I will be involved in this digital art area. It’s something that happened very organically I was and am driven by a passion and interest in art, design and entertainment. I have being working in the digital area approaching 20 years. No one ever understood what I did, and I have never had a CV. Now it is a little more understandable in today’s hybrid creative culture.

Since touring onedotzero to over 50 cities, which has been your favourite experience?

The whole thing has been an adventure, many, many highs and thankfully relatively few lows. Off the top of my head… surviving earthquakes and typhoons across Asia, 50,000 attending our Buenos Aires festival and Girls knickers thrown at me in Taipei..

In regard to onedotzero is there anything you wish you could have done differently?

Well there are always creators we wanted to work with, projects we could not get financed and festivals in cities that were dropped due to funding and sponsors falling through. All these things could have shaped or changed our future to some degree. But I don’t think I would have done anything different or could have done much more over the years. I can honestly say I have worked my butt off – so in some respects maybe having been more successful at having holidays!

What is your next big project after the adventures in motion festival at the BFI southbank?

After the London event, onedotzero_adventures in motion festival embarks on an international tour – visiting around 60 cities.

Who’s work do you most admire at this point in time?

So many names, so many disciplines, we showcase about 200 works from people i admire each year. There are many we don’t have the fortune of being involved with as well. A short burst… cross disciplinary designers Trokia, architect / designer Thomas Heatherwick, music promo directors Canada, animator David O’Reilly and coding genius Karsten Schmidt.

Which technological discovery has most influenced your work?

The Internet allowed onedotzero to be truly international. To reach new creators about what we and they were doing, research work, connect people and communicate to our partners allowed us to have this global network of events in the real world. This international perspective is vital and part of our DNA.

Which piece/installation most speaks to you or excites you and why?

Monolith from UVA I still find an exciting piece of work. Why it still excited me is how they used a fairly hard, imposing piece of LED technology and made it appear alive. It responded to your movement and proximity with sound and light – very simply. And to me it is the holy grail of interaction – it draws you in and needs no instructions, you intuitively know how to related to it and form an immediate dialogue.

What app could you never live without?

I do use many day to day to like Instagram, Echofon for twitter, etc but I can live without apps completely to be honest. What I would find hard to live without would be my notebook.

What’sthe next step for digital?

I have seen the rise of a new kind of creative force – that of the Coder. Coders or programmers were always relegated to the back room geek dens and not considered to be ‘creative’ types. Now code is in its purest form is a new raw material that artists and designers can shape and sculpt in a myriad ways to create interactive art, generative designs and stunning motion sequences.

Who is your hero and why?

Leonardo Da Vinci – the true Renaissance man. I love his hybrid practice, the idea of convergence across so many areas from art to technical innovation. His craft, skill and multi-talent are still awesomely impressive to me. His mix of art, commerce, tech, entertainment, science, invention and exploration is staggeringly inspiring. No one has come close to his achievements in any era.

Finally, any words of wisdom for our readers?

The best advice I can give is to never stop looking. A lot of people can see but never look around them. Here are a few things I have personally learned along my journey, which may or may not be useful [in no particular order]:

Trust your instinct
Be open, never stop looking
Start from a position of trust
Be honest, be yourself, don’t try to be someone else
Make friends not just contacts
Become a tourist – travel is good for you
Enjoy the journey not just the destination
Don’t stop learning, share your knowledge
Talking is good, doing is better
Learn to operate out of your comfort zone
Be interested rather than trying to be interesting
Keep a notebook
Collaboration can achieve bigger things

onedotzero_adventures in motion festival will take place on the 23 – 27 Nov 2011 at BFI Southbank

http://www.bfi.org.uk/onedotzero/

www.onedotzero.com / www.facebook.com/onedotzero / www.twitter.com/#!/onedotzero / www.bfi.org.uk/onedotzero

Teaming up with Liverpool’s Drome Store, Boxfresh are proud to be bringing you an exclusive student lock in where guests can expect a 20% discount on the night and a live acoustic performance from one of the UK’s most exciting new bands, Frankie & The Heartstrings. Boxfresh and Drome will be welcoming in students on Wednesday 26th Oct (5 – 9pm) so don’t miss out!

NME favourites Frankie & The Heartstrings are a Sunderland five-piece with a modern approach to traditional songwriting, hewing infectious songs out of deceptively simply melodies and arrangements. As well touring with Florence & The Machine and The Futureheads, the band played to huge crowds at Bestival, Reading & Leeds, T in the Park, and Glastonbury. This year saw the release of their eagerly awaited  LP ‘Hunger‘.

Drome is a Liverpool based fashion retailer stocking Boxfresh and other aspirational brands. They pride themselves on being locally relevant having been established in Liverpool for over 15 years. There are two stores within the city centre.

For more information:
Boxfresh: Official Website | Twitter | Facebook
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Drome: Official Website

Bristol we love you…HAPPY NEW YEAR! x

Photos by Eve Thompson and Sofi Donuts.

Want to attend? The ONLY way to gain access to the one and only UK launch night for Music Class of 2010 is to try your luck and register for guestlist on the 30th November at 10 AM SHARP www.redbull.co.uk/musicclass2010 ! If any of y’all remember how the Major Lazer carnival registration went down… ( Glist filled up in 49 seconds!!!!) then you’ll be up bright and early for this one! Successful registration grants you a + 1, attempts to multi register will get you automatically blocked. So play fair and best of luck!

Music Class of 2010 features:

Mistajam, Swindle, Jammer, J2k, Mz Bratt, Roses Gabor, Toddla T, RedLight and Donaeo.

DJ’S ON THE NIGHT

Goldielocks / Kashmir Kid / Tanzanite

Klepto

CJ Beatz

Robbo Ranx

+ Very special guests!

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT

CLOSE UP, Known to profile various artists in the past such as Mpho, Mikill Pane, Nutty NRG and the Godfather of UK Spoken Word David J!!!!!!! presents CLOSE UP, With D Double E

Im sure he is going to SET IT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF on the Night!

Im in attendance!

What about you?

CLOSE UP with D DOUBLE E (Newham Generals)
Alongside NU VIBEZ

OCT 6TH

THE OLD QUEENS HEAD
44 Essex Road
Angel
Islington
N1 8LN

Guest Performers: PERFECT PURPLE | EMPIRICAL | TNEEK

Hosted by: ALIM KAMARA

DJ: RHODIUM (Phat Kontrolaz)
Catch him every Sunday on www.playvybz.com 6pm – 8pm

Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 8:15pm (Sharp) – 11:00pm | after Party: 11:00pm – 12am with DJ RHODIUM (Phat Kontrolaz)

ADVANCE LIMITED £5 EXPRESS ENTRY TICKETS please follow link below
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PRICE: Limited £6 Guest list all night (Simply txt your full name to 07944 090 805 | BlackBerry Pin: Pin: 217AA3CD eg Mark Roberts @ CLOSE UP).

This week tho…. the charity comes a little closer to home….

Our local pub!!!
THE TORRIANO!!

We’re hosting an evening/night and all are welcome to both ‘play and party’
Confirmed acts include TheWinterKicks, TheTorriano’s, Alan Wass, ColourOfSound and a few other individuals and a possible appearance from Pete Doherty!

So if you just fancy helping save an ever dying British culture come along for a few drinks and good times!
There will be a BBQ outside, music upstairs, live music downstairs and donation buckets all around!

Suzie the Landlady is only part lease owner and the council are trying to buy everyone out! If they succeed it will become dingy little flats and yet another quality local London pub will bite the dust! So Suzie is trying to raise money to buy out the others and keep the pub alive

Torriano is popular with celebs and locals alike. Great staff, great cocktail pitchers, beers, crepes, BBQ’s, friendly atmosphere, its a winner! It has yet to be ruined by wannabe trendies & celeb chasers (like the Hawley Arms has)

Noel Fielding, Russell Brand, Simon Amstell + many more use it as a warm up venue, Pete Doherty and his droogs, often frequent the venue and last week, Razorlight (minus Johnny) were having a drink and a crepe, ex Happy Mondays Kav is always around and its one of the few bars left in London with regulars that aren’t bearded old guys with dogs on string leads!

The Torrianos will be playing as they are obviously the resident band made up of the Landlay and the bar staff but most important of all….

……….we live next door!!!!!
Hence, we are passionate about keeping our local going!

So if you fancy it come on over this Sat from 4pm ‘ish’ until closing!!!
Big Cheers!

NEW MUSIC…. + SPECIAL GUESTS …

GOLDIELOCKS ( WORLD PREMIER OF BRAND NEW TRACKS)
FUNNY MISS LONDON
DONAEO
SWINDLE
WILEY
MAXSTA
J2K
WALE
NO LAY
SWINDLE
Wizzy Wow
RED LIGHT
Jo’Leon Davenue
Ronnie Herel (bbc 1xtra)
SMILER
ROSES GABOR
JAJA PDC
SINCERE
INCISIVE
DANSO
ROBBO RANX
TY
SBTV

+ NEW GEN DESIGNERS – STYLISTS and LOADS OF SURPRISES!

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28TH JULY FROM 5pm- 9pm.

KINGLY COURT – CARNABY STREET- POP IN OR TUNE IN LIVE!

OLD SKOOL HIPHOP, 90′S R&B, JUNGLE, D&B, DUBSTEP, REGGAE, SOUL, BASHMENT,GARAGE,
UK FUNKY AND GRIME.

FASHION

Daddy / Son Duo Charlie and Joe Casely- Hayford are ripping up the fashion industry as we speak! Taking it back to the bygone era of tailored suits, tweeds, double breast jackets and blindingly shiny shoes their fashion house is nothing but classic old skool glamour with a touch of the London Streetwear aesthetic. Check them out here

MUSIC

Mr Party Hard aka Donaeo has wowed me with this brand new summer banger ‘I’m Fly’, i challenge you NOT to bop when you hear this in the club. Listen to my thoughts and the track on Audio Boo.

ART

Laura Keeble is my kinda artist. She makes clever visual metaphors and uses popular iconography and gives them a totally new, different meaning ( Andy Warhol anyone?)

She once said the graveyard installation below was to do with religion, but i read much more meaning into it than just simply that. In my view through placing the Chanel and Mcdonalds logo directly on top of the gravestone ( a recognisable symbol of death) Keeble is commenting on the worth and perhaps the effect of capitalism. Big brands have no individual face or life behind them, so if you buy into them part of your individuality dies, if you buy into a faceless brand, you loose face.

Whatever the meaning, this is pretty sick right?

WANNA SEE MORE FASHION MUSIC ART, FIND ME HERE!

I have never been the type of stylist to dress the models or artists at videos or shoots and then sit down and chill. I think any good stylist should be well versed in art direction and not only know their fashion but elements such as videography, photography, direction and ALL that techno ish! If you go on set knowing your stuff you command much more authority anyway.

So after seeing enough very talented male directors do their thing, and never being one to give into gender stereotypes, i thought i would switch up the roles and give being behind the camera a go.

Releasing my frustrated inner geek and learning how to use my extreme bossiness / anal-ness to my advantage, I directed and styled my first ever fashion film for a fashion week project.

A film concentrating on the idea of interracial relationships and combating societies prejudices and racisms.

Difference is beautiful. Enjoy!

WE’RE ALL HUMAN | WE’RE ALL AIR FORCE 1′S | NIKE | from Sarah Young on Vimeo.

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